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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - World Geodetic System - The Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1972

After an extensive effort extending over a period of approximately three years, the Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1972 was completed. Selected satellite, surface gravity and astrogeodetic data available through 1972 from both DoD and non-DoD sources were used in a Unified WGS Solution (a large scale least squares adjustment). The results of the adjustment consisted of corrections to initial station coordinates and coefficients of the gravitational field. The largest collection of data ever used for WGS purposes was assem ...

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World Geodetic System, World Geodetic System - History of the World Geodetic System, World Geodetic System - The Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1966, World Geodetic System - The Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1972, World Geodetic System - A new World Geodetic System: WGS84, World Geodetic System - Longitudes on WGS84, World Geodetic System - External link

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Windows Mobile - Windows Mobile 5.0

Windows Mobile 5.0, originally codenamed "Magneto", was released on May 9, 2005. It is powered by Windows CE 5.0 and uses the .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP2 — an environment for programs based on .NET to be used. Features include: A new version of Office called "Office Mobile" PowerPoint Mobile has been added Excel Mobile adds graphing capability Word Mobile adds tables and graphics insertion Windows Media Player 10 Mobile Photo Caller ID Picture and Vide ...

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Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile - Common Windows Mobile Features, Windows Mobile - Windows Mobile 2002, Windows Mobile - Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile - Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, Windows Mobile - Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows Mobile - Photon

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Time signal - Audible and visible time signals

One sort of public time signal is, of course, a striking clock. These clocks, however, are only as good as the clockwork that activates them; they have improved substantially since the first surviving clocks from the fourteenth century. For many members of the general public, a public clock such as Big Ben was the only time standard they needed. When more accurate public time signals were desired for use in navigation, a number of traditional audible or visible time signals were established for the purpose of allowing navigators to set their chronometers by. These publi ...

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Time signal, Time signal - Audible and visible time signals, Time signal - Electrical and electronic time signals, Time signal - Reference

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Telematics - Practical applications of Vehicle Telematics

When used in a commercial environment vehicle telematics can potentially be a powerful and valuable tool to improve the efficiency of an organisation. Some practical applications of vehicle telematics include; Vehicle Tracking Vehicle tracking is a way of monitoring the location, movements, status and behaviour of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles. This is achieved through a combination of a GPS receiver and an electronic device (usually comprising a GSM/GPRS modem) installed in each vehicle, communicating with the user and ...

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Telematics, Telematics - Vehicle telematics, Telematics - Telematics Brands, Telematics - Practical applications of Vehicle Telematics

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Sagnac effect - Ring lasers and Ring interferometers

The type of ring interferometer that was described in the opening section is sometimes called a 'passive ring interferometer'. A passive ring interferometer uses light entering the setup from outside. The interference pattern that is obtained is a fringe pattern, and what is measured is a phase shift. It is also possible to construct a ring interferometer that is self-contained, based on a completely different arrangement. This is called a "ring laser". The light is generated and sustained by incorporating laser excitation in the path ...

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Sagnac effect, Sagnac effect - Ring lasers and Ring interferometers, Sagnac effect - Synchronisation procedures, Sagnac effect - History of the Sagnac Effect, Sagnac effect - Relativistic Physics, Sagnac effect - Calculations, Sagnac effect - Practical uses of the Sagnac Effect

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Road-rule enforcement camera - Issues

In a number of jurisdictions, there was a degree of controversy surrounding the deployment of increasing numbers of speed and red-light cameras beginning in the late 1980s. Police and government were accused of "Big Brother tactics" in over-monitoring of public roads, and of "revenue raising" in applying cameras in ways to increase government revenue rather than improve road safety. Often when camera deployment has been accompanied by large scale advertising campaigns explaining the justification and planned effects of such cameras, p ...

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Road-rule enforcement camera, Road-rule enforcement camera - History, Road-rule enforcement camera - Technology, Road-rule enforcement camera - Verification and system testing, Road-rule enforcement camera - Issues, Road-rule enforcement camera - Counter technology

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Ivan A. Getting - Biography and positions held

Ivan A. Getting was born on 18 January 1912 in New York City and grew up in Pittsburg, PA. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as an Edison Scholar (Bachelor of Science, 1933); and Oxford University as a Graduate Rhodes Scholar (D.Phil., 1935). He then worked at Harvard University on nuclear instrumentation and cosmic rays (Junior Fellow, 1935-1940) and the MIT Radiation Laboratory (1940-1950; Director of the Division on Fire Control and Army Radar, Associate Professor 1945; Professor 1946). During the Second W ...

