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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Coordinated universal time (utc)

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Replaced Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as the world standard for time in 1986. UTC uses atomic clock measurements to add or omit leap seconds each year to compensate for changes in the rotation of the ...

Coordinates

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

A set of numbers that describes your location on or above the earth. Coordinates are typically based on latitude/longitude lines of reference or a global/regional grid projection (e.g., UTM, MGRS, ...

Correlator

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The GPS receiver "software" or electronic means, implemented in some fashion (either analogue or digital) within a Tracking Channel, used to shift or compare the incoming signal with an internally ...

Course

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The direction from the beginning landmark of a course to its destination (measured in degrees, radians, or mils), or the direction from a route waypoint to the next waypoint in the route segment.

Course to steer

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The heading you need to maintain in order to reach a destination.

Course up orientation

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Fixes the GPS receiver's map display so the direction of navigation is always "up."

Absolute positioning

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Mode in which a position is determined, using a single receiver, with respect to a well-defined coordinate system, typically a Geocentric system (i.e., a system whose point of origin coincides with ...