GPS Resources

This page contains a variety of resources for teachers and students. It includes information regarding GPS (Global Positioning Systems) found on the Internet.

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GPS

GPS Information (http://crunch.tec.army.mil/information/gps/gps_links.htm)
Land Surveyor Reference Page (GIS & GPS) (http://www.lsrp.com/gis-gps.html)
600 GPS Land Surveyors Search Engine by LandSurveyors.COM (http://www.allsurveyors.com/netveyor/600_GPS/) 600 GPS Land Surveyors Search Engine by LandSurveyors.COM
GPS World Home Page (http://www.gpsworld.com/) The monthy publication serving the needs of those who use the global positioning system.
GPS World Resources (http://www.gpsworld.com/resource.htm)
Glossary of GPS Related Terms (http://www.gpsworld.com/resources/glossary.htm) The monthy publication serving the needs of those who use the global positioning system.
GPS Resources (http://www.gpsworld.com/resources/links2.htm)
GPS Information Sources (http://www.gpsworld.com/resources/almanac.htm)
GPS Science and Technology (http://www.gst.ucar.edu/) Provides information, support, and scientific infrastructure to principal investigators making use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites for Earth science and related research.
National Geodetic Survey Site (http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/)
University NAVSTAR Consortium (UNAVCO) (http://www.unavco.ucar.edu/)
NAVSTAR GPS Joint Program Office (SMC/CZ) Homepage (http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CZ/homepage/)
NOVA Online | The Search for Longitude | GPS: The New Navigation (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/gps.html)
GPStoday.com : News -- Your Source for GPS News Today (http://www.gpstoday.com/news/)
Sam Wormley's Global Positioning System (GPS) Resources at ISU (http://www.cnde.iastate.edu/staff/swormley/gps/gps.html)
Sam Wormley's GPS News (http://www.cnde.iastate.edu/staff/swormley/gps/news.html)
Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) (http://www.tmpo.nima.mil/guides/dtf/navstar.html)
Global Positioning System Overview (http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/notes/gps/gps.html)
Intro to GPS Apps - GPS Satellites (http://www.navcomtech.com/httpsat.htm)
USCG Navigation Center GPS PAGE (http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/GPS/)
Corvallis Microtechnology, Inc. (http://www.cmtinc.com/gpsbook/index.htm) An Introduction to the Global Positioning System for GIS and TRAVERSE
Global Positioning System Overview (http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html) These materials may be used for study, research, and education in not-for-profit applications. Peter H. Dana, The Geographer's Craft Project, Department of Geography, The University of Colorado at Boulder.
SNAP (http://www.gmat.unsw.edu.au/snap/snap.htm) This is the home page of the Satellite Navigation & Positioning group (SNAP) at The University of New South Wales, Australia.
Geocaching (http://www.geocaching.com/) Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.
Degree Confluence Program (http://www.confluence.org/) The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location.

GPS Companies

Trimble
Trimble Navigation (http://www.trimble.com/)
Trimble: GPS Mission Planning Interactive Pages (http://www.trimble.com/cgi/satview.cgi)
Trimble: SatView GPS Mission Planning (http://www.trimble.com/satview/)
Trimble: Downloads (Current ephemeris - scroll to the bottom of the page) (http://www.trimble.com/support/files/index.htm)
Unofficial Help Source for Trimble GeoExplorer and Pathfinder Office (http://wso.williams.edu/~lgreenwo/old/help1.html)
Trimble: Pathfinder Tools FAQ (http://www.trimble.com/gis/pft_faq.htm)
Welcome to the official GARMIN International website. (http://www.GARMIN.COM/) GARMIN International's official website. Designing, manufacturing, and marketing cutting-edge Global Positioning System - GPS - receivers and other consumer electronics, GARMIN is the world leader in satellite navigation and GPS products for pilots, fisherman, sailors, hikers, hunters, search and rescue groups and surveyors. GARMIN distributes GPS products worldwide in the aviation, marine, recreational, military, automotive and consumer electronics markets.
Thales Navigation (http://www.thalesnavigation.com/en/) This is the parent company of Magellan GPS and Ashetec GPS units
Thales: About GPS (http://data.thalesnav.com/en/products/aboutgps/)

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Parts of this list originally compiled by Curt Johnson of the NC Geodetic Survey (2000) for use by the North Carolina State Univeristy GIS in Education students. Edited, annotated, and added to by Shannon White in April 2002.