Open AccessNavigation Principles of Positioning and Guidance
Author(s) -
Luzum Brian
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2004eo110008
Subject(s) - global positioning system , safer , computer science , position (finance) , radio navigation , navigation system , turn by turn navigation , human–computer interaction , computer vision , artificial intelligence , telecommunications , computer security , mobile robot , business , robot , robot control , finance
Navigation is the science of determining our position and our course of motion. Because it involves such fundamental quantities, navigation has played an essential role in human existence for millennia. This role has hardly diminished, even though we now have the capability to determine where we are with global radio navigation systems such as the Global Positioning System (GPS). If anything, the opposite is true. We are finding new ways of using navigation information to make our travels safer, faster, less costly, and generally more convenient.