Global Positioning System

With the advent of the Global Positioning System (GPS), it became possible to measure continental drift directly.

The Department uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) in its peacekeeping missions, for their military and civilian components.

Relevance and positioning

Design, relevance and positioning

Most dhows used for arms shipment are motorized, equipped with the Global Positioning System and other sophisticated navigation and maritime instruments.

Many investors also feel the need to balance increasingly speculative investments ( satellite positioning ) with much safer investments ( core positioning ).

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Beyond membership in the European Union, France is also involved in many joint European projects such as Airbus, the Galileo positioning system and the Eurocorps.

The pirates off the coast of Somalia are trained fighters, often dressed in military fatigues, using speedboats equipped with satellite phones and Global Positioning System equipment.

Part of the confusion lies in Putin s skillful political positioning.

The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) is actively contributing to the International Earth Rotation Service through analysis of global positioning system (GPS) and very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) measurements.

From 26 September to 1 October 2004, a long campaign of simultaneous observations of all the summits was carried out with a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver assigned to each summit.

In the order of importance, the next challenges identified by respondents were differing levels of language proficiency, driving skills, radio communications and map reading skills (including use of global positioning system technology).

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.

Other research funded by U.S. federal agencies have become widely used technologies such as laser technology, the internet, fiber optics, the Global Positioning System, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer touch screens and lithium ion batteries.

However, for others who had received national training, the familiarization training was too simple and they suggested more focus on mission specific aspects, including technology such as the global positioning system (GPS) and Lotus Notes.

The injunction What would you do, reinforced the proximity, not the empathy but the positioning.

Emerging economies scale is growing, and their positioning on the global value chain is shifting rapidly.

But Sharif succeeded in undermining the Bhutto Musharraf plan, positioning himself as Pakistan s genuine champion of democracy.

The plan focuses on agency responsibilities, possible settlement sites, the pre positioning of relief items and security arrangements.

But here, Brian captured a unique view by positioning himself underneath the boat when they threw the waste overboard.

Common characteristics include the positioning of the pelvic fins (if present), below or in front of the pectoral fins.

Fetal position (British English also foetal) is the positioning of the body of a prenatal fetus as it develops.

In recognition of its unique positioning and role, UNOSAT has become part of several global initiatives of strategic importance.

The Fundamental Geodynamic Observatory of the University of Latvia is a member of two space technique networks the global ILRS network and the Global Positioning System (GPS) network of the Reference Frame Sub Commission for Europe of the International Association of Geodesy.

Further analysis has subsequently been undertaken, and UNOPS has developed a set of strategic business development objectives for market positioning.

As a major entrepôt in South East Asia, Singapore has been relentlessly positioning itself vis à vis the global economy.

If it means a number of fixed or static targets over a large area, such as armour in defensive positions, these could in theory be attacked by a number of GPS (global positioning system) guided weapons released from a single aircraft in a single pass.

Thus, we should also accept the need for much more conservative fiscal positioning than was thought necessary even three years ago.

The main limitations of this method are the cost of fabrication and the lack of control over positioning of individual dots.

The team made a detailed register of the verification work, recording each position visited, confirming the geographic location accurately by the use of both map and global positioning system (GPS), recording the number of photographs taken of the position and noting any remarks about the position.

Positioning himself as the candidate who represents a sharp break with today s unpopular politics is the only means to escape that fate.

Specific criterion (ii) The extent to which the international arrangement on forests succeeds in enhancing the positioning of forests on the international agenda

The regional programme has succeeded in positioning UNDP effectively in sensitive areas such as HIV AIDS, information and communications technology (ICT), and governance.

This information sharing tool will also be the basis of a future virtual emergency operations centre, integrated with geographic information and global positioning systems.

Agenda 21 has to be turned in an historical opportunity for revitalizing and reinforcing the positioning of municipalities in the national and international context.

Similarly, positioning the IMF as a general risk insurer by introducing precautionary credit lines above normal access limits would be compatible neither with its mission to provide financial assistance on deliberately non risk adjusted terms nor with the current system of refinancing short term Fund credit through risk free official reserves.

In this scenario, rather than stimulating domestic demand, they would fortify their defenses, positioning themselves for a long and stormy winter for the global economy.

In order to ensure accurate test results, the variability of camera positioning by the user and lighting conditions in different test environments must be addressed.

Asia may have caught up with the West Latin America may be on track to do so and Africa may be slowly positioning itself to grow.

The positioning of the carrier in Guam would bring thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in military spending to Guam, as well as 10,000 sailors.

And there are parallels for marketing you can invest for a long time in a brand, but a single contrary observation of that positioning will destroy consumers' belief.

You know, we capture this imagery but to build the 3 D models we need to do geo positioning. We need to do geo registering of the images.

1.30 Contingency planning for the disengagement' includes the pre positioning of food and other supplies for distribution, and preparation for medical emergencies that might arise during the disengagement process.