MDIS "PathMaster" GPS Control Display Unit
date: label: date made
content: ca 1997
name: label: maker
content: Magellan Systems Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: In the late 1990s, Magellan released the first turn-by-turn navigation system for civilian drivers. The PathMaster hard-wired into a car, allowed users to see a map on a display screen and follow directions. The large computer received GPS data from an antenna and sent it to the display. A small card with a portable hard drive containing map data was inserted into the computer.
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Time and Navigation
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Gary Barta
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0118.13
label: accession number
content: 2010.0118
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0118.13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: global positioning system receiver
label: Object Name
content: global positioning system control unit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 13.97 cm x 6.35 cm