How GPS works??
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⭐GPS⭐. Global Positioning System.
is a radio navigation system that allows land, sea, and airborne users to determine their exact location, velocity, and time 24 hours
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Here's how GPS works in six steps:
- GPS works by using a method called "triangulation" or "trilateration".
- It needs to get a message from at least three, preferably four satellites
- To "triangulate", a GPS receiver measures the distance between itself and each satellite. It can measure distance because it works out exactly how long it took for each satellite's message to arrive. (distance = time of arrival * speed of light)
- To measure travel time, GPS needs very accurate timing which it achieves with atomic clocks on board each satellite.
- Along with distance, the device needs to know exactly where the satellites are in space at any given time. This information is held inside the GPS receiver itself.
- Finally, because it knows exactly where the satellites are at that instant, by using some very clever mathematics, it can work out where it is on the ground.
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