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Ivan A. Getting, Ivan A. Getting - Biography and positions held, Ivan A. Getting - Major technical and administrative contributions, Ivan A. Getting - Major awards and recognitions

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Instrument Landing System - Components

A complete ILS system includes additional sub-systems in addition to the localizer and glideslope systems described above. Instrument Landing System - Localizer. In addition to the previously mentioned navigational signals, the localizer provides for ILS facility identification by periodically transmitting a 1020 Hz morse code identification signal. For example, the ILS for runway 04R at John F. Kennedy International Airport transmits IJFK to identify itself to users whereas runway 04L is known as IHIQ. Th ...

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Instrument Landing System, Instrument Landing System - Principle of operation, Instrument Landing System - Components, Instrument Landing System - Localizer, Instrument Landing System - Marker Beacons, Instrument Landing System - DME, Instrument Landing System - Monitoring, Instrument Landing System - Approach Lighting, Instrument Landing System - ILS categories, Instrument Landing System - Limitations and alternatives, Instrument Landing System - Future, Instrument Landing System - References, Instrument Landing System - External links

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Cornell Chimes - The Cornell Chimes

The bells are played by a group of "chimesmasters." Approximately ten chimesmasters play three concerts daily during the school year and a reduced schedule during the summer and semester breaks, making it one of the largest and most frequently played chimes in the world. Many styles of music are played on the bells, from Beethoven to The Beatles, "Pomp and Circumstance" to the "Mickey Mouse Club", Franz Schubert to Scott Joplin, to a multitude of original compositions. The chimes' music library contains over two-thousand specially arranged pie ...

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Cornell Chimes, Cornell Chimes - The Cornell Chimes, Cornell Chimes - McGraw Tower

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - 1989 - Events

1989 - January. January 7 - Last day of the Showa period due to the death of Emperor Hirohito (aka Emperor Showa after his death) in Japan. Akihito became Emperor of Japan, and the Heisei period had begun from the following day. January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead January 16–18 - Race riots in Overtown, Miami January 10 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola January 10 - Assist ...

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1989, 1989 - Events, 1989 - January, 1989 - February, 1989 - March, 1989 - April, 1989 - May, 1989 - June, 1989 - July, 1989 - August, 1989 - September, 1989 - October, 1989 - November, 1989 - December, 1989 - Unknown Dates, 1989 - Births, 1989 - Deaths, 1989 - January, 1989 - February, 1989 - March, 1989 - April, 1989 - May, 1989 - June, 1989 - July, 1989 - August, 1989 - September, 1989 - October, 1989 - November, 1989 - December, 1989 - Nobel Prizes, 1989 - Templeton Prize, 1989 - Right Livelihood Award

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Distance Measuring Equipment - Operation

Aircraft use DME to determine their distance from a land-based transponder by sending and receiving pulse pairs - two pulses of fixed duration and separation. The ground stations are typically colocated with VORs and ILS localizers. The DME system has a UHF transmitter/receiver (interrogator) in the aircraft and a UHF receiver/transmitter (transponder) in the ground station. The interrogator transmits interrogation pulses to the transponder, which in reply transmits a sequence of reply pulses with a precise time delay. The DME receive ...

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Distance Measuring Equipment, Distance Measuring Equipment - Operation, Distance Measuring Equipment - Accuracy, Distance Measuring Equipment - Future, Distance Measuring Equipment - References, Distance Measuring Equipment - External links

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - BookCrossing - Furthering the BookCrossing idea

Contact between BookCrossing members (called BookCrossers) is facilitated through forums on the website, email lists (many countries have their own email lists as well as a main international list), an unofficial "wish-list" system, local meetups and national conventions. This has led to a number of different ways for books to be sent between BookCrossers. These include: Trades: Where a BookCrosser swaps books with another member. Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness (RABCKs): Where a book is sent by a Boo ...

