Geocaching class research
Some of the links that I am looking at as part of research for the Middle School
class.
Before the GPS:
http://www.nasm.si.edu/gps/before.html
How does GPS work:
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/howgpsworks.php
How does GPS work:
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/travel/gps.htm
Triangulating from Satellites:
http://www.trimble.com/gps/howgps-triangulating.shtml
Hows does GPS work:
http://www.tomtom.com/howdoesitwork/
The fourth satellite:
http://www.tomtom.com/howdoesitwork/page.php?ID=21&CID=6&Language=1
The distance of the satellites:
http://www.tomtom.com/howdoesitwork/page.php?ID=20&CID=6&Language=1
The location of the satellites:
http://www.tomtom.com/howdoesitwork/page.php?ID=19&CID=6&Language=1
How does GPS work:
http://www.tomtom.com/howdoesitwork/page.php?ID=8&CID=2&Language=1
Alternative satellite systems:
http://www.tomtom.com/howdoesitwork/page.php?ID=9&CID=2&Language=1
Heavens Above - What is above us:
http://www.heavens-above.com/
NASA - J-Track 3D:
http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3d.html
How does GPS "triangulation" work:
http://www.how-gps-works.com/faq/q0110.shtml
GPS - Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System
The almanac consists of coarse orbit and status information for each satellite in
the constellation, an ionospheric model, and information to relate GPS derived time
to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Words 3 through 10 of subframes 4 and 5 contain
a new part of the almanac. Each frame contains 1/25th of the almanac, so 12.5 minutes
are required to receive the entire almanac from a single satellite.
GPS satellite info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_satellite