Flashcards: Satellite navigation systems

GLONASS (Russian: ГЛОНАСС, IPA: [ɡlɐˈnas]; Глобальная навигационная спутниковая система; transliteration Globalnaya navigatsionnaya sputnikovaya sistema), or "Global Navigation Satellite System", is a space-based satellite navigation system operating in the radionavigation-satellite service and used by the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.

The iGO Navigation Engine, developed by Hungary-based NNG LLC (formerly Nav N Go) is a GPS navigation software package.

A vehicle tracking system combines the use of automatic vehicle location in individual vehicles with software that collects these fleet data for a comprehensive picture of vehicle locations.

Galileo is the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that is currently being created by the European Union (EU) through the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European GNSS Agency (GSA), headquartered in Prague in the Czech Republic, with two ground operations centres, Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich in Germany and Fucino in Italy.

In astronomy and celestial navigation, an ephemeris (plural: ephemerides; from Latin ephemeris, "diary", from Greek: ἐφημερίς, ephēmeris, "diary, journal") gives the positions of naturally occurring astronomical objects as well as artificial satellites in the sky at a given time or times.

Wialon is a web-based GPS tracking software platform designed for fleet management and vehicle tracking.

OsmAnd (OpenStreetMap Automated Navigation Directions) is a free and open source, global mobile map viewing & navigation app for offline and online maps for Android and iOS.

Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station (short: EPIRS or EPIRB) is – according to Article 1.

Glospace SGK-70 is the world's first Automotive navigation system that is able to navigate using both GPS and GLONASS signals.

A software GNSS receiver is a GNSS receiver that has been designed and implemented following the philosophy of Software-defined radio.

A satellite navigation or satnav system is a system that uses satellites to provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning.

OziExplorer is raster navigation and mapping software for Windows.

Geocaching /ˈdʒiːoʊˌkæʃɪŋ/ is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world.

NAVV is an on-board turn-by-turn navigation application for the iPhone produced by Amsterdam company Appstores B.