Spanish GPS device manufacturer Blusens have released the Blusens G01, a GPS device that differentiates itself from its competitors with what it calls 3D pictometry navigation.

Rather than displaying your route as a series of abstract lines overlaid on top of a green background like other GPS devices, the new Bluesens G01 provides real world satellite imagery of your immediate surroundings and overlays the route on top of images of the actual road you're driving along.

Better still, the route twists and turns as you do and the imagery even zooms in and out depending on how complex the route gets (zooming in when approaching a complex junction, for example, and then zooming out when the route straightens up again).

More details of the Blusens G01 after the jump.

Effectively, what you get is a mobile version of Google Earth mapped onto your actual location, all fully updated and animated in real time. The results are amazing, and so long as the satellite imagery is up to date, should provide a major navigational aid over traditional GPS Sat-Nav systems. The mapping data comes from TeleAtlas, who supply (and are in the process of being bought by) Tom Tom, so it should be reliable - no news on who's supplying the satellite images though.

Of course, real world satlletie imagery uses an awful lot more storage space than simple grids and lines, and so to accommodate it all, th G01 comes with a 30GB hard drive, which apparently is big enough to store imagery of all of Spain. UK and other countries will be released shortly.

Of course, this being a high-end GPS device, you get more for your money than just satellite navigation, as the following spec shows:

• Widescreen LCD 4,3” touch display
• Built-in hard disc of 30GB (1,8”)
• 2D, 2,5D and 3D Pictometry navigation
• (real oblique air pictures)
• PMP multimedia function (audio MP3, video
• MPEG4 and digital picture viewer)
• Bluetooth connectivity
• Notepad
• OSD in english
• Built-in stereo speakers
• USB disc function
• Firmware updates
• External power supply (5V/3.0A DC)
• Dimensions (mm)
• L x W x H: 145x80x23, 280 gr.
• Formats
• Video: MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4 (DivX/XviD), OGM
• Audio: MP3, WMA
• digital pictures: JPEG
• inputs/outputs
• USB 2.0 interface
• SD/MMC card reader
• Earphones audio output
• Input for external gps antenna
• Included accessories
• Gripping System to Windshield
• Car powering adapter
• Cable USB para PC
• AC/DC adapter
• User manual
• Pen

In the world of GPS devices, the Bluesens G01 provides just that little bit extra from the rest that should see it do well if they can price it keenly enough.

[Source: Blusens]