{"id":19858,"date":"2017-01-10T16:40:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T16:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/?p=19858"},"modified":"2017-02-09T16:47:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T16:47:33","slug":"gps-glossary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/gps-glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"GPS Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"Buy Iran GPS Map for Garmin<\/span><\/a> \nBuy Iran GPS Map for Mobile<\/span><\/a> \n<\/br><\/p>\n

GPS<\/strong> – Global Positioning System, a satellite based navigational aid available to the public<\/p>\n

GPS receiver<\/strong> – a device that can lock on to signals from navigational satellites and use them to provide location, altitude and velocity to the user<\/p>\n

Navigation device<\/strong> – Satellite Navigation device, a type of GPS receiver used for routing and mapping<\/p>\n

Touch screen<\/strong> – the LCD display on Navigation device devices that responds to fingertip pressure to change settings<\/p>\n

GPS time<\/strong> – the standardized time to which GPS satellites are synchronized, it is not tied to the rotation of the earth so there are no “leap seconds” in GPS time<\/p>\n

GPS constellation<\/strong> – the group of approximately 30 GPS satellites orbiting the earth that broadcast microwave signal to be received by GPS receivers<\/p>\n

Geocaching <\/strong>– an outdoor game for the digital age in which someone “hides” the treasure or “geocache” and the gamers, “geocachers” use their GPS receiver to try to find it<\/p>\n

POIs<\/strong> – Points of interest, restaurants, gas stations, emergency assistance, hotels and more, often embedded in the Navigation device mapping software<\/p>\n

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