The Global Positioning System (GPS)

The Global Positioning System (GPS) tells you where you are on Earth.It's eleven o'clock ... do you know where your kids are? Would you like to? One way to track them would be to have a GPS receiver installed in the car! The GPS, or Global Positioning System, is one of the hottest technologies around, and no wonder. Consider these diverse uses:Minnesota scientists use GPS to study movements and feeding habits of deer.Surveyors used GPS to measure how the buildings shifted after the bombing in Oklahoma City.GPS help settle property disputes between land owners.Marine archaeologists use GPS to guide research vessels hunting for shipwrecks.GPS data has revealed that Mt. Everest is getting taller!GPS answers five questions simultaneously:"Where am I?""Where am I going?""Where are you?""What's the best way to get there?"When will I get there?"GPS is the only system today that can show your exact position on the Earth anytime, in any weather, no matter where you are!Development:Like so many other high-tech developments, GPS was designed by the U. S. military. The concept started in the late '60s but the first satellite wasn't launched until February 1978. In 1989 the Magellan Corp. introduced the first hand-held GPS receiver. In 1992 GPS was used in Operation Desert Storm. On March 1996 the President decided to make GPS free for civilian users.System Description:

The Global Positioning System (GPS) tells you where you are on Earth.

It 's eleven o' clock... Do you know where your kids. Are? Would you like to? One way to track them would be to have a GPS receiver installed in the car! The GPS or Global, Positioning. System is one, of the hottest technologies around and no, wonder. Consider these diverse uses:

.Minnesota scientists use GPS to study movements and feeding habits of deer.
Surveyors used GPS to measure how the buildings. Shifted after the bombing in Oklahoma City.
GPS help settle property disputes between land owners.
Marine archaeologists. Use GPS to guide research vessels hunting for shipwrecks.
GPS data has revealed that Mt. Everest is getting taller!
.GPS answers five questions simultaneously:

"Where am I?"
"Where am I going?"
"Where are you?"
"What 's the best way to. Get there?
"When will I get there?"
GPS is the only system today that can show your exact position on the, Earth anytime. In, any weather no matter where you are!


Development Like so many other high-tech developments GPS was, designed by the. U. S. Military.The concept started in the late '60s but the first satellite wasn' t launched until February 1978. In 1989 the Magellan. Corp. Introduced the first hand - held GPS receiver. In 1992 GPS was used in Operation Desert Storm. On March 1996 the President. Decided to make GPS free for civilian users.

System Description: