| rdfs:comment | - Global Positioning System, or GPS, was a technology that used satellites to pinpoint an exact location of a certain object or person. Used by typing in coordinates or major location values, this could accurately find anything on Earth. It was often used to track suspects and to follow vehicles without risking the target's suspicions and the surveillance's cover.
- Object: Global Positioning System (GPS)
- The global positioning system (GPS) is
- thumb|200px|Podstawowe zastosowanie GPS Global Positioning System (w skrócie GPS, dokładniej GPS-NAVSTAR) – system nawigacji satelitarnej. Polega na tym, że kierowca zamiast mózgu i mapy używa urządzenia elektronicznego. W konsekwencji celami podróży stają się takie obiekty jak rowy, doły, rzeki, jeziora, niskie mosty, ulice jednokierunkowe, opuszczone statki kosmiczne, gdzie też auto najczęściej kończy podróż, bo dalej jechać się nie da.
- The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Utilizing a constellation of at least 24 Medium Earth Orbit satellites that transmit precise microwave signals, the system enables a GPS receiver to determine its location, speed, direction, and time. Other similar systems are the Russian GLONASS (incomplete as of 2007), the upcoming European Galileo positioning system, the proposed COMPASS navigation system of China, and IRNSS of India.
- A global positioning system or GPS was a method to calculate a position on a planetary surface. Such systems were in use during the time of the Clone Wars and into the Galactic Civil War. In 20 BBY, Korkie Kryze and his friends rescued Satine Kryze in a speeder that had a built-in GPS.
- The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. The system provides critical capabilities to military, civil, and commercial users around the world. The United States government created the system, maintains it, and makes it freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver.
- The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Utilizing a constellation of at least 24 Medium Earth Orbit satellites that transmit precise microwave signals, the system enables a GPS receiver to determine its location, speed, direction, and time. Other similar systems are the Russian GLONASS (incomplete as of 2008), the upcoming European Galileo positioning system, the proposed COMPASS navigation system of China, and IRNSS of India.
- Due to the extreme technological expertise needed, a GPS satellite could only be granted to an Allied base that had a tech center. Once built, Allied technicians would prepare a satellite for launch, and after preparations were made, the satellite would be launched into medium Earth orbit, revealing the topography of the area of operation, as well as the location of any enemy units.
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| abstract | - Global Positioning System, or GPS, was a technology that used satellites to pinpoint an exact location of a certain object or person. Used by typing in coordinates or major location values, this could accurately find anything on Earth. It was often used to track suspects and to follow vehicles without risking the target's suspicions and the surveillance's cover.
- Object: Global Positioning System (GPS)
- The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. The system provides critical capabilities to military, civil, and commercial users around the world. The United States government created the system, maintains it, and makes it freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver. The US began the GPS project in 1973 to overcome the limitations of previous navigation systems, integrating ideas from several predecessors, including a number of classified engineering design studies from the 1960s. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) developed the system, which originally used 24 satellites. It became fully operational in 1995. Roger L. Easton, Ivan A. Getting and Bradford Parkinson are credited with inventing it.}}[citation needed] Advances in technology and new demands on the existing system have now led to efforts to modernize the GPS and implement the next generation of GPS Block IIIA satellites and Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). Announcements from Vice President Al Gore and the White House in 1998 initiated these changes. In 2000, the U.S. Congress authorized the modernization effort, GPS III. In addition to GPS, other systems are in use or under development. The Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) was developed contemporaneously with GPS, but suffered from incomplete coverage of the globe until the mid-2000s. There are also the planned European Union Galileo positioning system, China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, the Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, and India's Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System.
- The global positioning system (GPS) is
- thumb|200px|Podstawowe zastosowanie GPS Global Positioning System (w skrócie GPS, dokładniej GPS-NAVSTAR) – system nawigacji satelitarnej. Polega na tym, że kierowca zamiast mózgu i mapy używa urządzenia elektronicznego. W konsekwencji celami podróży stają się takie obiekty jak rowy, doły, rzeki, jeziora, niskie mosty, ulice jednokierunkowe, opuszczone statki kosmiczne, gdzie też auto najczęściej kończy podróż, bo dalej jechać się nie da.
- Due to the extreme technological expertise needed, a GPS satellite could only be granted to an Allied base that had a tech center. Once built, Allied technicians would prepare a satellite for launch, and after preparations were made, the satellite would be launched into medium Earth orbit, revealing the topography of the area of operation, as well as the location of any enemy units. By the time of the Third World War, the Allies had retooled their GPS service. Since there was a period of peace, a number of GPS satellite had been launched to serve various tasks. Realizing the existence of the Soviets' old space program, the Allies installed more security on their GPS via the usage of advance cypher techniques. To cater on this added protocol, the Allies relocated their services in a special service building called Spy Satellite Uplink. Due to the arduous task heavily involving cypher, the computer in the uplink center is connected directly to the Radar and Navigation facility inside any command center. So when the uplink failed (due to power problem and/or sabotage) the map and the entire location display is "reseted" back to any input available from existing units and structures, putting back the "fog of war" to the map. Following the war, the GPS was commonly used for both military and civilian purposes. However, by the First Tiberium War, the Brotherhood of Nod had developed several specialized techniques and technologies for fooling the GPS, forcing GDI to resort to old-fashioned methods of scouting. Regardless, the GPS satellite formed the backbone of the future satellite network of the Global Defense Initiative.
- The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Utilizing a constellation of at least 24 Medium Earth Orbit satellites that transmit precise microwave signals, the system enables a GPS receiver to determine its location, speed, direction, and time. Other similar systems are the Russian GLONASS (incomplete as of 2007), the upcoming European Galileo positioning system, the proposed COMPASS navigation system of China, and IRNSS of India.
- The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Utilizing a constellation of at least 24 Medium Earth Orbit satellites that transmit precise microwave signals, the system enables a GPS receiver to determine its location, speed, direction, and time. Other similar systems are the Russian GLONASS (incomplete as of 2008), the upcoming European Galileo positioning system, the proposed COMPASS navigation system of China, and IRNSS of India. Developed by the United States Department of Defense, GPS is officially named NAVSTAR GPS (Contrary to popular belief, NAVSTAR is not an acronym, but simply a name given by John Walsh, a key decision maker when it came to the budget for the GPS program). The satellite constellation is managed by the United States Air Force 50th Space Wing. The cost of maintaining the system is approximately US$750 million per year, including the replacement of aging satellites, and research and development. Following the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in 1983, President Ronald Reagan issued a directive making the system available for free for civilian use as a common good. Since then, GPS has become a widely used aid to navigation worldwide, and a useful tool for map-making, land surveying, commerce, scientific uses, and hobbies such as geocaching. GPS also provides a precise time reference used in many applications including scientific study of earthquakes, and synchronization of telecommunications networks.
- A global positioning system or GPS was a method to calculate a position on a planetary surface. Such systems were in use during the time of the Clone Wars and into the Galactic Civil War. In 20 BBY, Korkie Kryze and his friends rescued Satine Kryze in a speeder that had a built-in GPS.
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