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The Military and GPS Tracking
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By Shawn Davis
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GPS tracking is one of the most interesting technologicaladvances of our time. GPS stands for Global Positioning System,and is used just for that. GPS can be used to find anyone with atracker anywhere in the world. This is because the whole systemmakes use of the satellites that occupy the space above theearth. With special signals, and a little triangulation, GPStracking can help anyone figure out where they are and plan outwhere they should go next.
GPS tracking began as a project especially for the United Statesmilitary. In the 1980s, the system was being developed so thatthe military would have better capabilities on the ground tokeep on target. It could also be used to help find lost soldiersand to more quickly locate the wounded. GPS provided a powerfultool for the United States and its allies. And it is still usedby the military today.
Even though civilians could use GPS tracking in the late 1980sand 1990s, it was not the same system that the military used.The GPS used by civilians was less accurate and quick. Themilitary scrambled its signals so that only it had access to thehighly precise GPS calculations used in operations. This is whyGPS was slow to catch on among "regular" folks. However, thatall changed in 2000.
In the year 2000, at the turn of the century and the millennium,then-president Bill Clinton ordered the military to stopscrambling its GPS tracking signals. This did not mean that allof a sudden civilians could access battle plans and find outwhere troops were. What it did mean was that anyone with theright equipment (which is sold just about everywhere and fairlyeasy to get) could have access to the military's system. Thisallowed anyone, individuals and businesses, to make use of theextremely accurate military system.
Since GPS tracking has been open to everyone, the marketplacehas responded by making all sorts of consumer goods that allowpeople to find out where they are, and even track their kids andspouses. These is because the technology is so advanced thatanything can be used for GPS tracking -- even a cell phone.
(c) 2005 Copyright www.spyassociates.com. This article is about:GPS Tracking
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