Pinpoint : how GPS is changing our world / Greg Milner.
Pinpoint : how GPS is changing our world / Greg Milner.
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Publisher
London : Granta Books, 2016.
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G 2016/2130
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 316 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: The Whisper from Space -- Part I: Calculating Route -- 1. Tupaia Goes Home -- 2. The When and the Where -- 3. Global Reach, Global Power -- 4. Ranging the Perfect Beet -- Part II: You Have Arrived -- 5. Death by GPS -- 6. The Hornet's Nest -- 7. Better Living Through Tracking -- 8. Ret...
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Publisher
London : Granta Books, 2016.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
Over the last fifty years, humanity has developed an extraordinary global utility which is omnipresent, universal, and available to all: the Global Positioning System (GPS). A network of twenty-four satellites and their monitoring stations on Earth, it makes possible almost all modern technology, from the smartphone in your pocket to the Mars rover...
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Pinpoint : how GPS is changing our world / Greg Milner.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2016.
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G 2016/2130
Record Identifier
74VKVP06PGaZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVP06PGaZ
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ISBN
9781847087089 (paperback)
DDC
910.285
MMS ID
991023996113302626
