GPS guidance
Digital route assistance
GPS guidance is a navigation system that uses signals from satellites to determine precise location and direct movement toward a destination.
It appears in vehicles, aircraft, missiles, and handheld devices, providing real-time positioning and turn-by-turn directions.
The term often describes agricultural equipment that steers tractors along exact paths, or weapons systems that home in on coordinates.
The combine's GPS guidance kept rows perfectly straight.
- GPS receiversSatellite-based positioning devices
- satellite signalTransmission from orbiting spacecraft
- geofencingGPS-defined virtual perimeter
- route planningDetermining travel paths
- recalculatingComputing anew
turn-by-turn · wayfinding · mapping software · triangulation · drones · coordinate systems · GPS · self-driving cars · fleet management · geocaching · agritech · farm equipment · automation · latitude · precision · data-driven · longitude · spatial awareness
GPS guidancedead reckoning
Position-tracking via estimated motion
paper map · celestial navigation · road atlas · compass navigation · mental map
GPS guidanceeducated guess
Reasoned speculation from facts
rough estimate · trial and error · flying blind · seat-of-the-pants · winging it
GPS guidanceintuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
gut feeling · asking directions · memory · mental map · sense of direction