<Ul> <Li> 1961 : Hidetsugu Yagi designed a wireless - based navigation system . This design was still primitive and intended for military - use . </Li> <Li> 1966 : General Motors Research ( GMR ) was working on a non-satellite - based navigation and assistance system called DAIR ( Driver Aid , Information & Routing ) . After initial tests GM found that it was not a scalable or practical way to provide navigation assistance . Decades later , however , the concept would be reborn as OnStar ( founded 1996 ) . </Li> <Li> 1973 : Japan 's Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) and Fuji Heavy Industries sponsored CATC ( Comprehensive Automobile Traffic Control ) , a Japanese research project on automobile navigation systems . </Li> <Li> 1979 : MITI established JSK ( Association of Electronic Technology for Automobile Traffic and Driving ) in Japan . </Li> <Li> 1980 : Electronic Auto Compass with new mechanism on the Toyota Crown . </Li> <Li> 1981 : The earlier research of CATC leads to the first generation of automobile navigation systems from Japanese companies Honda , Nissan and Toyota . They used dead reckoning technology . </Li> <Li> 1981 : Honda 's Electro Gyro - Cator was the first commercially available car navigation system . It used inertial navigation systems , which tracked the distance traveled , the start point , and direction headed . It was also the first with a map display . </Li> <Li> 1981 : Navigation computer on the Toyota Celica ( NAVICOM ) . </Li> <Li> 1983 : Etak was founded . It made an early system that used map - matching to improve on dead reckoning instrumentation . Digital map information was stored on standard cassette tapes . </Li> <Li> 1987 : Toyota introduced the World 's first CD - ROM - based navigation system on the Toyota Crown . </Li> <Li> 1990 : Mazda Eunos Cosmo became the first car with built - in GPS - navigation system </Li> <Li> 1991 : Toyota introduced GPS car navigation on the Toyota Soarer . </Li> <Li> 1991 : Mitsubishi introduced GPS car navigation on the Mitsubishi Debonair ( MMCS : Mitsubishi Multi Communication System ) . </Li> <Li> 1992 : Voice assisted GPS navigation system on the Toyota Celsior . </Li> <Li> 1993 : The Austrian channel ORF airs a presentation of the software company bitMAP and its head Werner Liebig 's invention , an electronic city map including street names and house numbers , using a satellite - based navigation system . bitMAP attends Comdex in Las Vegas the same year , but does n't manage to market itself properly . </Li> <Li> 1994 : BMW 7 series E38 first European model featuring GPS navigation . The navigation system was developed in cooperation with Philips ( Philips CARIN ) . </Li> <Li> 1995 : Oldsmobile introduced the first GPS navigation system available in a United States production car , called GuideStar . </Li> <Li> 1995 : Device called `` Mobile Assistant '' or short , MASS , produced by Munich - based company ComRoad AG , won the title `` Best Product in Mobile Computing '' on CeBit by magazine Byte . It offered turn - by - turn navigation via wireless internet connection , with both GPS and speed sensor in the car . </Li> <Li> 1997 : Navigation system using Differential GPS developed as a factory - installed option on the Toyota Prius </Li> <Li> 1998 : First DVD - based navigation system introduced on the Toyota Progres . </Li> <Li> 2000 : The United States made a more accurate GPS signal available for civilian use . </Li> <Li> 2003 : Toyota introduced the first Hard disk drive - based navigation system and the industry 's first DVD - based navigation system with a built - in Electronic throttle control </Li> <Li> 2007 : Toyota introduced Map on Demand , a technology for distributing map updates to car navigation systems , developed as the first of its kind in the world </Li> <Li> 2008 : World 's first navigation system - linked brake assist function and Navigation system linked to Adaptive Variable Suspension System ( NAVI / AI - AVS ) on Toyota Crown </Li> </Ul>
<Ul> <Li> 1961 : Hidetsugu Yagi designed a wireless - based navigation system . This design was still primitive and intended for military - use . </Li> <Li> 1966 : General Motors Research ( GMR ) was working on a non-satellite - based navigation and assistance system called DAIR ( Driver Aid , Information & Routing ) . After initial tests GM found that it was not a scalable or practical way to provide navigation assistance . Decades later , however , the concept would be reborn as OnStar ( founded 1996 ) . </Li> <Li> 1973 : Japan 's Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) and Fuji Heavy Industries sponsored CATC ( Comprehensive Automobile Traffic Control ) , a Japanese research project on automobile navigation systems . </Li> <Li> 1979 : MITI established JSK ( Association of Electronic Technology for Automobile Traffic and Driving ) in Japan . </Li> <Li> 1980 : Electronic Auto Compass with new mechanism on the Toyota Crown . </Li> <Li> 1981 : The earlier research of CATC leads to the first generation of automobile navigation systems from Japanese companies Honda , Nissan and Toyota . They used dead reckoning technology . </Li> <Li> 1981 : Honda 's Electro Gyro - Cator was the first commercially available car navigation system . It used inertial navigation systems , which tracked the distance traveled , the start point , and direction headed . It was also the first with a map display . </Li> <Li> 1981 : Navigation computer on the Toyota Celica ( NAVICOM ) . </Li> <Li> 1983 : Etak was founded . It made an early system that used map - matching to improve on dead reckoning instrumentation . Digital map information was stored on standard cassette tapes . </Li> <Li> 1987 : Toyota introduced the World 's first CD - ROM - based navigation system on the Toyota Crown . </Li> <Li> 1990 : Mazda Eunos Cosmo became the first car with built - in GPS - navigation system </Li> <Li> 1991 : Toyota introduced GPS car navigation on the Toyota Soarer . </Li> <Li> 1991 : Mitsubishi introduced GPS car navigation on the Mitsubishi Debonair ( MMCS : Mitsubishi Multi Communication System ) . </Li> <Li> 1992 : Voice assisted GPS navigation system on the Toyota Celsior . </Li> <Li> 1993 : The Austrian channel ORF airs a presentation of the software company bitMAP and its head Werner Liebig 's invention , an electronic city map including street names and house numbers , using a satellite - based navigation system . bitMAP attends Comdex in Las Vegas the same year , but does n't manage to market itself properly . </Li> <Li> 1994 : BMW 7 series E38 first European model featuring GPS navigation . The navigation system was developed in cooperation with Philips ( Philips CARIN ) . </Li> <Li> 1995 : Oldsmobile introduced the first GPS navigation system available in a United States production car , called GuideStar . </Li> <Li> 1995 : Device called `` Mobile Assistant '' or short , MASS , produced by Munich - based company ComRoad AG , won the title `` Best Product in Mobile Computing '' on CeBit by magazine Byte . It offered turn - by - turn navigation via wireless internet connection , with both GPS and speed sensor in the car . </Li> <Li> 1997 : Navigation system using Differential GPS developed as a factory - installed option on the Toyota Prius </Li> <Li> 1998 : First DVD - based navigation system introduced on the Toyota Progres . </Li> <Li> 2000 : The United States made a more accurate GPS signal available for civilian use . </Li> <Li> 2003 : Toyota introduced the first Hard disk drive - based navigation system and the industry 's first DVD - based navigation system with a built - in Electronic throttle control </Li> <Li> 2007 : Toyota introduced Map on Demand , a technology for distributing map updates to car navigation systems , developed as the first of its kind in the world </Li> <Li> 2008 : World 's first navigation system - linked brake assist function and Navigation system linked to Adaptive Variable Suspension System ( NAVI / AI - AVS ) on Toyota Crown </Li> </Ul>
when was the first in car navigation sustem invented
when was the first in car navigation sustem invented
1981
1981