The Modern Convenience Of GPS Tracking

| Sunday, November 6, 2011
By Adriana Noton


Throughout the world, GPS tracking technology is in use. All aspects of world economy has been enhanced with its many varieties of civil, military and commercial uses. Every day, average individuals can access unlimited amounts of data through cell phones and road navigation systems equipped in their vehicles. They can view their location, their surroundings, and in nearly an instant read the weather report, both locally, or if they choose, the weather conditions on the other side of the planet.

It is used so frequently that many people might not generally take a moment to consider what is involved in this technology. Providing reliable results so quickly, it is reasonable that anyone could forget how complex the process behind how it works. Anybody can benefit from the deeper appreciation that comes with understanding the amazing advances of modern society.

The last few decades had nations sending into orbit science stations and satellites with the goal of furthering studies of earth and space. A space and global navigational satellite system, GPS was originally a project intended to track other navigational systems already implemented in orbit. It soon proved to perform so well that it soon replaced these systems.

Proceeding program launch, it proved such usefulness that with minor restrictions became open to public use. The satellites are set in particular orbital locations with the most accessibility to an unblocked view of the world. They function by transmitting constant signals from their position down to the surface of the planet.

Messages regarding the time of the sent signal and it's location are transmitted. They also tell where its location is in orbit as well as other GPS satellites. It parlays if it and the other orbital devices are properly functioning.

On the planet the signals are detected by a receiver run by a human user who has requested to be sent this transmission. Something as large as a military computer or as small as a hand held device equipped with GPS capabilities could be the receiver. Every day people have perhaps become the biggest users.

The receiver is a computer capable of complicated calculations. It measures by using the information on the location of the satellite in orbit how much time since first sent, that the signal took to reach the receiver. With that data, it then computes both the location and distance the orbited device is from the receiver to detect exactly where in the world that the person using the receiver is.

An individual, depending upon what program is installed on the device acting as the receiver and it's display capabilities, can see exactly where they are on a world map. Road navigation systems installed in a car or truck, or on an application installed upon a modern cellular phone with displays can interact with a moving map. A detailed overhead view of their surroundings by satellite view or a road map listing street names and area businesses can be viewed. If desired, they can see as far as the satellite transmitted their GPS tracking technology at that specific place and time will detect.




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