Introduction to gps
The document provides an overview of the Global Positioning System (GPS), detailing its development history, components (space, control, and user segments), and various applications in military, civilian, and recreational contexts. It explains key milestones from its inception in 1973 to its full operational capability in 1995. The applications range from navigation for vehicles and personal use to scientific studies and surveying.
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Introduction to gps
- 1. Gujarat Technical University PREPAREDBY- Prof Karm Balar E.C.E
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- 4. WHAT DOES GPSSTAND FOR? GPS - Global Positioning System Full name : NAVSTAR GPS - Navigation Satellite Time And Ranging Global Positioning System
- 5. THE NEED FORPOSITIONING SYSTEM
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- 7. GPS CAN TELLYOU WHERE YOU ARE
- 8. HISTORY OF GPS •Developed by US Department of Defense for 20 years • 1973 – NAVSTAR Global Positioning System developed • 1978 – First 4 satellites launched • 1993 – 24th satellite launched • 1995 – Declared Full Operational Capability • 2000 – Military accuracy available to all users
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- 10. THREE SEGMENTS OFGPS Control Segment Space Segment User Segment
- 11. SPACE SEGMENT • 24satellite vehicles • 6 obital planes • Obital period of 11 hr 55 min • 20,200 km elevation above Earth • Five to eight satellites visible from any point on Earth
- 12. CONTROL SEGMENT Monitor andcontrol GPS satellites One master control station (MCS) Five monitor stations Three ground antennas
- 13. USER SEGMENT • Receivesignal from satellites • calculate current position and speed/direction
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- 15. To Studyplate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes Surveyors use GPS for an increasing portion of their work GPS is popular among hikers, hunters, snowmobilers, mountain bikers, and cross-country skier APPLICATIONS OF GPS
- 16. MILITARY APPLICATIONS Digital Assistantfor soldiers (personal navigation)
- 17. DIRECTION APPLICATIONS Vehicle navigation(for cars, airplanes, and ships) - Use GPS to determine position, speed, and direction
- 18. CIVILIAN APPLICATIONS Used inmap-making and land surveying Various usages in many fields of industry
- 19. TRAVELLING APPLICATIONS Location-based service -Finding the location of family or friend - Integrate current location with social network - Using GPS-enabled phones (mostly smart phones)
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Editor's Notes
- #4 What do you recall when you hear the word ‘GPS’? (click) For many people, a satellite like this one will come across their mind. (click) And for many of North American customers, GPS means the car navigation product.
- #5 GPS is a acronym and it stands for Global Positioning System. It is a system to find the position of something anywhere in the world. The full name of GPS tells you that it’s usage of satellites and two important factors of the system. Time and Range. I’ll tell you why they are so important in my next presentation.
- #6 Now let’s check why the GPS is needed. From the beginning of civilization, people wanted to know where they are or how to go to somewhere.
- #7 Also people have been using compass, map, and other methods to know their location and direction.
- #8 Nowadays, the GPS can tell you where you are!
- #9 Let’s look at a very brief history of GPS. It took 20 years to complete the entire system, and civilians couldn’t utilize the full function of GPS until the year 2000.
- #10 Next, let’s check the composition of GPS. This video shows the main factors that make GPS working.
- #11 As you saw on the last slide, there are three major segments in GPS. Space, Control, and User segment. These three segments make up the GPS system.
- #12 The space segment consist 24 satellites and they are flying over the earth in 6 different orbits. The orbits are spread evenly to cover the whole area of earth.
- #13 Control segment monitors and controls the GPS satellites. There is one master control station, and there are five monitor stations and tree ground antennas.
- #14 The last segment is User segment. It is consist with various kinds of devices that we use. They receive signal from satellites and calculate the data to get current position and movement. (click) These are some sample devices of user segment. All of them has a tiny chip called GPS module like this one.
- #15 For the last part of today’s presentation, let check the applications of GPS.
- #17 First, there are military applications. Soldiers can use a kind of PDA for personal navigation.
- #18 There are civilian applications of GPS. Vehicles including cars, airplanes, and ships can use GPS to get their position and direction.
- #19 There are various types of application that use GPS data. (such as map-making and land surveying) The device on the right side is called ‘Fish Finder’. It can show the map under the sea and the location of fish for fishers.
- #20 The expansion of GPS usage made new kind of services like LBS. And it made the social network services more interesting. There are several famous services like Twitter, FourSquare, and Google Buzz.