GPS: El sistema de posicionamiento global (ING)

Nowadays, the Global Positioning Sytem (GPS) has become an invaluable tool for positioning of points on the Earth surface. The intention of this article is to provide the reader with a description of the GPS, and also an introduction to the computation of coordinates to be used in navigation, survey...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Serpas, Juan Gilberto, Ramírez N., Manuel, de Obaldía, Franklin
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/5921
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/uniciencia/article/view/5921
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:GPS
global positioning
navigation
relative
positioning
absolute positioning.
posicionamiento global
navegación
posicionamiento relativo
posicionamiento absoluto.
Descrição
Resumo:Nowadays, the Global Positioning Sytem (GPS) has become an invaluable tool for positioning of points on the Earth surface. The intention of this article is to provide the reader with a description of the GPS, and also an introduction to the computation of coordinates to be used in navigation, surveying and geodesy. The main characteristics of the systems are described, as well as the basic principles for the determination of coordinates in absolute and relative modes.