12.S56 GPS: Civilian Tool or Military Weapon?, Fall 2005

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Author(s)
Herring, T. (Thomas)
Alternative Title
GPS: Civilian Tool or Military Weapon?
Date Issued
December 2005
Abstract
This is a freshman advising seminar. The professor of a FAS is the first year advisor to the (no more than 8) students in the seminar. The use of Global Positioning System (GPS) in a wide variety of applications has exploded in the last few years. In this seminar we will explore how GPS works, the range of applications, and the conflict between civilian users and military planners. This seminar is followed by a UROP research project in the spring semester where results from precise GPS measurements will be analyzed and displayed on the web.
Subjects
GPS
global positioning system
navigation
meteorology
geophysics
military
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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