Exam 4: Finding Your Location With the Global Positioning System

The U.S.GPS is called

EGNOS is the European equivalent of

Which of the following systems is designed to operate in Japan?

When the correct satellite position is not being sent,what type of error is being encounted?

Describe the basic operation of an SBAS in increasing the accuracy of GPS.

The use of a base station or other Earth-bound source to transmit a correction signal to a GPS receiver refers to

The European equivalent of GPS is

Which of the following receivers can pick up the military P-code?

The datum used by GPS is

Selective availability describes which of the following?

The Russian equivalent of GPS is

High-tech "treasure hunting" that is assisted with GPS is referred to as

The Master Control station for the U.S.GPS is located in

The encrypted version of the P code is the

Explain why a minimum of three satellites is necessary to determine a receiver's position using GPS.Also,describe why a fourth satellite is used in position determination.

Use of WAAS can reduce position error to within

Which of the following statements is correct concerning GPS signals and codes?

Ephemeris error can result in what level of error in GPS accuracy?

The distance between a receiver and one satellite is referred to as

When the GPS signals bounce off objects to arrive later than anticipated,which of the following types of errors is occurring?