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    GPS Technology

    By Daniel Golinski

    GPS Technology

    How it works:

    The GPS system works as a


    connection between the satellites
    and the receiver

    There are 24 public satellites used


    to find global position

    Triangulation is used to find


    location

    GPS Technology

    History

    Atomic Clock (1956)

    Sputnik 1 (1957)

    Defense Navigation Satellite


    System (DNSS) (September 1973)

    NAVSTAR

    Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (1983)

    Magellan Personal Navigation


    device (1989)

    Final Navstar Satellite put in orbit


    (1994)

    GPS Technology

    Applications

    Air Lines

    Agriculture

    Tracking animal patterns

    Emergency Services

    Advanced Maps

    Marine Biology

    Tracking, guiding, mapping

    Navigation

    Satellite phones

    Military

    Mapping out fields and providing accurate property lines

    Communication

    Prevention of Collisions

    Etc.

    Locations of emergencies, routes

    GPS Technology

    Sources

    http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGPS/

    http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/

    http://www.nps.gov/gis/gps/history.html

    http://www.mio.com/technology-history-of-gps.htm

    http://tf.nist.gov/cesium/atomichistory.htm

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