The Global Positioning System in the Business Market By Oliver Powers-Hagan TCM 471A.

The Global Positioning The Global Positioning System in the Business System in the Business

MarketMarket

By

Oliver Powers-Hagan

TCM 471A

GPS ApplicationsGPS Applications

• Aviation Maritime Highway Construction Surveying Agriculture Geology Weather Disaster Response

GPS Applications(cont)GPS Applications(cont)

Recreation Banking Railroad Tracking Environmental

Management Law Enforcement Mapping

GPS ApplicationGPS Application

“ONSTAR” system:• Uses GPS technology

and use of on-ground cellular systems to locate and assist automobiles.

• Used primarily by General Motors

• Introduced in 1996

GPS ApplicationGPS Application

Construction:• Ground crews in France and Britain

work on a underground tunnel beneath the English Channel using GPS to meet in the middle.

GPS Construction EquipmentGPS Construction Equipment

GPS FactsGPS Facts

• Consists of twenty-three Block II Satellites and one Block I unit

• Units circumnavigate the Earth at the speed of sound

• Cruise at an altitude of 11,000 miles above the globe

• United States Global Positioning System code named: NAVSTAR

GPS Facts(Cont.)GPS Facts(Cont.)

Satellite units equipped with atomic clocks for increased accuracy readings

Each Block Satellite can complete a orbit from starting point to finish point under twelve hours

GPS Facts(Cont.)GPS Facts(Cont.)

Ground Segment • Consists of five

stations around the globe

• One mother Station(Colorado)

• Four smaller upload stations

GPS: User SegmentGPS: User Segment

Consists of end user receiving GPS radio signals via receiver

Can be standard GPS receiver or integrated application

Examples include (PDA’s, Laptops, Car Stereos)

GPS: Works by TriangulationGPS: Works by Triangulation

GPS: Hand-Held ReceiversGPS: Hand-Held Receivers

GPS Integrated ApplicationsGPS Integrated Applications

GPS Integrated GPS Integrated Application(cont)Application(cont)

GPS: Sea NavigationGPS: Sea Navigation

Sailors can use GPS to navigate waters, change course and keep up to date information on GUI navigation maps

Merchants can use GPS unit to keep track of cargo

GPS: Air NavigationGPS: Air Navigation

Pilots use GPS to plot flight courses

More Reliable than ground beacons

Can update information and works under most weather conditions

FAA is working towarda GPS enabled navigation system to possibly replace ground control system

Other GPS usesOther GPS uses

Research/Data Collecting

Progressive Auto Insurance equipped GPS receivers on vehicles to track them and record vehicle use

• Agriculture

Navigates tractors through various weather conditions; locates equipment

GPS uses (Cont.)GPS uses (Cont.)

Location

GPS enabled brackets can locate lost children anywhere on the globe

Implant chips can find lost pets

PROSPROS CONSCONS

Extreme accuracy Passive Technology Works well under

heavy weather conditions

Can efficiently display coordinates

Provides up to date, useful information

Signals can be degraded by the Department of Defense

Signal can be obstructed with tall buildings around

Can be useless indoors Accuracy can only be

limited to 100 minutes Takes time for newer

receivers to adjust and find satellites

ConclusionsConclusions

GPS is fairly a fairly new and underdeveloped technology

Advances in GPS will create new usesA new industry emerged with thousands of

new jobs and more will develop in futureHighly recommended for common travelers

and researchers