Global Positioning System (GPS)
Satellite-based navigation providing location and time data worldwide, requiring relativistic corrections.
Core metadata
- ID: gps
- Era: Modern
- First known date: 1958 (decade)
- Region: Global / multiple regions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
- Atomic Clocks (atomic_clocks)
- Integrated Circuits (Microchips) (integrated_circuits)
- Radio (radio)
- Relativity (Special & General) (relativity_special_general)
- Satellite Technology (satellite_technology)
Dependents
- Autonomous Vehicle Stack (autonomous_vehicle_stack)
- Drone Logistics & Autonomous Delivery Networks (drone_logistics_autonomous_delivery_networks)
- Fully Autonomous Transportation Networks (Level 5) (fully_autonomous_transportation_networks_level_5)
- GPS-Guided Logistics (gps_guided_logistics)
- Mobile Robot Navigation (mobile_robot_navigation)
- Precision Agriculture (precision_agriculture)
- Satellite Constellations (satellite_constellations)
- Satellite Navigation Receivers (satellite_navigation_receivers)
- Smartphones (smartphones)
Fields
Field lanes
- Spaceflight & Satellites: Navigation & Timing
Node sources
- Explorer 1 (NASA, 2026, official_agency) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 5
- Average edge confidence: 71%
- Prerequisite sources: 5
- expert_inference: 5
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satellite Technology (satellite_technology) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Satellite Technology provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Atomic Clocks (atomic_clocks) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Atomic Clocks provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Radio (radio) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Radio provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Relativity (Special & General) (relativity_special_general) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Relativity (Special & General) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Integrated Circuits (Microchips) (integrated_circuits) | required | 82% | expert_inference | Integrated Circuits (Microchips) is modeled as a necessary component or method for this technology in the current graph. |
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