Sri Lanka’s largest mobile service provider Dialog Axiata PLC is offering a SatNav (Satellite Navigation) App (application) tool for mobile phones, which will help Dialog Subscribers find direction, plot routes and find places of interest at a touch of a button.
Now motorists can virtually receive directions from the heavens via a network of radio navigation system satellites also know as GPS (Global Positioning System), the company said this week.
GPS is a space based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) developed and maintained by the US Government and is freely available for users, but necessary maps and software is needed to pinpoint locations and give directions.
Orbiting satellites are able to calculate exact positions by precisely timing signals sent and received by satellites that orbit around the planet. “SatNav is the latest mobile application that offers Dialog customers the future today,” Supun Weerasinghe, Group Chief Operating Officer at Dialog Axiata said, according to the statement.
The Dialog SatNav system has an added advantage of voice support navigation in Sinhala, Tamil and English which allows drivers to navigate their vehicle without looking at the screen of the navigation device.
The system has a detailed map of the island’s road network, which includes small city streets. In addition to this over 100,000 points of interest such as places of worship, tourist destinations, financial institutions, automotive repair, emergency services, medical services, restaurants, etc is also pre-loaded onto the device, available on demand. |
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