Global Positioning System in French

Global Positioning System in French is Global Positioning System, système de positionnement par satellites.

Global Positioning System in French

Global Positioning System

proper noun

(cartography) A system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites.

système de positionnement par satellites

noun

Any system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from satellites such as those of the US military, the Russian GLONASS system, or the proposed Galileo European alternative system.

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