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=Basics= | =Basics= | ||
*An abbreviation for Global Positioning System | *An abbreviation for Global Positioning System | ||
*Was | *Was originally less accurate civilians due to a system of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_analysis_for_the_Global_Positioning_System#Selective_availability Selective Availability], but this system was later stopped via software on midnight on May 1, 2000, and Block-III satellites will be physically incapable of it, so this will remove it in hardware over time | ||
*A USA Owned and Run [[Navigational Satellite Constellation]] | *A USA Owned and Run [[Navigational Satellite Constellation]] | ||
*The first system of it's kind from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SECOR SECOR] which was a survey system adapted into a crude SATNAV system to Block-1 of GPS | *The first system of it's kind from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SECOR SECOR] which was a survey system adapted into a crude SATNAV system to Block-1 of GPS | ||
*Worldwide Coverage (Albeit with lesser coverage in certain areas, and this becomes less of a problem with each new launch) | *Worldwide Coverage (Albeit with lesser coverage in certain areas, and this becomes less of a problem with each new launch) | ||
*Is also augmented for use in certain regions using [[ | *Is also augmented for use in certain regions using [[GNSS Augmentation]] methods | ||
= | =Internal Links= | ||
*[[SATNAV]] | *[[SATNAV]] | ||
*[[List of Navigational Satellite Constellations]] | *[[List of Navigational Satellite Constellations]] | ||
= | =External Links= | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System The Wikipedia Page on GPS] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System The Wikipedia Page on GPS] | ||
[[Category: Cartography, GIS, Maps, and Surveying]] [[Category: Navigation]] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:55, 29 October 2022
Basics
- An abbreviation for Global Positioning System
- Was originally less accurate civilians due to a system of Selective Availability, but this system was later stopped via software on midnight on May 1, 2000, and Block-III satellites will be physically incapable of it, so this will remove it in hardware over time
- A USA Owned and Run Navigational Satellite Constellation
- The first system of it's kind from SECOR which was a survey system adapted into a crude SATNAV system to Block-1 of GPS
- Worldwide Coverage (Albeit with lesser coverage in certain areas, and this becomes less of a problem with each new launch)
- Is also augmented for use in certain regions using GNSS Augmentation methods