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    technologies can enhance the usefulness of the GPS positioning information. It provides critical positioning capabilities to military, civil, and commercial...
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  • positioning system is a system for determining the position of an object in space. One of the most well-known and commonly used positioning systems is...
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    terminal-assisted. Positioning accuracy can be increased at the expense of wireless infrastructure equipment and installations. Wi-Fi positioning system (WPS) is...
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  • long. Such systems include assisted GPS, urban positioning services through hotspot databases, and indoor positioning systems. Wi-Fi positioning takes advantage...
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    navigation satellite system (GNSS). As of 2024[update], four global systems are operational: the United States's Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia's...
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    Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters...
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    The error analysis for the Global Positioning System is important for understanding how GPS works, and for knowing what magnitude of error should be expected...
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  • and/or direction measurements, and subsequent position triangulation. Underwater acoustic positioning systems are commonly used in a wide variety of underwater...
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    high-precision positioning system so European political and military authorities do not have to rely on the US GPS, or the Russian GLONASS systems, which could...
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    determination Dynamic positioning Geo-blocking Geocoding Geodetic positioning GPS tracking unit Geotagging Geotargeting Indoor positioning Latitude determination...
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