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.

Industry: Telecommunications

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mean sea level

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The average level of the ocean's surface, as measured by the level halfway between mean high and low tide. Used as a standard in determining land elevation or sea depths.

A form of least squares solution in which the observed baseline vectors are treated as "observations" in a secondary network adjustment, and only one coordinate must be held fixed to its known value ...

multi-channel receiver

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A GPS receiver that can simultaneously track more than one satellite signal using a dedicated signal electronics channel for each satellite. High quality receivers may have 12 channels for L1, and ...

multipath

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Interference caused by reflected GPS signals arriving at the receiver, typically as a result of nearby structures or other reflective surfaces. May be mitigated to some extent through appropriate ...

multipath error

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Errors caused by the interference of a signal that has reached the receiver antenna by two or more different paths. This is usually caused by one path being bounced or reflected. The impact on a ...

multiplexing channel

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A channel of a GPS receiver that can be sequenced through a number of satellite signals. In contrast to a Multi-Channel Receiver in which one channel is dedicated to each satellite signal.

multiplexing receiver

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A GPS receiver that switches at a very rapid rate between satellites being tracked. Typically, multiplexing receivers require more time for satellite acquisition and are not as accurate as parallel ...