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Does GPS work No

inside?

Are satellites in No, move around

stationary/geocentic
orbit?

What is this GPS orbiting navigational satellites

What do Position and time data
navigational
satellites transmit?
satellites transmit?

What do handheld latitude

receivers calculate longitude
altitude
velocity

Who was GPS US defense department

developed by?

How many satellite 34

vehicles?

What does GPS Global Positioning System

stand for?

How many orbital 6

planes?

What is elevation 20,200 km

above Earth?

What is the orbital 11 hr 55 min

period?

How many satellites Five to twelve

are visible from any
point on earth?

What are the three space segment

segments of the GPS control segment
user segment

How does GPS work All satellites have clocks set to exactly the same
in a perfect world? time
All satellites know their exact position in space from
data sent to them from system controllers
Each satellite transmits its position and a time signal
The signals travel to the received delayed only by
distance traveled
The receiver calculates the distance to each satellite
and trilaterates its own position

What are sources of Earth's atmosphere

Solid Structures
 Solid Structures
signal interference?
Metal
Electro-magnetic fields

What do more More resolution and accuracy

satellites give?

How many satellites 3

does 2d positioning
have?

How many satellites 4

does 3d positioning
have?

What is a position Real-time satellite tracking

based on?

What is a position A set of coordinates

defined by?

Does a position No
have a name?

A position only approximation

represents an ________
of the receiver's true
location

Is a position static? No, it changes constantly as the GP receiver moves

What must a 2D or 3D mode (3 or 4 satellites)

receiver be in in
order to provide a
position fix?

3D most position accuracy

dramatically
improves...

What is a waypoint coordinates entered into a GPS receivers memory

based on?

True or false: A True

waypoint can be
either a saved
either a saved
position fix, or under
entered coordinates

True or false: A True

waypoint can be
created for any
remote point on
earth

What must a A receiver designated code or number, or a user

waypoint have? supplied name

Once entered and Remains unchanged in the receiver's memory until

saved a waypoint... edited or deleted

What can satellite The quality of GPS signals and accuracy of receiver
geometry affect? trilateration

What does DOP Dilution of precision

stand for?

What does DOP each satellite's position relative to the other

reflect? satellites being accessed by a receiver

How many distinct Five

kinds of DOP is
there?

What is the DOP Position Dilution of Precision (PDOP)

value used most
commonly in GPS to
determine the
quality of a
receiver's position?

True or False: It's True

usually up to the
GPS receiver to pick
satellites which
provide the best
position
triangulation
True or False: GPS False
receivers do not
allow DOP to be
manipulated by the
user

What does DGPS Differential GPS

stand for?

How many receivers two

are required for
DGPS

One base station in static on a known location

GPS is ____ while the operated by the user in the field
other is ____

How does the base Via wireless connection

station send
correction to the
rover?

What are the Corrected coordinates in the field

advantages of DGPS Be able to navigate/stakeout accurately
No post processing software required ($)
No time spent on post-processing training or data
processing after collection
Simple. Public serves are free.

What are Requires robust wireless link between base and

disadvantages of rover
DGPS Requires extra receiver hardware to deal with
wireless link
Need to be in range of a base station

What are sources of Worldwide marine/inland 300Khz beacon

DGPS corrections? transmitters -~42 countries (free service) Worldwide
RTK Networks (some free public service and some
are subscription) User broadcasting

What does RTK Real time kinetic

stand for?
stand for?

What is RTK technique used to enhance the precision of position

data derived from satellite-based positioning
systems

RTK uses measurements of the phase of the signal's carrier

wave, rather than the information content of the
signal

RTK has application land survey and hydrographic survey

in

What method Virtual Reference Network

extends the use of
RTK to a whole area
of reference station
network?

What network of Continuously Operating Reference Station

RTSK base station
that broadcast
corrections, usually
over an Internet
connection?

What is SBAS? Satellite-Based Augmentation System

GPS Corrections broadcast from geostationary
communications satellites

How does SBAS Network of ground GPS base stations and

work? infrastructure
Data is used to generate corrections
Communication satellites broadcast corrections

Coverage area is the extent of the GPS ground network and

defined by communication satellite visibility.

What is WAAS? Wide Area Augmentation System

How much accuracy Three meter accuracy 95% of the time, normally it is
does WAAS 15
achieve?
Location determining a basic position

Navigation getting from one location to another

Tracking monitoring the movement of people and things

Mapping creating maps of the world

Timing bringing precise timing to the world

Application of GIS Private and recreation

Mapping survey geology
Agriculture
Aviation
Maritime

largest use farming/agriculture