IU
IT IN BUSINESS
FINAL REPORT
TOPIC: GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
SECTION "B"
SUBMITTED BY:
RICKY (11812) SUMEET KUMARC11818)
[ARPOHANI (11272)
SUBMITTED TO:
SAEED AHMED
DATE: 17.12.2009
LETTER OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
It has been a pleasure to be SAEED AHMED's students. We would like to thank him for giving us the chance to apply the theories of IT in business in the real world.
His lectures have been very interesting. We are extremely grateful to him and appreciate his efforts for providing us full support, encouragement and valuable guidance.
Sincere regards
RICKY
RAKESH KUMAR POHANI
SUMEET KUMAR
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
17th December, 2009 Saeed Ahmed,
Project supervisor & Course Instructor Iqra University
Dear Sir,
This is the final report based on the topic "Global Positioning System", as requested it is being submitted to you on December 17, 2009. The report has been prepared keeping in mind the topic that was the Global Positioning System.
The report is constructed by the group members if it lack something then we are sorry.
RICKY SUMEET KUMAR RAKESH KUMAR POHANI
(11812) (11818) (11272)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SERIAL NO
DESCRIPTION
PAGE NO
1
INTRODUCTION
1-2
2
SEGMENTS
2
3
HOW GPS WORKS
3
4
GPS SERVICES
3-4
5
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
4-5
6
GPSAGUMENJION
5-7
7
APPLICATKJNS/
8
8
TIMING /
S
9
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
9
10
10
11
EARTH ORBIT
10-11
12
THE MOON, MARS AND BEYOND
11
13
AVIATION
12-13
14
AGRICULTURE
13-14
15
MARINE
14-15
16
RAILWAYS
15-16
17
FUTURE OF GPS
16
18
CONCLUSION
16-17
19
BIBU06RAPY
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Global Positioning System
Introduction:
The GPS is made up of three parts: satellites orbiting the Earth; control and monitoring stations on Earth; and the GPS receivers owned by users. GPS satellites broadcast signals from space that are picked up and identified by GPS receivers. Each GPS receiver then provides