The low cost of protecting America

The low cost of protecting America

Highly precise and free for use by anyone with an inexpensive receiver, GPS and other GNSS are great. Their navigation and timing signals have been incorporated into nearly every aspect of modern life, from synchronizing power grids to financial systems, the Internet, telecommunications, and transpo...

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Veröffentlicht in:GPS world 2014-01, Vol.25 (1), p.8-15
1. Verfasser: Goward, Dana A
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Communications equipment
Estimates
Homeland security
Internet
Navigation
Receivers
Telecommunications
Time measurements
Transportation
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Zusammenfassung:Highly precise and free for use by anyone with an inexpensive receiver, GPS and other GNSS are great. Their navigation and timing signals have been incorporated into nearly every aspect of modern life, from synchronizing power grids to financial systems, the Internet, telecommunications, and transportation. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimates that these signals are used by all 16 of U.S. critical national infrastructure sectors, and are essential to the functioning of 11.
ISSN:1048-5104