skillett Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 (edited) How did the term GPSr come about? I have used a gps for years in ham radio and have never seen them called GPSr's untill i found geocaching. we dont call them TVr's or RADIOr's It's a given that it is a reciever so why tack the "r" on the end. color me curious. skillett Edited January 20, 2005 by skillett Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 GPS stands for Global Positioning System, the name for the entire system including the satellites, ground stations, and the little device you hold in your hand. It's more semantics than anything, but it's more accurate to call the handheld part the GPSr, with the little 'r' for receiver. Link to comment
+fly46 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 It's not a TV receiver, it's a Television set. It doesn't receive a television, it receives programming. Link to comment
skillett Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 It's not a TV receiver, it's a Television set. It doesn't receive a television, it receives programming. The point I am trying to make here is that GPSr seem redundant. we all know that it doesn,t transmit a signal . nor does a tv or a car radio. but, we don't include the word reicever in everyday conversation when speaking of tv or radio. I was just curious how the term came about. I use Automatic Position Reporting System. (APRS for short) in ham radio. It uses a two-way radio and a gps to report my position which is mapped to street level so other hams can see where i am. it can also message other hams if needed. it also reports speed, heading, and altitude. it gets this info from the gps unit. Skillett Link to comment
JohnX Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 The point I am trying to make here is that GPSr seem redundant. This should be reported immediately to the Department of Redundantcy Department. Sorry. Link to comment
dead_white_man Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 (edited) It isrepeatedly, repetitiously, redundant over and over again. Edited January 20, 2005 by dead_white_man Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 How did the term GPSr come about? I have used a gps for years in ham radio and have never seen them called GPSr's untill i found geocaching. we dont call them TVr's or RADIOr's It's a given that it is a reciever so why tack the "r" on the end. color me curious. skillett I don't know, either. And considering Google can't find the use of "GPSr" on garmin.com or magellangps.com, I wonder where the heck it came from. Must be a geocaching peculiarity. Link to comment
+BigHank Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Geocaching is also the only place I have encountered the use of the 'r' on the end of GPS. As Skillet said, we don't use it in HAM radio, and we don't use it at the agency where I work (and at least half our employees are issued GPS units and they are listed on our inventory as GPS not GPSr). That I can think of off hand, any device that receives an RF signal, such as a TV, Radar, Radio, for example, do not have the 'r' appended, and a GPS is receiving an RF signal also, so it makes sense to me not to use it, so I don't, but I don't care one way or the other if someone else does, just as some folks call it TV, some call it Television, some call it the Telly and some call it other names. As long as the people you are talking to understand what you are talking about, that is what counts. Link to comment
skillett Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 Geocaching is also the only place I have encountered the use of the 'r' on the end of GPS. As Skillet said, we don't use it in HAM radio, and we don't use it at the agency where I work (and at least half our employees are issued GPS units and they are listed on our inventory as GPS not GPSr). That I can think of off hand, any device that receives an RF signal, such as a TV, Radar, Radio, for example, do not have the 'r' appended, and a GPS is receiving an RF signal also, so it makes sense to me not to use it, so I don't, but I don't care one way or the other if someone else does, just as some folks call it TV, some call it Television, some call it the Telly and some call it other names. As long as the people you are talking to understand what you are talking about, that is what counts. Now, Thats what i'm 'talkin 'bout. get 'em hank! Link to comment
+PC Painter Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 It's not a TV receiver, it's a Television set. It doesn't receive a television, it receives programming. The same could be said about a GPS. It does not recieve a Global Positioning Satellite, it recieves a Global Positioning Satellite signal. Sorry...heh...but it's true. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 It is Deja-vu all over again. Link to comment
+OienLabs Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 If you hang on there for a short while we maybe can call it Galileo. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 If you hang on there for a short while we maybe can call it Galileo. It would still be a global positioning system. Link to comment
skillett Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 It is Deja-vu all over again. I kinda figured this had already been covered . if i knew how to look up old threads i could have found the answer. should i close this thread??? Link to comment
+The Puzzler Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Maybe this thread needs an analogy? Imagine, if you will, that all television shows were broadcast on a system called the National Broadcast System (NBS). The term NBS would refer to the whole system, the transmitters, the repeaters, the revcievers, and whatnot. A nationwide integrated moving picture broadcast system. Now, would you refer to the little box in your house that you watch the pictures on as your NBS? I don't think so. If you only ever listened to NPR on your radio I could call your radio your NPR. Link to comment
+RichardMoore Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 (edited) It is Deja-vu all over again. I wondered why I didn't see my posts in this thread. This isn't the thread I posted in. Edited January 20, 2005 by RichardMoore Link to comment
