A geographical web browser allows a user to navigate a network application
such as the Word Wide Web by physically navigating in geographical
coordinates. For example, a geographical web browser is implemented in a
mobile unit such as a dashboard computer. The mobile unit includes one or
more transducers such as antennas and is operative to receive locally
broadcast signals or to operate a global positioning system (GPS)
receiver. As the mobile unit navigates into different physical
localities, different web pages are displayed by the geographical web
browser. For example, a user desiring to buy a house can set the web
browser to a real estate web page. Instead of clicking on a hyperlink to
access web pages of properties in an area, the user drives into a first
area and automatically receives web pages relating to homes in that area.
When the mobile unit crosses town and enters a second area, a new set of
web pages is downloaded relating to properties in the second area. The
geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems disclosed herein
enable improved road-navigation and traffic management, advertisement,
and related services.