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Gps - the beginning


Added: 27-02-2009
Author: Cahyo Wijaa
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GPS technology is complicated, but understanding can be easy if you understand the steps slowly. GPS tutorial trying to provide information about the GPS, from the basic understanding of GPS principles and development of advanced GPS applications. Hopefully this tutorial will be very helpful.

How did GPS appear?

This idea originally came from the idea of how our current existence, where we were, and invitation to go to places we ve ever .. Sometimes, knowing where the address does not mean that we can find it easily. There are similarities or possible addresses. This course is one that underlies the emergence of GPS.

Navigation and positioning system is important in various activities and processes and is still regarded as a difficult day. Years from now people are trying to facilitate a series of technology development of technology applications, but sometimes I can mplication dangerous.

Finally, the U.S. Defense Department decided that the U.S. should have some form of technology is very accurate about the exact position of these locations throughout the world. Fortunatelly, then have the funds $12 million as a good basis for developing these technologies.

Why is the Department of Defense U. S. development of GPS?
At that time there was such an ICBM arms race, that was interesting in terms of determining the exact location of the missiles fired by the enemy. Of course, to find the right location, we can destroy the enemy before attacking.

Not very difficult to start the site because most of the weapons fired from the Russian mainland. However, various types of weapons are fired weapons from the sea. Of course, maintaining American power, must find a way to get a chance, despite the great sea, in a matter of hours. And they found the GPS. GPS or Global Positioning System, the system changes to the navigation system.

Differential GPS is the second collaboration of the GPS receiver, the GPS receiver in place and others are still moving the GPS receiver in the area mapped. Thus, one GPS receiver is the Base Station (turn GPS) and the other is a GPS receiver GPS Rover. Keep the mind, for Differential GPS, not a little by using only the GPS receiver 2, you can use 3, 4 or one of the GPS receiver. What is important is that we must base station.



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