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

2. GPS Applications Aviation Maritime Highway Construction Surveying Agriculture Geology Weather Disaster Response

3. GPS Applications(cont) Recreation Banking Railroad Tracking Environmental Management Law Enforcement Mapping

4. GPS 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

5. GPS Application Construction: Ground crews in France and Britain work on a underground tunnel beneath the English Channel using GPS to meet in the middle.

6. GPS Construction Equipment

7. GPS 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

8. 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

9. GPS Facts(Cont.) Ground Segment Consists of five stations around the globe One mother Station(Colorado) Four smaller upload stations

10. GPS: 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)

11. GPS: Works by Triangulation

12. GPS: Hand-Held Receivers

13. GPS Integrated Applications

14. GPS Integrated Application(cont)

15. GPS: 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

16. GPS: 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 toward a GPS enabled navigation system to possibly replace ground control system

17. Other 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

18. GPS uses (Cont.) Location GPS enabled brackets can locate lost children anywhere on the globe Implant chips can find lost pets

19. PROSCONS 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

20. Conclusions GPS is fairly a fairly new and underdeveloped technology Advances in GPS will create new uses A new industry emerged with thousands of new jobs and more will develop in future Highly recommended for common travelers and researchers