History and Development of the Global Positioning System

04/06/2000


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History and Development of the Global Positioning System

Where Are We?

Ancient Maps

Historical Mapping Methods

Triangulating an x, y Location (1)

Triangulating an x, y Location (2)

Triangulating an x, y Location (3)

Triangulating an x,y coordinate (1)

Triangulating an x,y coordinate (2)

Surveying x, y, z is as easy as ABC

Traditional Triangulation Surveying Instruments

Long-range Navigation and Time Keeping

You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks

Early Development of the GPS

Hardware

More recent GPS-related Developments

New Technologies, Same Old Methods

Russia’s GPS: GLONASS

Author: Geology Department

Email: pmessina@geosun.sjsu.edu

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