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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course

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The direction from the beginning landmark of a course to its destination (measured in degrees, radians, or mils), or the direction from a route waypoint to the next waypoint in the route segment.

course to steer

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The heading you need to maintain in order to reach a destination.

course up orientation

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Fixes the GPS receiver's map display so the direction of navigation is always "up."

The minimum acceptable satellite elevation angle (above the horizon) to avoid blockage of line-of-sight, multipath errors or too high Tropospheric or Ionospheric Delay values. May be preset in the ...

cycle slip

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A discontinuity of an integer number of cycles in the measured (integrated) carrier phase resulting from a temporary loss-of-lock in the carrier tracking loop of a GPS receiver. This corrupts the ...

data message

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Also known as the Navigation Message. A 1500 bit message modulated on the L1 and L2 GPS signal, which contains the satellite's location (or ephemeris), clock (bias) correction parameters, ...

datalogger

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Also known as a Data Recorder. A handheld, lightweight data entry computer. It can be used to store additional data obtained by a GPS receiver, such as Attribute information on a Feature whose ...