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  Maps, coordinates and routes link digital information to locations, supporting
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    title: The Operator
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    title: Navigation and augmented reality
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      Maps, coordinates and routes link digital information to locations,
      supporting navigation or checking whether travel was possible.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/narrative-the-operator-03.webp
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      credit: Bureau 81 / Bureau 81 / indienova
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      caption: Route geography constrains possible movements
      alt: Route geography constrains possible movements
      markers:
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          label: Road layout connects the route’s reachable locations
    tips:
      - 'Distinguish the current position, destination and calculated route.'
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  Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on
  2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are
  preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
  classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and
  editorial review.
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# Navigation and augmented reality

id: electronic-devices--family-g19
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g19
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g19/

Maps, coordinates and routes link digital information to locations, supporting navigation or checking whether travel was possible.

## At a glance

![Route geography constrains possible movements](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/narrative-the-operator-03.webp)

[The Operator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771980/) · © Bureau 81 / Bureau 81 / indienova. All rights reserved.

1. Road layout connects the route’s reachable locations

- Distinguish the current position, destination and calculated route.

- [The Operator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771980/)

## How it works

Devices: Smartphone; Device; Terminal.

## Variants

### Variants and applications

<a id="family-g19-variants"></a>

- Get directions. Rule: Choose a path taking into account availability, time and threats. <a id="variant-g19-01"></a>
- Find coordinates. Rule: Define or enter a destination. <a id="variant-g19-02"></a>
- Track an object. Rule: Follow the changing position of a person, machine or beacon. <a id="variant-g19-03"></a>
- Focus on signal strength. Rule: Narrow the search area by changing the readings. <a id="variant-g19-04"></a>
- Triangulate. Rule: Find the source by comparing several directions or measurements. <a id="variant-g19-05"></a>
- Combine the AR layer with the world. Rule: Open a hint or action when the device is in the correct position. <a id="variant-g19-06"></a>
- Mark and transfer the position. Rule: Create a mark that the system, NPC or partner will see. <a id="variant-g19-07"></a>

## Context and limits

Author's taxonomy of actions, task forms and end-to-end conditions for design. Categories overlap. References support individual families, not every variant.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.

- [The Operator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771980/) (id: source-090ee83445744667)

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