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GPS declassified : from smart bombs to smartphones / Richard D. Easton and Eric F. Frazier ; foreword by Rick W. Sturdevant.
- Title
- GPS declassified : from smart bombs to smartphones / Richard D. Easton and Eric F. Frazier ; foreword by Rick W. Sturdevant.
- Author
- Easton, Richard D.
- Publication
- [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
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Details
- Description
- xx, 301 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "GPS Declassified examines the development of GPS from its secret, Cold War military roots to its emergence as a worldwide consumer industry. Drawing on previously unexplored documents, the authors examine how military rivalries influenced the creation of GPS and shaped public perceptions about its origin."--book jacket.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.New Moons Rising: The Satellite Age Arrives -- 2.Weather Permitting: A Brief History of Navigation -- 3.Success Has Many Fathers: Early Concepts for Satellite Navigation -- 4.One System, Two Narratives: Recollections and Documents -- 5.Invisible Stars: How GPS Works -- 6.Going Public: The Roots of Civilian GPS Use -- 7.Going to War: GPS Aids Military Success in the Persian Gulf -- 8.Going Mainstream: A Consumer Industry Is Born -- 9.Where Are We? GPS and GNSS Today -- 10.Going Forward: The Future of GPS.
- ISBN
- 9781612344089 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1612344089 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2013023507
- OCLC
- 852488398
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library