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Navigation system for delivery vehicles

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In this article, an onboard navigation system for delivery vehicles used in conjunction with the GPS system to facilitate the delivery process with daily delivery route instructions, directions, and updates includes a navigation device mounted to the vehicle's dashboard and which includes a touch screen divided into a map display screen portion and a message display screen component, operational and functional buttons, and electrical components that allow for the interchange and exchange of instructions, data, and information with the delivery driver's PDA so that the driver can download all the instructions and data pertaining to that day's delivery schedule.
Abstract
A onboard navigation system for delivery vehicles used in conjunction with the GPS system to facilitate the delivery process with daily delivery route instructions, directions, and updates includes a navigation device mounted to the vehicle's dashboard and which includes a touch screen divided into a map display screen portion and a message display screen portion, operational and functional buttons, and electrical components that allow for the interchange and exchange of instructions, data, and information with the delivery driver's PDA so that the driver can download all the instructions, data, and information pertaining to that day's delivery schedule.

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