Big W Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 I am sorry for asking a dumb question. What does the r in GPSr stand for? I know what GPS stands for. Just a bit confused on the r. Quote Link to comment
+Treelogeo Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 the "r" stands for receiver. I think it was a military thing when this technology first came out. GPS stands for the whole system (or at least that's my take on it). Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 Receiver "Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 That little box we use to find caches is just a fancy radio that picks up signals from the satellites and uses those signals to calculate your position. Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Quote Link to comment
+Rygel Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 Good question!! I was wondering the same thing but was afraid to ask!! The great question...which I have not been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is "What does a woman want?" --Freud Quote Link to comment
+MarcB Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 I'd have thought that GPS would do, but hey! MarcB "We searched for hours in the cache area but all we could find was an ammo box in a little hollow. Suggest you archive the cache..." Quote Link to comment
+geospotter Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 quote:Originally posted by MarcB:I'd have thought that GPS would do, but hey! MarcB GPS will do just fine. Now I've got to go watch my TVr. Quote Link to comment
+sbukosky Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 GPS is Global Positioning SATTELITE. It transmits the signals that your GPSReceiver picks up and compares to the signal from other GPS's. Thus nobody on earth, except maybe NASA and the military, have a GPS. We have GPSR's. Steve Bukosky N9BGH Waukesha Wisconsin Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 GPS stands for Global Positioning System. Which is made up of more than one Satelite, 24 are in the System. The little r is a add on for some unknown reason! Is a Rhino a GPSrt because it both receives and transmits? No its just a GPS. If you look at the following link see how many little r's you can find. http://joe.mehaffey.com/ Tahosa - Dweller of the Mountain Tops. Quote Link to comment
+DBleess Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 *** Is a Rhino a GPSrt because it both receives and transmits? *** No silly, a Rino is a (GPSr / [FRS/GMRS]r/t) It can only receive Global Positioning System signals but it can both transmit and receive Family Radio Service and General Mobile Radio Service signals. :-P SA / PP-ASEL-I Quote Link to comment
+jasonhuber Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by sbukosky:GPS is Global Positioning SATTELITE. It transmits the signals that your GPSReceiver picks up and compares to the signal from other GPS's. Thus nobody on earth, except maybe NASA and the military, have a GPS. We have GPSR's. Steve Bukosky N9BGH Waukesha Wisconsin Yeah uh GPS is Global Positioning System. A GPS receiver is a receiver of a signal that is part of the overall GPS. The system is commonly referred to as GPS but there are GPS satellites and receivers... BOTH make up the system. Kinda like a FRS Receiver/Transmitter. Family Radio Service is the service... And just to FINALIZE the subject: How stuff works (GPS) <-- WOW [This message was edited by jasonhuber on February 10, 2003 at 06:04 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 The r makes Techno Geeks feel better when they use it. Wherever you go there you are. Quote Link to comment
+Hiemdahl Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 All of this and you didn't get Markwelled? Quote Link to comment
+ApK Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by sbukosky:GPS is Global Positioning SATTELITE. . . . Thus nobody on earth, except maybe NASA and the military, have a GPS. Clearly, without additional qualification, "GPS" is widely understood to stand for "Global Positioning System" although in some contexts it does mean anything from "Global Positioning Satellite", to "Guarenteed Parts and Service" However, even the most official-seeming sources vary on how "GPS" actually should be used. What we all call "GPS" is properly called NAVSTAR GPS by the folks who run it. and so "a GPS" would be a more generic term for any system which tells your position on the globe. This take is supported by the cell phone industry, which has taken to marking new location-enabled phones as having "built-in GPS." They are usually referring to some terrestrial-based positioning service, unrelated to the satellite based system we know and love. On the other hand, many notable sites, including some Navy and Air Force sites, refer to "The Global Positioning System" when talking about NAVSTAR, suggesting that they use "the GPS" to mean that one specific service. My personal opinion on usage: Understand what your trying to say, be clear on the point your trying to get across, use the terminology you think best serves your message and know enough about the various usages to be able to tell anyone who tells you that your usage is wrong why they're wrong. ApK Quote Link to comment
dave and jaime Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 this response by peter is the earliest reference to gpsr that i could find. about a month prior to that time people here (KB6R6 i think was the first in jun/01) started using gps reciever. personally i dont think it matters and the manufacturers use gps and i doubt if anyone could seriously be confused between the gps units we have and the satellites or the entire system. Quote Link to comment
+dogdoins Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 Just wanted to say that it took me about 2 weeks to figure out what GPSr was. I thought that it was a particular model like GP Senior or something. I always refer to it as a GPS. I think this post enlightened alot of cachers that were too stubborn to ask. Take care, DD Quote Link to comment
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