WHERE IS IT?Absolute & Relative

Location

&

GPS Technology

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

give them?

NAVIGATIONthe method of determining position,

course, and distance traveled

NAVIGATION answers the question:

HOW DO I GET THERE?

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS:

• LANDMARK NAVIGATION• DEAD RECKONING• DIRECTIONS/DISTANCES• CELESTIAL

RELATIVE LOCATIONRELATIVE LOCATION

where a place is located where a place is located in RELATION to other in RELATION to other

places places

ABSOLUTE LOCATIONthe precise position on the globe as

measured on the grid system

ABSOLUTE LOCATION is measured in

DEGREES (°)

Global Positioning Systems Global Positioning Systems (GPS)(GPS)

• a PRECISE global positioning system

• developed and maintained by the Department of Defense

• consists of 24 satellites