The view from here: Roll on, GPS

The view from here: Roll on, GPS

Is it the satellites, 12,000 miles away, beaming little 19centimeter radio waves toward the center of the Earth? Is it the Master Control Station on the high and dry plains of Colorado? The monitoring stations on remote islands of Ascension, Diego Garcia, Kwajelein? The millions of receivers in mill...

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Veröffentlicht in:GPS World 2003-01, Vol.14 (1), p.6
1. Verfasser: Gibbons, Glen
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Sprache:eng
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Global positioning systems
GPS
Rivers
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Zusammenfassung:Is it the satellites, 12,000 miles away, beaming little 19centimeter radio waves toward the center of the Earth? Is it the Master Control Station on the high and dry plains of Colorado? The monitoring stations on remote islands of Ascension, Diego Garcia, Kwajelein? The millions of receivers in millions of hands around the planet? Or is GPS the sum of its applications, the product of its software, the benefits of its use?
ISSN:1048-5104