Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Report of a Joint Workshop of the National Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Engineering

by National Academy of Engineering

The Global Positioning System (GPS) has revolutionized the measurement of position, velocity, and time. It has rapidly evolved into a worldwide utility with more than a billion receiver sets currently in use that provide enormous benefits to humanity: improved safety of life, increased productivity, and wide-spread convenience. Global Navigation Satellite Systems summarizes the joint workshop on Global Navigation Satellite Systems held jointly by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309222753
• ISBN13: 9780309222754
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 284 Pages