GPS has both military and civilian applications across many industries including public safety, environmental monitoring, aviation, recreation, and business. It provides location data through satellite signals that can track devices, guide users to waypoints, and calculate speed and elevation. GPS is integrated into vehicle navigation systems, geographic information systems, aviation safety and traffic control, emergency response systems, and scientific research applications like atmospheric sensing and wildlife tracking.

1. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)
APPLICATION
GPS is considered a dual-use technology, meaning it has
significant military and civilian applications

2. Current Applications of GPS
• Public Safety
• Environmental
resource agents
• Aviation
• Military
• Local planning
• Surveying
• Recreation
• Business

3. Tracking Devices
One of the easiest applications to consider is the
simple GPS tracking device

4. Using the ‘GOTO’ function, the GPS will guide you to a
predefined Waypoint using a compass and “pointer”
You can program the GPS to “beep” when you are within a
certain distance of the defined Waypoint

5. NavigationNavigation
• Speed
GPS’s calculate your ground speed as you walk, run,
drive or fly
• Elevation
In addition to providing you with your latitude and
longitude, GPS provides you with altitude information.

6. GPS has become a widely deployed and useful tool for commerce,
scientific uses, tracking, and surveillance.
GPS's accurate time facilitates everyday activities such as banking,
mobile phone operations, and even the control of power grids by
allowing well synchronized hand-off switching
GPS watches, for example, tend to use radio waves to
transmit their location to a tracking center, while GPS
phones use existing cell phone technology.

7. Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS)
IVHS will combine GPS technology with communications, controls,
navigation and information systems to improve highway safety,
ease trace congestion, and reduce harmful environmental effects.
Car Navigation Systems
A car navigation system uses a specialized computer that use the
signals from GPS satellites to track the driver's progress on a
digital map. It may provides services like the shortest route, etc.

8. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
GPS technology is used extensively in geographic information
systems. These systems combine cellular data networks for
communication,

9. Aviation
GPS technology is being applied in aircraft safety systems, air
traffic control system, and zero visibility landing.
GPS technology can be used to plot aircraft altitude to a pitch of
one-tenth of one degree. In future, it is expected to reduce the
number of people required in the control tower and cockpit.

10. Emergency Systems
GPS technology is being used to develop emergency messaging
products. With the aid of a wireless communication link, the
emergency system communicates the GPS derived position
information and the specifies the situation to the base station. GPS
based car alarms with GPS to locate stolen cars are being
considered by the automobile industry.

11. Atmospheric Sounding using GPS Signals
During Voyager missions, spacecraft trajectories were planned so
that radio signals from the spacecraft would transect a planets
atmosphere. Earth-based receivers were able to detect phase
changes in the radio signals based on the refractivity of the
atmosphere.
Information obtained in this fashion could include atmospheric
refractivity, density, pressure temperature and humidity.

12. GPS Aides for the Blind
Real time GPS along with digitized maps and possibly audio
capability can provide useful navigational capabilities to the blind.

13. Tracking of Wild Animals
Animals are equipped with GPS receivers and with wireless
transmitters. The GPS determined position is transmitted to the
control station. This information is used to track animals and for
studying their nomadic patterns.

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