1. Absolute & Relative Location & GPS Technology
WHERE IS IT?
Absolute & Relative Location
&
GPS Technology

2. If you wanted to invite your teachers to dinner, and they didn’t know where you live, what instructions would you give them?

3. the method of determining position, course, and distance traveled
NAVIGATION
the method of determining position, course, and distance traveled

4. NAVIGATION answers the question:
HOW DO I GET THERE?

5. NAVIGATION SYSTEMS: LANDMARK NAVIGATION DEAD RECKONING
DIRECTIONS/DISTANCES
CELESTIAL

6. where a place is located in RELATION to other places
RELATIVE LOCATION
where a place is located in RELATION to other places

7. the precise position on the globe as measured on the grid system
ABSOLUTE LOCATION
the precise position on the globe as measured on the grid system

8. ABSOLUTE LOCATION is measured in
DEGREES (°)

9. Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
a PRECISE global positioning system
developed and maintained by the Department of Defense
consists of 24 satellites