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Global Positioning System.

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:43:22
Length: 10 pages (2773 words)
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This paper examines the Global Positioning System (GPS), previously known as the Navistar Global Positioning System, and how it is becoming an increasingly important part of everyday life for ordinary people, and is also increasingly important for broad commercial applications such as automobile guidance systems, cartography, hikers, and the like. Into the future, the uses for GPS will be even more diverse. While its uses are many, at its root GPS provides users with accurate …

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