As GPS and satellite navigation systems used in cars get more and more common, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has decided to start the work on a global standard to be applied to such systems. For now, a provisional standard, ISO 17267:2009 is in place to help globalize sat-nav.
The current standard covers positioning, route planning, route guidance, map display, address location, services and point of interest (POI) information access. The tweaked one will be able t… (read more)