Garmin "Personal Navigator" GPS System, 1998
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Global positioning system (GPS) navigators use information from satellites to map the landscape. Though developed for military uses, by the late 1990s GPS units were available to civilians and were used mostly for recreation. Some affluent consumers bought popular GPS units like this Garmin III Plus for their cars--and found their perception of the auto landscape subtly changed.
Global positioning system (GPS) navigators use information from satellites to map the landscape. Though developed for military uses, by the late 1990s GPS units were available to civilians and were used mostly for recreation. Some affluent consumers bought popular GPS units like this Garmin III Plus for their cars--and found their perception of the auto landscape subtly changed.
Artifact
GPS receiver
Date Made
1998
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made in Taiwan for Garmin Corporation, Olathe, Kansas.
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
2011.167.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Blake D. Hayes.
Material
Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)
Dimensions
Width: 2.125 in (receiver)
Length: 5 in (receiver)
Depth: 1.5625 in (receiver)
Height: 5.75 in (box)
Width: 8.5 in (box)
Depth: 2.75 in (box)
Inscriptions
Impressed into side of receiver: GARMIN TM / GARMIN / OLATHE, KS, USA / MADE IN TAIWAN / PAT. PENDING Decal on receiver: GPS III / 40802392 / 011-00316-00 Buttons on receiver face: GPS III / QUIT / (image of red bulb) / GOTO / IN / OUT / PAGE / MENU / ENTER MARK Box side: PERSONAL NAVIGATOR / GARMIN / GPS III / POWERFUL / 12 PARALLEL CHANNEL / GPS RECEIVER / Box bottom: COPYRIGHT 1997 GARMIN CORPORATION / GARMIN INTERNATIONAL 1200 EAST 151ST STREET OLATHE, KANSAS 66062, U.S.A. / [...] / MADE IN TAIWAN
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