GPS Quick Course

Explaining how satellite position location technology and the GPS system has evolved, this book shows you the functional parts of GPS systems and how they work together to provide position measurements that are accurate to within centimeters.

GPS Quick Course

Location, Location, Location

Global Positioning System (GPS)

GPS Applications

Position Tracking

Agriculture Control

Navigation

Surveying

Structure Deformation Monitoring

Vehicle Traffic Management

GPS System Operation

GPS Receiver

GPS Satellites

GPS Satellite Orbits

GPS Radio

GPS Data Formats

GPS Errors

Augmentation Systems

Terrestrial and Other Positioning Systems

Acronyms

GPS Quick Course

By Ben Levitan

Agriculture Control

Agriculture control is the monitoring, analysis and assignment of work to manage or improve the cultivation of land or the raising of livestock.

Precision Farming

Precision farming is the use of technology to assist in the optimization of farm production. The technologies used in precision farming range from determining the location of soil samples using GPS signals to the automatic sensing of condition and location of farm animals.

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