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GPS was invented by American navy to know their exact location in open waters. it was first invented in 1960. this was done by putting 6 satellites in space thus can calculate the position using the longitude and altitude. to read more about its history and how it was improved please visit wikianswers.com and type in GPS for a start! Khaled Shawky (Egypt)
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 13y agoGPS was a development of navigation systems that started with Radio direction finding (pre WWII), then LORAN (WWII), then Omega navigation system (VLF transmitters).
All these early systems relied on direction-finding to a known base station. The arrival of the first Sputnik, meant that as it passed overhead, its signal changed due to Doppler Shift. Eureka, we can accurately determine the position of the satellite by monitoring it, and by reciprocity, we can determine our position similarly!!!
NAVSTAR was an early sat-based system, and as atomic clocks became cheaper and satellites became more common, the Global Positioning System was developed, though originally, its potential precision was cloaked by military masking so that it was precise only for the military. Who knew the tricks of the masking. Arivee the first Desert War, and lots of soldiers took civilian GPS devices into the war with them, and soon the absurdity of the masking became apparent to the military. Fairly recently, the system abandoned the concept of masking, but because of this threat of loss of accuracy, civilian airliners do not formally rely on the GPS.
The Soviets have a GLONASS system almost compatible with GPS, and the EU is currently constructing a Galileo system with similar performance. The Chinese may follow.
The satellites are about the size of a pick-up and contain (among much else) an atomic clock, whose signal is cleverly modulated so that I can interpret the data where I am. The atomic clocks have to consider relativity due to their speed, and (smaller) gravity. Thank you USA!
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∙ 12y agoDr. Ivan Getting, Professor Bradford Parkinson, and Roger L. Easton.
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∙ 12y agoThe gps was invented by the us department of defense. And it sucks its such a fail who even uses a gps common sense people i know i have some do you wasteyutes gtfo.
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When was Blackline GPS created?
Blackline GPS was created in 2004.
Whp created the GPS system?
The Global Positioning System (GPS) was created by the United States Department of Defense in 1960.
Who created the gps?
The U. S. military.
When was the first GPS system made available to the public?
In 1983, the GPS ceased being solely a military system and was made available for public use.
What was the GPS originally created for and what is it actually used for today?
Well, the name kind of gives it away - Global Positioning System. Much like everything to do with technology and computers, it was originally created for military purposes, in this case the U.S. military for positioning of troops, ships etc. Today it is still used for this, as well as for civil use. GPS is free to use for anyone with a GPS receiver.
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When was Blackline GPS created?
Blackline GPS was created in 2004.
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When was Fareed Zakaria GPS created?
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Whp created the GPS system?
The Global Positioning System (GPS) was created by the United States Department of Defense in 1960.
Which Country created GPS?
EUROPE
Who helped make gps?
GPS was created by the Pentagon and is currently operated by the US Department of Defense.
Who created the gps?
The U. S. military.
When was the gps system created?
1993 was when the air force or something created it.
