The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a navigation and precise-positioning
tool. Developed by the U.S. Department
of Defense in 1973, GPS was
originally designed to assist soldiers and military vehicles, planes, and ships
in accurately determining their locations world-wide. Today, the uses of GPS have extended to include both the
commercial and scientific worlds.
Commercially, GPS is used as a navigation and
positioning tool in airplanes, boats, cars, and for almost all outdoor
recreational activities such as hiking, fishing, and kayaking. In the
scientific community, GPS plays an
important role in the earth sciences. Meteorologists use it for weather
forecasting and global climate studies; and geologists can use it as a highly
accurate method of surveying and in earthquake studies to measure tectonic
motions during and in between earthquakes.
And GPS works in any weather conditions, anywhere in the world, 24
hours a day. There are no subscription fees or setup charges to use GPS,so it bring many benefit for people who
wanna use GPS.
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