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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Latitude

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A north/south angular measurement of position relative to the equator, in the meridian plane which contains the earth's rotation axis.

Network adjustment

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A form of least squares solution in which the observed baseline vectors are treated as "observations" in a secondary adjustment. It may be a minimally constrained network adjustment with only one ...

North up orientation

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Fixes the GPS receiver’s map display so north is always fixed at the top of the screen.

In an analogous manner to "Class of Survey", Order of Survey is a means of categorising the quality, or precision, of a static survey. However, it relates to the external quality, and is influenced ...

Outage

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Defined as a loss of Availability, due to either there not being enough satellites visible to calculate a position, or the value of the DOP indicator is greater than some specified value (implying ...

Parallel channel receiver

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A continuous tracking receiver using multiple receiver circuits to track more than one satellite simultaneously.

P-code

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The precise code of the GPS signal typically used only by the U.S. military. It is encrypted and reset every seven days to prevent use from unauthorised persons.