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This page contains links to information about GPS, how it works and what it does.

	You will find a good explanation of how GPS works at HowStuffWorks. The Global Positioning System - from Beyond Discovery, The National Academy of Sciences http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.article.asp?a=458 GPS and never having to say: 'Where am I?' - from NOVA, Australian Academy of Science http://www.science.org.au/nova/066/066key.htm GPS Primer - from The Aerospace Corporation http://www.aero.org/publications/GPSPRIMER/ Global Positioning System Overview - from The Geographers' Craft Project, University of Colorado Boulder http://www.colorado.Edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html All About GPS - from Trimble GPS http://www.trimble.com/gps/ GPS: A New Constellation - from National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute http://www.nasm.edu/gps/ About Satellite Navigation - from Magellan GPS http://www.magellangps.com/en/products/aboutgps/ Introduction to the Global Positioning System for GIS and TRAVERSE - from Corvallis Microtechnology http://www.cmtinc.com/gpsbook/index.htm

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