General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

9

Total Parts

9

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

Synthetic casing with metal components

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

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Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Measurement-position

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

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Country

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State/Province

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City

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Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED FROM CIRCA 1986 TO 1993.

Canada

AN INSTRUMENT USED BY THE GEODETIC SURVEY DIV. OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. ALTHOUGH ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AS A NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT, THE GPS SYSTEM WAS ALSO USABLE FOR PLOTTING POSITIONS IN EARTH SURVEYING.

Function

Rechargeable battery used as a portable power source for a global positioning system.

Technical

A SPACE-BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM, UTILIZING 24 NAVSTAR SATELLITES & PROVIDING NAVIGATIONAL ACCURACY FOR CIVILIAN USE TO 100 M. GPS WAS FIRST DEVELOPED BY THE U.S. IN THE MID 1970'S FOR MILITARY USE. SIGNALS FROM FOUR SATELLITES ARE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE POSITION. GPS SUCCEEDS TRANSIT, THE FIRST NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM WHICH UTILIZED THE DOPPLER SHIFT MEASURED DURING A SINGLE SATELLITE PASS, A MUCH SLOWER PROCESS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On the proper back

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

White synthetic casing with a silver-coloured metal plate on the back, a black synthetic collar, a black and white printed label, a yellow typed label, and a white label with grey, black and blue handwritten inscriptions.

Decoration

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