Learn about GPS

  • Global Positioning System (GPS) technology is now in everything from cell phones and wristwatches to bulldozers, shipping containers, and ATM’s.The GPS.gov site gives details existing GPS applications.
  • Garmin a producer of GPS equipment provides details on their site about What GPS is and how it works with images to help explain.
  • You can find out about the history of navigtion here, or watch a BBC animation on Navigation important background to GPS technology.
  • These links take you to sites and resources that will tell you more about GPS
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