GPS navigator is an indispensable assistant for any traveler. The ability to serve as a GPS navigator is built into most modern models of smartphones of the upper and even mid-price range, thanks to which several of the most useful functions are combined in one compact device.
The navigator in a mobile phone allows you to navigate by the signal of the GPS satellites, which, in combination with a special program and maps of the area, helps to determine your own location with high accuracy. In addition, with the help of the navigator, you can plot a route, calculate the distance traveled and distances between objects on the map, and perform many other tasks, the importance and necessity of which any traveler will immediately appreciate. Maps of most major cities are now available on the Internet, and perhaps they were originally loaded into a new smartphone, which will help you not get lost in the confusion of unfamiliar streets and districts.
In order to start using all this richness of functionality, it remains only to correctly configure the navigator. But before you start tweaking it, you need to make an important caveat. The word "navigator" is often understood as an electronic device capable of receiving and decrypting the signal of navigation satellites, and a smartphone program, which, based on the data of the navigation device, displays a point on the map, remembers the distance traveled, calculates distances, etc.
In any case, the navigation program is included in the smartphone software, but the electronic navigation module can either be an integral structural element of the smartphone or be connected as an external device via cable or bluetooth.
- To set up an external navigator, you first need to connect it to your smartphone via bluetooth. This is done in the same way as for any other bluetooth device. Then the configuration is done using the special utility GPSinfo.
- To set up the navigator software for a smartphone, you must first connect an external navigator or turn on the internal one and configure them correctly, then download the maps of the area in which you plan to use the device (if they have not been downloaded yet). Maps can be supplied by the device developer, or they can be found on the Internet.
