Geospatial Tech Chapter 4: Global Positioning System
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GPS
global positioning system; a technology that uses signals broadcast from satellites for navigation and position determination on Earth
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NAVSTAR GPS
the U.S. global positioning system
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GNSS
global navigation satellite system; an overall term for the technologies that use signals from satellites to fin locations on Earths surface
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Space segment
one of the three segments of GPS, consisting of the satellite and the signals they broadcast from space
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Control segment
one of the three segments of GPS, consisting of the control stations that monitor the signals from the GPS satellites
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User segment
one of the three segments of GPS, consisting of the GPS receivers on the ground that pick up the signal form the satellites
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Trilateration
the process of finding a location in relation to three points of reference
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GLONASS
Russia's GNSS
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Galileo
the European Union's GNSS
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BeiDou-2
China's GNSS
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Geocaching
using GPS and a set of coordinates to find locations of hidden objects
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