n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhen SatNav was going to be radio basedimagemessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down10
arrow-up1153arrow-down1imageWhen SatNav was going to be radio basedn7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squaremx_smith@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoIt’s satellite based. Loran-C was an old radio navigation based system
minus-squaremobotsar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoI think the point they’re making is that the satellites send radio signals.
minus-squarelemmyman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoDefinitely “radio frequency” in the electromagnetic sense but not in the common “radio station you can tune to in a car” sense
minus-squaredeadcream@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoSame as in this image. It even says that the signal would be automatically processed by a computer.
minus-squaremobotsar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYeah, obviously it’s a bit different than they imagined, but we do in fact get directions sent to our cars via radio waves (4/5G) and automatically processed by a computer (phone/onboard satnav).
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI mean everything wireless is. Even a wired lightbulb can be said to emit “radio waves”… Depending on your definition. I mean not exactly but light and radio ARE the same thing just with different frequency.
Is GPS not radio based?
It’s satellite based. Loran-C was an old radio navigation based system
I think the point they’re making is that the satellites send radio signals.
Definitely “radio frequency” in the electromagnetic sense but not in the common “radio station you can tune to in a car” sense
Same as in this image. It even says that the signal would be automatically processed by a computer.
Yeah, obviously it’s a bit different than they imagined, but we do in fact get directions sent to our cars via radio waves (4/5G) and automatically processed by a computer (phone/onboard satnav).
I mean everything wireless is. Even a wired lightbulb can be said to emit “radio waves”… Depending on your definition.
I mean not exactly but light and radio ARE the same thing just with different frequency.