A talk on the history, politics, science, and technology of GPS.
GPS expert and sailor: Frank van Diggelen tells the fascinating backstory of the birth of GPS, as well explaining the underlying science (including relativity). Some of the most interesting and unexpected uses of GPS. And tricks to make GPS work better for you. Ending with a glimpse of the future: GPS on the Moon, and Pulsar navigation amongst the stars.
00:00 Introduction
02:33 History of GPS: Navy Transit, Air Force 621-B, Woodford & Nakamura
04:06 Atomic Clocks
06:33 Brad Parkinson, Pentagon, Nuclear Detonation Detection
08:45 Civilian Use, Selective Availability, Degradation, USCG v USAF
11:35 GNSS: GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, and FCC rules
13:23 Relativity
16:02 Dr Gladys West, Earth Shape and Oblateness
17:03 Geoscience: tectonic plate shift, earthquakes
19:13 Precision Farming, Construction
21:25 Remote Sensing, Animal Tracking
24:15 GPS Tracking, Police, Amendment 4
26:25 Jamming, Spoofing
30:16 GPS Time, Power Grid, Stock Trading
31:49 How GPS got into cell phones, E911, Moores Law, High Sensitivity
34:11 Make GPS work better in your phone, driving, sharing a pin
35:54 Carmel-by-the-Sea house numbers, Address Database Matching
37:17 Offline Maps
38:13 GPS in Space, GPS on the Moon
40:52 Pulsar Navigation in Deep Space
42:10 Question: How many satellites?
43:28 Question: Hewlett Packard atomic clocks?
44:45 Question: Black Holes?
45:30 Question: How are we fighting against spoofing?
48:05 Question: How is Heddy Lamar involved in GPS?
49:56 Question: Airplane routing with GPS?
51:15 Question; Figure 8 for better compass accuracy?
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