skillett Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 (edited) It is Deja-vu all over again. OOPs senior moment . Nowwwwwwwwwww I remember the thread and it wasen't even that long ago.The pic of the motorcycle jogged what little memory I have left. SHEESH! I hate 'gettin old Skillett edit for senility Edited January 20, 2005 by skillett Link to comment
+OienLabs Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 (edited) If you hang on there for a short while we maybe can call it Galileo. It would still be a global positioning system. Yes it is still a gps but this one is European and called Galileo, therefore maybe name the units thereafter instead of gpsr. (Ie. Galileo's?). Why not? Ps. Sorry for my bad English. I come from Barcelona! Edited January 20, 2005 by baø Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 What is the plural of deja-vu? Link to comment
+OienLabs Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 What is the plural of deja-vu? Are you sure there is a plural of deja-vu (nousja-voues?) Don't forget the initial issue of the tread! Link to comment
dead_white_man Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 What is the plural of deja-vu? deja-vae ? deja-vuses? deja-vim Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Don't forget the initial issue of the tread! I am (kinda), it's what I (kinda) posted in the other thread. Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 (edited) On topic Oh nevermind Edited January 20, 2005 by BlueDeuce Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 It's not a TV receiver, it's a Television set. It doesn't receive a television, it receives programming. Actually Fly, it is a receiver. As you pointed out in your post.... it receives programming It doesn't transmit. Calling it a television set doesn't make it "not a receiver." A rose by any other name is still a rose. A receiver by any other name is still a receiver. Link to comment
+BigHank Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Well, now I also remember there was another thread on this....and I think I posted about the same comment there, that it doesn' t really matter what you call it, that my wife calls it the "Geocaching thingy"........ and she laughs at me for having my face buried in the "Geocaching thingy" and doing the dance of the drunken bumblebee while she finds the cache. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Yes it is still a gps but this one is European and called Galileo, therefore maybe name the units thereafter instead of gpsr. (Ie. Galileo's?). Why not? Ps. Sorry for my bad English. I come from Barcelona! Your English is better than my Barcelonian. Galileo is too hard to spell for us dumb Americans. We like it spelled out for us like GPS and TV. Maybe GAL or LEO will work. Whatever the case I personally look forward to the additional system. Just make sure it covers the globe and not just your part, ok? Seems fair. Link to comment
+The Waldo's Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I just call it a "CFT" Cache Findy Thingy. Link to comment
skillett Posted January 21, 2005 Author Share Posted January 21, 2005 Galileo is too hard to spell for us dumb Americans. galii.......... gallelay........galalyo.......... oh forget it dum amerikan Link to comment
flat_lander Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 (edited) I apologize for kinda of cross posting, but since this thread seems to have somehow missed the thread from like last week on the same thing, I'll repost my post MWUAHAHAHAHA!!!.... In "the other" GPSr thread I posted this.... I'm going to stick my neck out here and be a dissenter amongst the group. Personally it sounds a little ridiculous for some reason to refer to their device as "my GPS" because the acronym GPS is used to define the "system" not end-user device. Saying "my GPS" is like saying you have your own personal set of satellites for global positioning. Now if anyone here does then I fully endorse your use of GPS sans "r" s A GPS receiver is used to access _THE_ GPS. So it is not in any way redundant. The lower case "r" in GPSr is used because GPS... "Global Positioning System" is a proper name... like the "Internet" (Upper case "I"), while the "r" in receiver is not proper. So, even though the "r" is part of an acronym a case change is used to delimit the proper name from the non-proper word in the acronym. I fully admit that this is picking all kinds of nits.... but being a techie, and often technical writer this kind of thing drives me bonkers. I know... I'm a geek -FlatLander Edited January 22, 2005 by flat_lander Link to comment
+MariettaGecko Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I think that a major part of it is that it seems silly to say "my GPS receiver" when I could shorten it significantly and say "my GPSr" and have everyone know what I meant. GPSr sounds like GPS-er when pronounced(usually), and, at least to me, indicates "the thing that is used by me to receive the GPS signals". Link to comment
+robert Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I think that a major part of it is that it seems silly to say "my GPS receiver" when I could shorten it significantly and say "my GPSr" and have everyone know what I meant. GPSr sounds like GPS-er when pronounced(usually), and, at least to me, indicates "the thing that is used by me to receive the GPS signals". A few things * I think when you tell people about "your GPS" they KNOW you're talking about the unit in your hand, not your own personal fleet of sats in the sky. * Anyone who constantly uses "GPSr" instead of just "GPS" is a goober, and they know it. * Does that mean JoGPS needs to change his username to JoGPSr? Sorry, but every time I see "GPSr" I just mostly because of #1 on my list up there. [disclaimer: this post was an attempt at mild humor. apologies to all the goobers out there ] Link to comment
skillett Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 can you say automatic teller machine machine (ATM machine) skillett Link to comment
Trinity's Crew Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 When I was carrying my Etrex in my shorts my wife did NOT say, "Is that a network of satellites in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" It's GPS for me from now on! Link to comment
+robert Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 When I was carrying my Etrex in my shorts my wife did NOT say, "Is that a network of satellites in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" It's GPS for me from now on! exactly. Link to comment
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