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BookCrossing, BookCrossing - History, BookCrossing - Process, BookCrossing - Furthering the BookCrossing idea, BookCrossing - Controversy, BookCrossing - Related

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - B-52 Stratofortress - Background

For more than 50 years, the B-52 Stratofortress has been the backbone of the manned strategic bomber force for the United States. The B-52 is capable of dropping or launching a wide array of weapons in the U.S. inventory, including gravity bombs, cluster bombs, precision guided missiles and Joint Direct Attack Munitions. When updated with the latest technology, the B-52 will be capable of delivering the full complement of joint developed weapons; allowing it to continue well into the 21st century as an important element of U.S. military capabilities. Current engineering analyses show th ...

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B-52 Stratofortress, B-52 Stratofortress - Mission, B-52 Stratofortress - Background, B-52 Stratofortress - Features, B-52 Stratofortress - General characteristics, B-52 Stratofortress - Production, B-52 Stratofortress - Specifications B-52H, B-52 Stratofortress - General characteristics, B-52 Stratofortress - Performance, B-52 Stratofortress - Armament, B-52 Stratofortress - USAF Stations, B-52 Stratofortress - Trivia, B-52 Stratofortress - Related content, B-52 Stratofortress - Designation sequence, B-52 Stratofortress - Related development, B-52 Stratofortress - Similar aircraft, B-52 Stratofortress - Related lists, B-52 Stratofortress - External links

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - B-1 Lancer - Operational History

Sometimes criticized as redundant, the B-1B was given new life as the new threats of the 21st century emerged, and now fills an important niche in the Air Force inventory. It is worth noting that the project finished on budget, and has higher survivability and speed when compared to the older B-52, which it was intended to replace. With the arrival of limited numbers of B-2s in the 1990s and the continuing use of B-52s, its value has been questioned. However, the capability of a high-speed strike with a large bomb payload for time-sensitive operations is useful, and no ...

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B-1 Lancer, B-1 Lancer - Development, B-1 Lancer - Technology, B-1 Lancer - Operational History, B-1 Lancer - Crashes and malfunctions, B-1 Lancer - Specifications B-1B Lancer, B-1 Lancer - General characteristics, B-1 Lancer - Performance, B-1 Lancer - Armament, B-1 Lancer - Units, B-1 Lancer - Trivia, B-1 Lancer - Related content, B-1 Lancer - Designation sequence, B-1 Lancer - Related development, B-1 Lancer - Similar aircraft, B-1 Lancer - Related lists, B-1 Lancer - External links

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - B-52 Stratofortress - Background

For more than 50 years, the B-52 Stratofortress has been the backbone of the manned strategic bomber force for the United States. The B-52 is capable of dropping or launching a wide array of weapons in the U.S. inventory, including free-fall (gravity bombs, cluster bombs, precision guided missiles and Joint Direct Attack Munitions. When updated with the latest technology, the B-52 will be capable of delivering the full complement of joint developed weapons; allowing it to continue well into the 21st century as an important element of U.S. military capabilities. Current engineering analyses show th ...

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B-52 Stratofortress, B-52 Stratofortress - Mission, B-52 Stratofortress - Background, B-52 Stratofortress - Features, B-52 Stratofortress - General characteristics, B-52 Stratofortress - Production, B-52 Stratofortress - Specifications B-52H, B-52 Stratofortress - General characteristics, B-52 Stratofortress - Performance, B-52 Stratofortress - Armament, B-52 Stratofortress - USAF Stations, B-52 Stratofortress - Trivia, B-52 Stratofortress - Related content, B-52 Stratofortress - Designation sequence, B-52 Stratofortress - Related development, B-52 Stratofortress - Similar aircraft, B-52 Stratofortress - Related lists, B-52 Stratofortress - External links

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Enhanced 911 - Wireline Enhanced 911

There is special privacy legislation that permits emergency operators to obtain the caller's information. This information is gathered by mapping the calling phone number to an address and ESN in a database. This database function is known as ALI, Automatic Line Identification. The database is generally maintained by the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) under contract by the PSAP. Each ILEC has their own standards for the formatting of the database. Most ALI databases have a companion database known as the MSAG, Master Street Address Guide. The MSAG describes the exact spelling of stre ...

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Enhanced 911, Enhanced 911 - Public Safety Answering Point PSAP, Enhanced 911 - Wireline Enhanced 911, Enhanced 911 - Wireless Enhanced 911, Enhanced 911 - VoIP Enhanced 911

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Garmin - Founders and Company Origins

Gary Burrell, born in 1937 earned a degree in Electrical Engineering from Wichita State University and graduate degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He went to work for King Radio, a manufacturer of aviation radios in 1963 only six years after that company had been started by Edward King Jr. in a farmhouse in Olathe, Kansas. A licensed pilot, Burrell led development on some of King’s most successful navigation and communications products. King went on ...

