ppt课件-全球定位系统-普渡大学工程（ the global positioning system- purdue engineering）.pptVIP

What if it rains? Umbrella Raincoat Solid shoes Calculator fieldbook Work in teams of 2. Outside maybe 40 minutes. Wait till it clears or work through the rain. Latitude - Longitude GPS measures where you are on the planet, not where you are on a map, so it uses DEGREES: 400 25 ‘ 19.1” 40 degrees 25 minutes 19.1 seconds 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in a degree Latitude Longitude Meets at the poles Goes on around the world Geographic coordinate system Latitude varies from north to south Longitude varies from east to west Measurements in degrees minutes and seconds, or “decimal deg