GPS sensor
Satellite location receiver
A GPS sensor is a device that receives signals from Global Positioning System satellites to determine geographic location.
Found in smartphones, vehicles, fitness trackers, and navigation systems, GPS sensors calculate position by measuring the time signals take to arrive from multiple satellites: The GPS sensor in my phone tracked my entire hiking route.
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- satellite signalTransmission from orbiting spacecraft
- navigationDetermining position and course
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- locationPosition in space
location services · coordinates · latitude · longitude · waypoint · signal · cell tower · dead zone · receiver · mapping · route · positioning · triangulation · accuracy · antenna · geolocation · driving · directions
- speed sensorsspeedometer, radar gun, speed camera, police radar, fixed camera
- geophysical sensorsseismometer, seismograph, geophone, accelerometer, inclinometer
GPS sensormagnetic compass
North-seeking navigation instrument
dead reckoning · celestial navigation · compass · sextant · astrolabe
GPS sensorpaper map
Printed geographic reference
physical map · road atlas · lodestone · sundial · astrolabe
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