[h3]VW + Google = Google Earth nav system for cars
[/h3][img]http://www.boingboing.net/images/googlevwmap.jpg" align="left" border="0" height="177" width="300"] [br clear="all"][/p]Frickin' cool. Auto maker Volkswagen teamed up with Google to develop a new in-car navigation system with a touch-screen display, linked to Google Earth for 3D maps and realtime traffic data. This beats the snot out of most of the in-car nav systems I've seen. [span style="text-decoration: underline;"]
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cool.
it's about time.