1 / 5

Trigonometry and the Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS) relies on 24 satellites orbiting Earth to provide accurate location data. By utilizing the positions of satellites P, Q, and R, which are not aligned linearly, we can determine the position of a point S in three-dimensional space. If we know the distances from S to these satellites, trigonometry enables us to calculate S's precise location, whether it represents a person walking across Dartmoor or a military aircraft in the sky. Understanding trigonometric principles is crucial for GPS functionality.

kathy
Télécharger la présentation

Trigonometry and the Global Positioning System

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Trigonometry and the Global Positioning System

  2. GPS consist in 24 satellites that are orbiting around the earth in very precise orbits.

  3. We have three points P, Q and R, not in a straight line. We know their positions in three dimensions. If we know the distance of another point S from P, Q and R we can use trigonometry to fix the position of S in three dimensions. • In a Global Positioning System P, Q and R are GPS satellites travelling though space at about 15 000 km/hour about 20 000 km above the Earth, and S could be a man walking across Dartmoor, or it could be a military aircraft flying

More Related