This document is aimed at the following audiences:This document is not intended to supplement but not replace existing compilations of more technical GPS material such as Peter Dana's excellent Overview of the Global Positioning System and Richard Langley's CANSPACE archive. For ongoing discussion of GPS technology, the reader is invited to participate in the sci.geo.satellite-nav newsgroup.
- Potential users who wish to identify uses
- Users who want to know how it works
- Experienced users needing links to online reference materials
- All users who need to identify equipment, manufacturers and/or vendors
Several assumptions are being made in the preparation of this document. First and most obvious is that the user has an internet connection. Second is that the user has at least an average reading level and comprehension. Third is that the user either has or can get some background material relevant to the subject. For instance, I do not intend to discuss orbital mechanics or radio wave propagation. I am not assuming that reader have even a beginning knowledge of GPS theory or how to get more information. That is the type of information that I am intending to relate - essentially, what I wanted to know when I first got in this field.