Additionally, it features a G-Sensor with auto-rotation, e-Compass and Gyroscope for sophisticated navigation applications.

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It integrates a multi-GNSS location engine supporting GPS, Galileo, Glonass and Compass satellites to improve the navigation system performance in obstructed environments, Combined with SiRFDRive(R) dead reckoning software, the SiRFprimaII delivers seamless navigation experience whether driving in dense urban canyons or through tunnels or multistory parking lots.

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Or is there some insidious problem looming, causing havoc with our previously extremely reliable navigation tool - the compass?

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The Asian country is also deploying its own satellite-navigation system known as BeiDou, or Compass.

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