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Given that the initial conception of this system was to make military use of it, we should
note that recipients that can be found on the market are for civilian use, and that they are
subject to a degradation of accuracy ranging from 15 to 100 meters RMS or 2DRMS1
depending on the geostrategic circumstances at the time, as interpreted by the
Department of Defense US, who manages and provides this service. This degradation is
regulated by Selective Availability Program DOD US or SA (Selective Availability) and,
as noted above, introduces an error in the transmission of the position for receivers for
civilian use. This is, of course, to maintain a strategic advantage during military
operations as required.
From this it follows that, commonly, GPS receivers have a nominal error in calculating
the position about 15 m. RMS rising up to 100 m. RMS when the US Government to
time. This is no problem, since our position always keeps an error of almost constant
value, and the orientation, does not pose any loss of reliability, since it is an error of size
very small that even under the most extreme lack of visibility, never exceed our field.
Normally, when the position error increases of 15m., Just makes it temporarily, and
responds to military operations and strategic matters that match our use of the recipient.
If the use that we will give our GPS receiver requires more precision even as surveying,
mapping and surveying, orienteering, location beacons, etc., almost all firms have
optional antennas DGPS2 devices to some of its receptors to correct this error by
differential calculus, reducing it to a range of 1 to 3 meters RMS.
Conclusion
In short, we can say that technology makes available a system to put us on
Earth really fancy, but extremely useful if we use it. Although we unnoticed,
thanks to advances like this can move from one end of the globe or another
of the way we do in the late twentieth century, as when, for example, took a
plane we are using it without realizing account.
On the other hand, know exactly where we are, is something that many
times when we really need to practice any type of outdoor activity. Who has
not spent much fear, practicing activities at any level, when in unfamiliar
territory not know if you toward or away from the point you are looking for?
On these occasions, have a system that gives us our exact position is
invaluable.
In short, we ourselves must get much out of this system in terms of how we
use our GPS receiver, but what is clear is that it is a really useful system.
Para entendernos, digamos que las pantallas y funciones grficas que requiere el piloto
de una embarcacin incorporadas a su receptor GPS deben ser muchas ms y ms
sofisticadas que las que necesitamos para orientarnos en dimensiones ms pequeas.
Pero el sistema de recepcin, y el clculo de la posicin es el mismo en un caso que en
otro. Supongamos que ocurre si una embarcacin sigue un rumbo con un error de un
segundo (1/3600 grados), sin corregir ese rumbo durante varios das, puede ser que
cuando busque el punto que espera encontrar en la costa, simplemente no lo encuentre,
puesto que se habr alejado cientos de kilmetros de l, pues bien disponemos de un
sistema con la misma exactitud para navegar pero con menos funciones grficas.
Todo esto lo podemos sintetizar diciendo que un receptor GPS nos proporciona, para la
navegacin terrestre, muchas ms prestaciones que las que podemos necesitar para
orientarnos. Los seguimientos de desvo de rumbos, los seguimientos de rutas, brjulas
electrnicas, etc., son funciones que podemos encontrar en nuestros "pequeos" GPS's.
Conclusin
En sntesis, podemos decir que la tecnologa pone a nuestra disposicin un sistema para
situarnos en la Tierra realmente sofisticado, pero enormemente til si sabemos
utilizarlo. Aunque nos pasa desapercibido, gracias a avances como este podemos
desplazarnos de una punta del globo o otra de la forma en la que lo hacemos a finales
del siglo XX, puesto que cuando, por ejemplo, tomamos un avin estamos haciendo uso
de ello sin darnos cuenta.
Por otro lado, saber exactamente dnde nos encontramos, es algo que en muchas
ocasiones nos es realmente necesario cuando practicamos cualquier tipo de actividad al
aire libre. Quien no ha pasado ms o menos temor, practicando actividades a cualquier
nivel, cuando en un territorio poco conocido no sabe si est acercndose o alejndose
del punto que busca? En estas ocasiones, disponer de un sistema que nos proporciona
nuestra posicin exacta, tiene un valor incalculable.
Resumiendo, nosotros mismos debemos sacarle ms o menos partido a este sistema en
funcin del uso que demos a nuestro receptor GPS, pero lo que est claro es que es un
sistema realmente til.