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Definition of Global positioning system
1. Noun. 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.
Definition of Global positioning system
1. Proper noun. (cartography) A system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites. ¹
2. Noun. Any system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from satellites such as those of the US military, the Russian GLONASS system, or the proposed Galileo European alternative system. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Global Positioning System
Literary usage of Global positioning system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Environmental Indicators for Agriculture by Organisation for Economic Co-operation, SourceOECD (Online service), Development. (2001)
"... such as the global positioning system, to collect data at exact locations and
the geographical information system, to map more precisely fertiliser and ..."
2. High Frontier: The U.S. Air Force & the Military Space Program by Curtis Peebles (1998)
"Navigation Satellites-The Navstar global positioning system In the early 1970s,
the Air Force acquired responsibility for an additional space ..."
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