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Garmin, Garmin - Founders and Company Origins, Garmin - Products, Garmin - Company’s Growth

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Here - In grammar

In English, here can function as a pronoun, an adverb, and in some dialects as an adjective. It is a deictic expression involving deixis of space - that is to say, its referent is dependent on the location in which it is uttered. It comes from Old English hēr, and as such is cognate with Latin cis, "on this side of". One can contrasted here with there, which is "somewhere else", with anywhere, which theoretically includes both "here" and all possible "theres", and with nowhere, which excludes both here and there. Hereabouts extends the ...

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Here, Here - In common use, Here - In grammar, Here - In science, Here - In religion and philosophy

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - IPAQ - Model variations

IPAQ - Compaq iPAQ H3600 series. Compaq's flagship iPAQs were those of the 3600 models. Originally running the Microsoft Windows for Pocket PC 2000 OS, these devices featured 12-bit color displays, 64MB of RAM, and 16MB ROM. Models in the 3600 series are: 3630, 3635, 3650 - which are identical models with 16M ROM and 32M RAM sold via different marketing channels. The 3635 was accompanied by a CF expansion sleeve that was sold separately with the other 2. 3670 - a 64M RAM version that had the older bezel of the 3600 series instead of the ...

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IPAQ, IPAQ - Newest revision, IPAQ - Model variations, IPAQ - Compaq iPAQ H3600 series, IPAQ - Compaq iPAQ H3100 series, IPAQ - Compaq iPAQ H3700 series, IPAQ - Compaq iPAQ H3800 series, IPAQ - Compaq iPAQ 3900 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ H1900 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ H5400 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ 5500 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ H5100 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ H2200 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ H4300 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ H4100 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ hx4700 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ rz1700 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ rx3100 rx3400 and rx3700 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ h6300 series, IPAQ - HP iPAQ Mobile Messenger hw6500 series, IPAQ - Alternative Operating Systems for the iPAQ, IPAQ - Familiar Linux, IPAQ - Plan 9

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Gravitational time dilation - Definition

Background knowledge the reader may need to learn: What is a gravitational field? What is time dilation? What is spacetime? The reader may also research gravitational redshift or ordinary redshift. Gravitational time dilation can be manifested by the presence of large mass, and the larger the mass, the greater the time dilation. In more simple terms, it is meant that observers far from massive bodies are distant observers with fast clocks, and observers close to m ...

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Gravitational time dilation, Gravitational time dilation - Definition, Gravitational time dilation - Consequences, Gravitational time dilation - Important things to stress, Gravitational time dilation - Experimental confirmation

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Locative media - Locative ubiquitous and pervasive computing

The term 'locative media' was coined by Karlis Kalnins. Locative media is closely related to augmented reality (reality overlaid with virtual reality) and pervasive computing (computers everywhere, as in ubiquitous computing). Yet, where augmented reality strives for technical solutions and pervasive computing is interested in embedded computers, locative media concentrates on social interaction with a place and with technology. Hence, many lo ...

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Locative media, Locative media - Locative ubiquitous and pervasive computing, Locative media - Enabling technologies, Locative media - Examples of locative media projects, Locative media - Examples of locative media projects

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Global Positioning System: Encyclopedia II - Road-rule enforcement camera - Issues

Road-rule enforcement camera - Political Issues. The use of road rule enforcement cameras is certainly contentious. There are a number of legal issues which arise as a result depending on local laws and the procedures used by the enforcing bodies. There are political issues associated with camera schemes which are often unpopular with motorists and in many areas motorists have lobbied against camera schemes. Finally, there are concerns as to whether roa ...

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Road-rule enforcement camera, Road-rule enforcement camera - History, Road-rule enforcement camera - Technology, Road-rule enforcement camera - Verification and system testing, Road-rule enforcement camera - Issues, Road-rule enforcement camera - Political Issues, Road-rule enforcement camera - Legal Issues, Road-rule enforcement camera - Issues of Effectiveness, Road-rule enforcement camera - Counter technology

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