The market for positioning systems is about to take off. The Industrial Technology Research Institute's Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center forecasts that this year the production value of GPS products manufactured by Taiwanese vendors home and abroad will reach NT $ 37.8 billion, with production volume hitting 8.53 million units. The main drivers for growth will be in-car navigation devices and integrated information technology products such as PDAs and smart phones.
由於眼見定位系統的市場將快速起飛，工研院產業經濟與資訊服務中心預估，今年台灣 GPS 各類產品海內外產值將達 378 億元，產量可達 853 萬台，成長動力主要來自車用導航以及整合型資訊產品，如 PDA 和智慧型手機等。