Global Positioning System
Definition of Global Positioning System
Glob´al Po`si´tion`ing Sys´tem
Pronunciation:
glō´b'l pô`zĭsh´ŭn`ĭng sĭs´tĕm
n.
1.
A
worldwide
system
of
electronic
navigation
in
which
a
vessel
,
aircraft
or
missile
determines
its
latitude
and
longitude
by
measuringthe
transmission
time
from
several
orbiting
satellites
.
GPSis
more
precise
than
any
other
navigation
system
available
,
yieldingposition
accurate
within
10
meters
95%
of
the
time
.
On
June
26
,
1993
. . .
the
U
.
S
.
Air
Force
launched
the
24th
Navstar
satellite
into
orbit
,
completing
a
network
of
24
satellites
known
as
the
Global
Positioning
System
,
or
GPS
.
With
a
GPS
receiver
that
costs
less
than
a
few
hundred
dollars
you
can
instantly
learn
your
location
on
the
planet
-
your
latitude
,
longitude
,
and
even
altitude
-
to
within
a
few
hundred
feet
.
This
incredible
new
technology
was
made
possible
by
a
combination
of
scientific
and
engineering
advances
,
particularly
development
of
the
world
'
s
most
accurate
timepieces
:
atomic
clocks
that
are
precise
to
within
a
billionth
of
a
second
.
- http://www4.nationalacademies.org/beyond/beyonddiscovery.nsf/web/gps?OpenDocument
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,
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