The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta...
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Satellite navigation (redirect from Global satellite positioning system)
system with global coverage. There are four globally operational GNSS systems: the United States Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia's Global Navigation...
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The error analysis for the Global Positioning System is important for understanding how GPS works, and for knowing what magnitude of error should be expected...
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A positioning system is a system for determining the position of an object in space. Positioning system technologies exist ranging from interplanetary...
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Galileo (satellite navigation) (redirect from Galileo global positioning system)
high-precision positioning system so European political and military authorities do not have to rely on the United States GPS or the Russian GLONASS systems, which...
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system and a satellite-based augmentation system developed by the Japanese government to enhance the United States-operated Global Positioning System...
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terminal-assisted. Positioning accuracy can be increased at the expense of wireless infrastructure equipment and installations. Wi-Fi positioning system (WPS) is...
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Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) Galileo positioning system Global Positioning System GLONASS BeiDou NavIC NTRIP Boquet, Guillem; Vilajosana...
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the global positioning system is important for understanding how GPS works, and for knowing what magnitude errors should be expected. The Global Positioning...
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GLONASS (redirect from GLObal NAvigation Satellite System)
provides an alternative to Global Positioning System (GPS) and is the second navigational system in operation with global coverage and of comparable precision...
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and was shut down in 1997 in favour of the Global Positioning System. Taking a "fix" in any navigation system requires the determination of two measurements...
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Precise Point Positioning (PPP) is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) positioning method that calculates very precise positions, with errors as...
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Differential GPS (redirect from Differential Global Positioning System)
Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPSs) supplement and enhance the positional data available from global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs). A...
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Geofence (category Global Positioning System)
a cellular telephone located with the movable object; a GPS (global positioning system) receiver located with the movable object, the GPS receiver being...
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device that uses satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) or similar global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). A satnav device can determine...
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Geodetic datum (redirect from Geodetic Coordinate System)
positioning system (GPS), the ellipsoid and datum WGS 84 it uses has supplanted most others in many applications. The WGS 84 is intended for global use...
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system as well as sensor technology for tracking stealth aircraft. In 1997, MITRE sponsored a research program related to Global Positioning System (GPS)...
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identifier) used for the Global Positioning System, and the several realizations of the International Terrestrial Reference System and Frame (such as ITRF2020...
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Assisted GNSS (redirect from Assisted global positioning system)
3GPP defined LPP or LTE positioning protocol for LTE networks. User Plane Protocol Defined by the OMA to support positioning protocols in packet switched...
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long. Such systems include assisted GPS, urban positioning services through hotspot databases, and indoor positioning systems. Wi-Fi positioning takes advantage...
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Geodesy (redirect from Geodetic positioning)
coordinate system (point positioning or absolute positioning) or relative to another point (relative positioning). One computes the position of a point...
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GPS week number rollover (category Global Positioning System)
that happens every 1,024 weeks, which is about 19.6 years. The Global Positioning System (GPS) broadcasts a date, including a week number counter that...
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is the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signals to correct or calibrate a solution from an inertial navigation system (INS). The method...
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155 nautical miles/270 km maximum). The SLAM-ER relies on the Global Positioning System (GPS) and infrared imaging for its navigation and control, and...
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Interagency GPS Executive Board (category Global Positioning System)
needs and desires of various governmental agencies into formal Global Positioning System Planning. GPS was administered by the Department of Defense, but...
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is an autonomous regional satellite navigation system that provides accurate real-time positioning and timing services. It covers India and a region...
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. GPS is the Global Positioning System, a satellite-based navigation system. GPS may also refer to: GPS navigation device...
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system is a similar system for civilian usage. Wide area augmentation system Precision approach Instrument landing system Global Positioning System Differential...
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GPS satellite blocks (category Global Positioning System)
production generations of the Global Positioning System (GPS) used for satellite navigation. The first satellite in the system, Navstar 1, was launched by...
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United States Armed Forces (section Global Positioning System and military satellite communications)
the operator of the Global Positioning System and the military's array of communications spacecraft. The Global Positioning System is operated by the 2nd...
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