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GPS TUTORIAL ACTIVITY
DIRECTIONS: Click on the icon for the Internet and type in the following address: http://www.trimble.com/gps.
Answer the following questions:
1. What does GPS stand for?
2. What does the GPS permit users to do far better than a navigation system?
3. How many operational satellites are in six (6) circular orbits above the earth?
4. How many of these satellites are in view at all times to the GPS user?
5. Where is the Master Control Station?
6. What is the purpose of the Mater Control Station?
7. What information is gathered from a GPS?
8. Who uses GPS?
9. What is the difference between a GPS we would use and the one the Department of Defense uses?
10. How can the GPS system help airlines?