Global Positioning System GPS is an abbreviation for global positioning system. GPS operates best near the equator. a GPS receiver. Global Positioning System. gallons per second. Global Positioning System a system that uses radio signals from satellites to show your exact position on the Earth on a special piece of equipment navigation system that works by a worldwide networks of satellites, car navigation system Global Positioning System - A worldwide radio-navigation system that was developed by the US Department of Defense In addition to military purposes it is widely used in marine, terrestrial navigation and location based services Global Positioning Satellite Satellite-based radio positioning systems that provide 24 hour three-dimensional position, velocity and time information to suitably equipped users anywhere on or near the surface of the Earth (and sometimes off the earth) GPS is a 24 satellite constellation, 20,000 Km above the earth in six orbital planes The NAVSTAR system, operated by the U S Department of Defense, was the first GPS system widely available to civilian users Global Positioning System (see GNS) Abr Global positioning system (qv) Global Positioning System; a collection of Earth-orbiting satellites In a more common context, GPS actually refers to a GPS receiver which uses a mathematical principle called "trilateration" that can tell you exactly where you are on Earth at any moment Global Positioning Satellite: A space base radio position, navigation and time transfer system continuing to be developed by the U S Department of Defense When fully deployed, the system is intended to provide highly accurate position and velocity information and precise time, on a continual basis, to an unlimited number of properly equipped subscribers The system will be unaffected by weather and will provide a worldwide common grid reference system The GPS concept is predicated upon accurate and continuous knowledge of the spatial position of each satellite in the system with respect to time and distance from a transmitting satellite to the user The GPS receiver automatically selects appropriate signals from the satellites in view and translates these into a three-dimensional position, velocity and time, Predictable system accuracy for civil users is projected to be 100 meters horizontally Performance standards and certification criteria have not yet been established – Global Positioning System, a series of 24 geosynchronous satellites that continuously transmit their position Used for personal tracking, navigation and automatic vehicle location technologies a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver GPS refers to satellite-based radio positioning systems that provide 24 hour three-dimensional position, velocity and time information to suitably equipped users anywhere on or near the surface of the Earth (and sometimes off the earth) GPS technology is used in a wide range of applications, including maritime, environmental, navigational, tracking and monitoring (Geographic Positioning System): A satellite system used to determine geographic position and deviation Campbell Scientific dataloggers can interrogate some GPS receivers then store the GPS position data Global Positioning System, GPS is a space-based navigation and positioning system Receivers in conjuction with fixed orbit satellites are used to determine a location on the earth Global Positioning System is a satellite base radio positioning system that uses the US's NAVSTAR system to accurately provide positioning, velocity and time information to GPS device users Global Positioning System; an array of satellites, deployed and maintained by the U S Department of Defense, which can be monitored to triangulate an accurate position on the earth's surface Global Positioning System: A series of 24 geosynchronous satellites that continuously transmit their position Used in personal tracking, navigation and automatic vehicle location technologies (Back to top ) Global Positioning Satellite or Global Positioning System Global Positioning System Also refers to Global Positioning Satellite A system using satellites, receivers and software to allow users to determine their exact geographic position Global Positioning System GPS is a satellite- based navigation system Global Positioning Satellite (System) = Global Positioning System Global Position System Satellite navigation, which gives yachts exact latitude and longitude position The update race is one second Global Positioning Unit or System Global Positioning System A receiver that calculates its absolute geographic position by determining its relative position to a set of at least three satellites Global Positioning System The GPS is a constellation of 24 satellites orbiting the earth twice a day Global Positioning System A network of 24 radio transmitting satellites (NAVSTAR) developed by the US Department of Defense to provide accurate geographical position fixing