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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static positioning

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Location determination when the receiver's antenna is presumed to be stationary on the earth. In the case of pseudo-range-based techniques this allows the use of various averaging techniques to ...

statute mile

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards (1,609 meters) used in the U.S. and some other English-speaking countries.

This is a GPS Surveying "high productivity" technique which is used to determine centimeter accuracy baselines to static points, using site observation times of the order of 1 minute. Only carrier ...

straight-line navigation

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The act of going from one waypoint to another in the most direct line and with no turns.

tracback

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The proprietary Garmin feature which takes your current track log and converts it into a route to guide you back to a starting position.

track up orientation

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Fixes the GPS receiver’s map display so the current track heading is at the top of the screen.

transducer

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A device, much like a microphone, that converts input energy of one form into output energy of another. Fishfinders separate and enhance the information received from a transducer to show underwater ...