The Global Positioning System(GPS)

It’s eleven o'clock ... do you know where your kids are? Would you like to? One way to track them would be to have a GPS receiver installed in the car! The GPS, or Global Positioning System, is one of the newest technologies around, and no wonder. Consider these diverse uses:

* Minnesota scientists use GPS to study movements and feeding habits of deer.

* Surveyors used GPS to measure how the buildings shifted after the bombing in Oklahoma City.

* GPS help settle property disputes between land owners.

* Marine archaeologists use GPS to guide research vessels hunting for shipwrecks.

* GPS data has revealed that Mt. Everest is getting taller!

* GPS data has revealed that Mt. Everest is getting taller!

GPS answers five questions concurrently:

1. "Where am I?"

2. "Where am I going?"

3. "Where are you?"

4. "What's the best way to get there?

5. "When will I get there?"

GPS is the only scheme today that can show your exact place on the Earth anytime, in any weather, no matter where you are!