GPS (global positioning system)

GPS (global positioning system)

Of or referring to a space based navigation system that provides location, time, and weather conditions on earth.

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cold start

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The power-on sequence where the GPS receiver downloads almanac data before establishing a position fix.

Refers to either the specific set of satellites used in calculating a position, or all the satellites visible to a GPS receiver at one time, or the entire ensemble of GPS satellites comprising the ...

control point

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Also called a Control Station or Geodetic Control Station. A monumented point to which coordinates have been assigned by the use of terrestrial or satellite surveying techniques. The coordinates may ...

control segment

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A worldwide chain of monitoring and control stations that control and manage the GPS satellite constellation.

coordinated universal time (utc)

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Replaced Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as the world standard for time in 1986. UTC uses atomic clock measurements to add or omit leap seconds each year to compensate for changes in the rotation of the ...

coordinates

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A set of numbers that describes your location on or above the earth. Coordinates are typically based on latitude/longitude lines of reference or a global/regional grid projection (e.g., UTM, MGRS, ...

correlator

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The GPS receiver "software" or electronic means, implemented in some fashion (either analogue or digital) within a Tracking Channel, used to shift or compare the incoming signal with an internally ...