Global Positioning System

Brad Parkinson, professor of aeronautics and astronautics, led the military team that developed the global positioning system, which, through satellites, can locate a user's position anywhere on earth to within a few hundred feet.

Tractors may be guided by satellites in the near future, thanks to work by this team of students who collaborated with GPS pioneer Brad Parkinson. Photo: L.A. Cicero

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Global Positioning System Lab

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