Navman which develops various GPS navigation systems has its headquarters in New Zealand. Started in 1988, Navman produces GPS units ranging from simple satellite navigation systems to car navigation systems. It also develops GPS units for people who go to sea. Its GPS software is widely used in small PCs and GPS units used with vehicles. 

Navman has a work force of more than three hundred and specializes in designing and developing devices, satellite navigation systems used in sea.

Navman’s satellite navigation systems can be broadly classified into two categories:
1. In Car Navigation series
2. PDA satnav systems

In-Car Navigation systems

Navman iCN 550

Navman’s low-end in car navigation systems include models like iCN 320 and iCN 330. Later, Navman came with advanced models like iCN 520, iCN550 which have LCD touch screen and you need a stylus to operate them. iCN 550 featured numerous POI like nearest hotels, petrol filling stations, restaurants etc. Navman offered wider screen and louder audio features in the iCN 600 series and iCN 700 series. Both these series were introduced in 2005. In the following year, Navman introduced F series are quite compact and handy. Among the F series, F30, F40 and F50 came with sophisticated features like Bluetooth compatibility and real time traffic alerts.

Navman F50

Another new series of in car navigation systems (N series) was introduced in the same year. Some of the N series include N40i and N60i.

PDA satnav systems
Navman’s PiN series pocket PCs are enabled with GPS features. Its PiN 570 offers both business information and GPS navigational assistance for the users. The 3.5 inch touch screen offers 2D as well as 3D views of the route to the users with all necessary visual directions that can guide the users to reach the chosen destination.

Navman’s PiN series also have additional features like MP3 player, games and optional POI storage utility.

NavPix technology
In 2006, a new feature called NavPix was incorporated in selected models like iCN 700, iCN 720 and iCN 750 in car navigation systems. The NavPix feature enabled these GPS units to determine the location with greater preciseness as the image was taken using sophisticated MegaPixel cameras.

Later in 2006, some of N series GPS units like N40i and N60i were introduced with in-built digital cameras to take NavPix images which provide geographical information of a place like latitude and longitude.