global positioning
Worldwide location tracking
Global positioning is determining location on Earth using satellite signals.
The term appears almost exclusively in global positioning system (GPS), the satellite network that enables navigation devices to pinpoint coordinates.
Occasionally used more loosely for any technology that tracks geographic location: The app uses global positioning to find nearby restaurants.
- geodesyEarth measurement science
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- geofencingGPS-defined virtual perimeter
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- blue dotEarth viewed from space
navigation system · cartography · datum · coordinate systems · cold start · atomic clock · logistics · ephemeris · orbital mechanics · error correction · autonomous vehicles · reference frame · Doppler effect · lost signal · satellite constellation · longitude · wayfinding · geolocation
- geophysicsearthquake, earthquakes, seismology, seismic waves, seismograph
global positioningdead reckoning
Position-tracking via estimated motion
celestial navigation · pilotage · compass navigation · radio navigation
global positioningguesswork
Conclusions drawn without proof
estimation · approximation · getting lost · disorientation · wandering
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