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GPSSSSSSSSSSSS. Ms. Creedon Ms. Spiker. What Should I Learn Today?. What is GPS and what is the GPS used for? Who uses GPS? Why we are learning about the GPS? When and where will WE be using this GPS?. So, what is the GPS?.
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GPSSSSSSSSSSSS Ms. Creedon Ms. Spiker
What Should I Learn Today? • What is GPS and what is the GPS used for? • Who uses GPS? • Why we are learning about the GPS? • When and where will WE be using this GPS?
So, what is the GPS? • A Global Positioning System that uses the radio signals of 24 satellites to provide reliable positioning, navigation, and timing services. • The GPS is made up of three parts: • satellites orbiting the Earth; • control and monitoring stations on Earth; and • the GPS receivers owned by users. • GPS satellites send signals from space that are picked up and identified by GPS receivers. Each GPS receiver then provides 3D location (latitude, longitude, and altitude) plus the time.
Now what can GPS be used for? • Localization • Where am I? • Navigation • How do I move from one place to another? • Tracking • How do things and people move? • Maps • Draw maps • Time measurements • Speed and Direction of Movement • How fast am I traveling? Which way am I going?
Who uses GPS? Who uses GPS? A few people are… • Military • U.S. Coast Guard • Pilots • Fisherman • Boaters • Farmers • WE DO!!!!!!!!!!!!