Global Positioning System: Tracking With Satellite

Global Positioning System: Tracking
with Satellite
Mike Nicole C. Go
Department of Electronics Engineering, University of the Cordilleras
Gov. Pack Rd, Baguio City, Philippines
[email protected]
Abstract This article contains information about global positioning system,

reviews the extant literature application of a GPS. Global Positioning System technology offers
potential to improve the measurement of physical activity. Accurate measurement of physical
activity is a pre-requisite to monitor population physical activity levels and design effective
interventions. Overall findings shows that GPS is a useful tool to augment our understanding of
physical activity by providing the context of the activity and used together with Geographical
Information Systems can provide some insight into how people interact with the environment.
Keywords Global Positioning System(GPS), Global Navigational Satellite System(GNSS),

Geographical Information System,
These days, nearly every handheld device has GPS-powered navigation and tracking
technology built into it. But now global positioning systems have the potential to impact our
lives in ways we couldnt have dreamed of 10 years ago. The data provided by todays global
positioning system satellites can pinpoint the location of people and object down to just a few
meters. This information can be used to power numerous improvements to our lives and
safety. Here are a few examples of how accurate global positioning system coordinate data
can be used to make the world a better place. Global positioning system technology can be
used to help do everything from improve delivery service, to preventing loss of property, to
keeping our skies, roadways, families and pets safe.
There are twenty-four global positioning system

satellites currently orbit Earth and transmit signals to GPS-
receiver, which determine the location, direction, and speed of
the receiver. Since the first satellite was launched in 1978,
global positioning system has become an essential instrument
for navigation, and an important tool for land surveying and
cartography. The only fully functional global navigation
satellite system is the global positioning system. Global
positioning system also provides a precise time reference,
which is used in many applications.
One of the global positioning system applications is being used to fight the asthma
epidemic. In 1983, a Korean commercial airline, en route from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seoul,
mistakenly entered the Soviet Unions airspace. A soviet fighter jet shot it down, killing 269
people. To minimize future navigational errors, President Raegan allowed civilian access to
global positioning system. But that access came with a catch-to protect national security, he
imposed a filter that blunted the accuracy, as compared to what was available to the military.
President Bill Clinton, an advocate of using GPS for addressing a broad range of military,
civil, commercial, and scientific interest, both national and international throughout is two
terms, took away the restrictions prior to leaving office.
How does GPS works? As handy as

personal navigators might be, their accuracy
has remained within five to ten meters for
years. They will improve only after satellites
surrounding the planet are upgraded. The
current satellites each send a single radio-
frequency signal to civilian receivers, which
then combine signals from four satellites to
determine position. But the ionosphere can
cause slight and random delays, introducing
error into the receivers calculations. Next
generation satellites will each send three signals at slightly different frequencies, giving
receivers the data they need to cancel out the delays, resulting in accuracy of less than 50
centimetres. The first three-frequency satellite is supposed to be launched in 2009
Global positioning system has its sputnik era when scientists were able to track the
satellite with shifts in its radio signal known as the Doppler Effect. The United States Navy
conducted satellite navigation experiments in the mid 1960 have to track US submarines
carrying nuclear missiles. The submarines were able to observe the satellite changes in
Doppler and pinpoint the submarines location within a matter of minutes using six satellites
orbiting the poles.
United States (U.S) Department of Defense originally developed the global

positioning system. Its military application is that the U.S Department of Defense applied
selective error, a deliberate error embedded in the system designed to reduce the risk of hostile
forces using the highly precise systems. President Clinton announced that he had ordered the
US military to stop scrambling signals from its global position system satellite network ang
making the data available to civilian gps owners.
Today, US Government use global positioning system for multi-purposes, space-

based radionavigation system owned by the US Government and operated by the United
States Air Force to meet national defense, homeland security, civil, commercial, and scientific
needs.
In conclusion, global positioning satellite is a useful tool to improve the

understanding of physical activity behaviour rather than a stand-alone measure. In future
research, global positioning system needs to focus on improving the analysis and
interpretation of data; understand how people interact with their the environment in terms of
physical activity; and to help the effectiveness of interventions and as for monitoring changes
in physical activity patterns over time.
References
Straus, P. (2013, October 16). Global Positioning System: Much More Than Navigation.
Retrieved from https://technabob.com/blog/2013/10/16/gps-more-than-navigation/
Maddison, R. & Mhurchu, C. (2009, November 4). Global Positioning System: A New
Opportunity in Physical Activity Measurement Retrieved from
https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1479-5868-6-73
Fischetti, M. (2008, December 1). Where on Earth you are Working Knowledge on Global
Positioning System. Retrieved from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-
gps-units-work/
Chopra, A. (2014, April 17). How GPS is being used to Fight the Asthma Epidemic.
Retrieved from https://newrepublic.com/article/117085/innovative-state-aneesh-chopra-
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Abstract This article contains information about global positioning system,

Keywords Global Positioning System(GPS), Global Navigational Satellite System(GNSS),

There are twenty-four global positioning system

How does GPS works? As handy as

United States (U.S) Department of Defense originally developed the global

Today, US Government use global positioning system for multi-purposes, space-

In conclusion, global positioning satellite is a useful tool to improve the

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