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.

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Relative positioning

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The determination of relative positions between two or more receivers which are simultaneously tracking the same GPS signals. One receiver is generally referred to as the Reference or Base Station, ...

Route

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A group of waypoints entered into the GPS receiver in the sequence you desire to navigate them.

Rover

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Any mobile GPS receiver collecting data during a field session. The receiver's position may be computed relative to another, stationary GPS receiver at a Base Station. May also be referred to as the ...

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 ...

Search the sky

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A message shown when a GPS receiver is gathering satellite almanack data. This data tells the GPS receiver where to look for each GPS satellite.

Serial communication

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The sequential transmission of the signal elements of a group representing a character or other entity of data. The characters are transmitted in a sequence over a single line, rather than ...

Spread spectrum

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The received GPS signal is wide bandwidth and low power. The L-band signal is modulated with a pseudo-random noise code to spread the signal energy over a much wider bandwidth than the signal ...