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The GPS
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WHO CREATED IT ? The GPS was
invented by the U.S. army, more specifically, by the physicist D.Fanelli of the departement of defense.
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This technologic device was developed during the Cold War. So, the first utilisation of the GPS was military.
WHEN IT WAS CREATED ?
1947
1991
Cold War
First satellite
1973
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The GPS became an
indispensable thing to
explore an unknown
region.
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Nowadays, we can see this high-tech
accessory on the dashboard of cars,
on planes and on boats.
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The Global Positioning System is very useful for everybody because the system use the power of a computer to remember the reference points (waypoints).
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For some users, the GPS has replaced the road map or the roadsigns because it makes the life easier for people.
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When you want to go somewhere and you don’t know the way that you have to take, you just have to
put the adress on your GPS and it will show you the good way.
AN EXAMPLE
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In this situation, if you don’t have a GPS, you have to check a map or pay attention to the roadsigns, so it will take you more time to get on your destination.
Too much
time
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Internethttp://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/gps.htm
http://reperageterrestre.free.fr/historique.html