How to built a GPS with competitive cost and good features?

[daniel-sb]

build gps

I work in company that it's core business is GIS, and I don't know, I kinda not been "utilized". So I got this idea to make myself more useful. I want to build a GPS for a purpose of road navigation, and for fishing navigation (even I have the brand's name with catchy names , actually this brand name is my main motivation, it have catch phrase potential ). And also I have this idea to "squeeze-the-juice" of my company resources. I mean this company have many satellite image archive so I want to more utilized it.

The question is:
1. Is it possible?
2. How to built a GPS with competitive cost and have good feature. I have brainstorming on other thread too in this forum. And I will kindly appreciates any suggestion and advice.

that's all for now

thx

 

[klystron]

how to build gps 2009

The embedded SW investment in a GPS receiver is 10 man-years plus. Buy a comercial and mature chip-set

 

[daniel-sb]

Re: Build GPS

The embedded SW investment in a GPS receiver is 10 man-years plus. Buy a comercial and mature chip-set

That's what I want to do, so the idea is more like of custom GPS like these two dudes from make magazine who make their own GPS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6-1uS0Pm_U

What I want to do is like those guys did, but the graphical interface should displayed a map and the corresponding coordinate also displayed.

But just like my final project adviser when I was in college said "the idea seems simple but the implementation is almost usually not as simple "

My reading so far is about file type that is used in navigation system is in GDF, meanwhile my hands-on experience in map digitizing only ER-MAPPER, ARC GIS which is in ESRI type.

And also, what kind of display device that can be used to realized my idea.

A user on the other thread suggest to use ARM uc which can run linux, but I still gathering information about this and learn about it.

 

[satnav314]

Build GPS

It would be quicker to talk to PND hardware manufacturers about the possiblity customization features of your onto their product. Time to market is everything...