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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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GPS (global positioning system)
Phase-smoothed pseudo-range
Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)
The pseudo-range measurement which has had its "noise" level (random errors) reduced by being combined with the high precision carrier phase. It is still an unambiguous "range" measurement which can ...
Pixel
Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)
A single display element on an LCD screen. The more pixels, the higher the resolution and definition.
Position
Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)
The 3-D coordinates of a point, usually given in the form of Latitude, Longitude, and Altitude (or Ellipsoidal Height), though it may be provided in the 3-D Cartesian form, or any other transformed ...
Position format
Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)
The way in which the GPS receiver's position will be displayed on the screen. Commonly displayed as latitude/longitude in degrees and minutes, with options for degrees, minutes and seconds, degrees ...
Prime meridian
Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)
The zero meridian, used as a reference line from which longitude east and west is measured. It passes through Greenwich, England.
Pseudolite
Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)
A ground-based differential GPS receiver which transmits a signal like that of an actual GPS satellite, and can be used for ranging. Originally intended as an augmentation for Local Area Augmentation ...
Pseudo-random code
Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)
The identifying signature signal transmitted by each GPS satellite and mirrored by the GPS receiver in order to separate and retrieve the signal from background noise.
