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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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The unit is gearing up to ensure that nursing staff are qualified to provide the important back up to the local GPs.
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Rob Verdann,
Afterdark Removalist
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Are GPS units the navigational messiah some imply they are, or is the GPS still just an elaborate toy best suited for technophiles?
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Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur
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The GPS corrections were transmitted from the TDMA base station unit onboard the Tog Mor to the GeoPod mobile units on the tugs via the UHF 452.
Handheld GPS units were used to record field information and obtain geo-referenced community and species data for a GIS database.
A GPS is an electronic position sensing unit based on the Global Positioning System.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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A GPS unit incorporates relativistically corrected time calculations in its analysis of signals received from orbiting satellites.
GPS units can also show whether a boat is on course to the next waypoint, accurate speed over the ground, and other measurements that make navigating easier.
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Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman
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GPS units retail in cost from under 100 dollars for very simple receiving units into the thousands of dollars for more complicated and accurate units.
All GPS units from all manufacturers have a design positional accuracy of 15 meters.
Upgrading your GPS unit and want to sell it to folks who are just getting started?
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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The GPS unit is carried in a fanny pack along with other equipment used by soil scientists.
The GPS unit on the ground is designed to make corrections for any signal degradation occurring during its passage through the atmosphere.
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