GPS receivers with specialized software and mapping applications determine distances used to triangulate the receiver location. The US Global Positioning System (GPS) provides position, navigation, and timing (PNT) signals that broadcast 3D positions (longitude, latitude, altitude) and time for each satellite. This article looks at the importance of timing for GPS and the clocks that provide it. GPS as we know it requires the precision of atomic clocks.
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