Using these, a pilot can view full-color terrain maps and virtual images of the landscape around them on displays that adjust as they move their heads.

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The result is not so much an exact map of the landscape as a set of directions, but such recombination maps prove very useful.

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But, with Apple offering its own solution and Google breaking Maps free from the OS-update chains, it's facing a more difficult landscape in which to make its mark.

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