Enter Leikr: a Gorilla Glass beast with a 2-inch, 320 x 240 display that can throw out a wide range of endurance stats simultaneously or switch to a color navigation mode using up to 8GB-worth of onboard OpenStreetMap data.

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This information is then visualised on the navigation screen, showing the journey against the available range and the routes to the charge stations.

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Lakes and reservoirs provide a range of resource values, including drinking water, irrigation water, navigation, fisheries, tourism, recreation, flood and drought management, climate mediation, as well as having religious and historic values.

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This advanced avionics system, which rivals that on any airliner, uses multiple large iPad-like displays that provide graphic images of the terrain below, complete navigation information, charts, systems status and a wide range of other details that enhance pilot safety and situational awareness.

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Garmin's broad range of in-vehicle electronics for the automotive industry includes infotainment and telematics systems, navigation software, location-based services, and integrated portable navigation systems.

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These jobs often involve local knowledge and range from things like checking what street signs say in rural Sudan for a satellite-navigation service to translating words into a Kenyan dialect for companies trying to spread their marketing.

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Then there was the successful IPO of Beijing-based digital navigation company AutoNavi Holdings, which gained 8% after hitting the high-end of its offering range in an IPO Thursday.

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Called Business Pro, it consists of 16 apps made by a range of companies, including an expense tracker, currency calculator, business card reader, task manager and GPS navigation app.

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