GPS

Global Positioning
System
GPS
GLOBAL POSITIONING
SYSTEM
PRESENTATION
Presentation
by
BY
Mohammed
Shajahan
MOHAMMED SHAJAHAN

INDEX

What is GPS
Working of GPS
APPLICATION of GPS

What is GPS?
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a
space-based satellite navigation system that
provides location and time information in all
weather conditions, anywhere on or near the
Earth where there is an unobstructed line of
sight to four or more GPS satellites

 GPS was created and realized by the U.S.

Department of Defense (DoD) and was
originally run with 24 satellites.
It became fully operational in 1995. Bradford
Parkinson, Roger L. Easton, and Ivan A.
Getting who invented it.
The current system became fully operational
on June 26, 1993 when the 24th satellite was
launched.

WORKING OF GPS
Once a GPS device has distances for
at least three satellites, it can perform
the trilateration calculations.
Trilateration works in a similar way to
pinpointing your position on a map
knowing the precise distance from three
different landmarks using a pair of
compasses. Where the three circles
centered on each of the landmarks
overlap is your location given the radius
of each circle is your distance from
each landmark.

GPS Trilateration
Each satellite knows its position
and its distance from the center of
the earth.
Each satellite constantly
broadcasts this information.
With this information and the
calculated distance, the receiver
calculates its position.
Just knowing the distance to one
satellite doesnt provide enough
information.

 When the receiver knows its

distance from only one
satellite, its location could be
anywhere on the earths
surface that is an equal
distance from the satellite.
Represented by the circle in
the illustration.
The receiver must have
additional information.

With signals from two

satellites, the receiver
can narrow down its
location to just two points
on the earths surface.
Were the two circles
intersect.

 In this example, the

receiver is located at
b.
The more satellite
that are used, the
greater the potential
accuracy of the
position location.

APPLICATION OF GPS

Military.
Search and rescue.
Disaster relief.
Aeronautical navigation
Satellite positioning and tracking.
Shipping.
Geographic Information Systems
(GIS).

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