| Picture this: you're lost in the middle of a storm | | | | delay between transmission and reception of each |
| on country roads or you're hunting in the middle | | | | GPS microwave signal, the GPS calculates the |
| of nowhere and can't find your way home. You | | | | distance based on the time delay. GPS receivers |
| check your compass, but still can't find your exact | | | | come in a variety of formats and, due to the |
| location. You look at your map, but it's too difficult | | | | increase in technological advancements with |
| to determine where you are in the first place! | | | | regards to GPS, can be integrated into cars, |
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| of GPS navigation systems. | | | | become easy to use and easy to care for - |
| Put away your compass and don't bother with | | | | people all across the world are taking the time to |
| your maps, a GPS tracking system will take care | | | | understand the benefits the GPS navigation |
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| system is the most effective navigation tool on | | | | system is owned completely by the government, |
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| where you are. GPS is a satellite-based | | | | Positioning Service for peaceful civil, commercial |
| radionavigation system developed and operated | | | | and scientific use on a continuous, worldwide basis, |
| by the U.S. Department of Defense. GPS allows | | | | free of direct user fees. Who would use a GPS |
| land, sea, and airborne users to determine their | | | | system? |
| position, velocity, and time 24 hours a day, in all | | | | There are many different uses for GPS devices: |
| weather, anywhere in the world with a precision | | | | (1) Farming - For navigation during the night time |
| and accuracy far better than other systems | | | | on tractors (2) Balloon Tracking - to identify your |
| available today or in the foreseeable future. | | | | location while high in the sky (3) Cell Phone |
| GPS has become a widely used program used for | | | | Tracking - Used by 911 emergency assistants to |
| map-making, commerce, land surveying, hunting, | | | | locate the whereabouts of a missing person with |
| and scientific research. Not only is it used for | | | | a cell phone (4) Roadside assistance - to tell the |
| civilian purposes, it is also used for military and | | | | towing company exactly where you are (5) |
| naval exercises. Most importantly, what is trusted | | | | Hunting - to track your location and your hunt (6) |
| by the military and navy is now available to the | | | | Boating - to help you find your location whenever |
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| improvements in on-screen maps, there has | | | | why you don't have a GPS navigation system. |
| never been a better time to use a GPS navigation | | | | And by considering all the benefits of GPS |
| system. Developed by the Department of | | | | systems, you may begin to realize how a GPS |
| Defense in the United States, GPS is officially | | | | navigation system could improve your life. |
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| or more GPS satellites. By measuring the time | | | | |