GPS Navigation System Now Available For Jamaica

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Wednesday, 11 February 2009 10:53

By CaribWorldNews

Jamaican expatriates and other tourists travelling to Jamaica can now take advantage of a new local GPS navigation system.
The Mona GeoInformatics Institute has unveiled a GPS Navigation System for Jamaica, with turn-by-turn directions on over 10,000km of roads and over 10,000 points of interest, ranging from gas stations, hotels, shopping places, tourist attractions, eating places, and 64 other categories, a university statement says.

In addition, over 3,000 towns and villages have also been mapped on the system from Mona GIS (The Mona GeoInformatics Institute). Features also include text-to-speech functionalities, hands-free operation, detour and route re-calculation functions, and digital atlases.

The system is now commercially available on the Garmin line of GPS products through 2 packages: a data-only option, or a bundled device-and-data kit. Individuals may also bring in their own Garmin devices to be uploaded with the Jamaican data.

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