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Term of the Road Dictionary

global navigation satellite system

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Transport Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Definition : Computer system for capturing, storing, checking, integrating, analysing, handling and displaying data related to navigation (by air, by sea, or by land) on the Earth. Note: a distinction is made between the American global positioning system (GPS),the Russian global orbiting navigation satellite system (GLONASS), the European system Galileo, and the Chinese system Beidou.
  • Abbreviation : GNSS

Satellitennavigationssystem

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Transport Intelligente Transportsysteme
  • Definition : Computerbasiertes System zur Routenführung auf der Basis der genauen Bestimmung der Position mittels des Empfangs von Satellitendaten.