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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Basemap

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

Garmin mapping units come with permanently built-in basemaps, which typically include coverage of oceans, rivers, and lakes; principal cities, smaller cities, and towns; interstates, highways, and ...

Ambiguity resolution

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

If the initial integer ambiguity value for each satellite-receiver pair could be determined, then the ambiguous integrated carrier phase measurement can be corrected to create an unambiguous, but ...

Analogue signal

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

The principal feature of analogue signals is that they are continuous. In contrast, digital signals consist of values measured at discrete intervals.

Antenna

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

That part of the GPS receiver hardware which receives (and sometimes amplifies) the incoming L-Band signal. Antennas come in all shapes and sizes, but most these days use so-called "microstrip" or ...

Antenna splitter

Telecommunications; GPS (global positioning system)

An attachment which can be used to split the antenna signal into two, so that it may be fed to two GPS receivers. Such a configuration forms the basis of a Zero Baseline test.