Global Positioning System Research

Hello,

I'm doing research into the history of the global positioning system,
and I was wondering if anyone out there could point me in the direction
of any first hand GPS related documentation. Any help that anyone can
give me would be great.

Thank you,
Flynfast

http://edu-observatory.org/gps/gps.html

Marcus

Try http://www.helge.net/download/gpsuser.pdf and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS

Anthropomorphic maps may be the most ancient type of geographic
information system (not exactly a GPS :-).

ANTHROPOMORPHIC MAPS

These maps were formed by configuring the virtual body of a god or
goddess over the area to be mapped. The name of each part of that body
became the name of the area/feature under that part. This technique
produced a scale 1:1 map-without-paper with place names that
automatically indicated their approximate location relative to all
other places that were named in the same manner. Most of the names [in
brackets below] are Phoenician (Western Semitic) so they sound quite
Hebraic.

APHRODITE

The body-part map of Aphrodite is in north Africa. Her face [PaNim] was
lost during the 3rd Punic war. The rest of her is still there. She is
looking backwards over her right shoulder, so her CRaniuM is reversed
at Morocco. It still has a Fez. Her chin [SaNTir] is also reversed at
Tunisia. The Atlas [first cervical vertebra] mountains support her
head. Her hair [Sa3aRa] is the Sahara desert. Her backbone [SHiDRa] is
the Gulf of Sidra. Her heart [LeB] is Libya. Her breast [SHaD] is Chad.
Her narrow [TZaR] waist is Misr / Mitzraim. Her side [TZaD] is Sudan.
Her left [SMoL] leg is Somalia.

Representing the letter aiyin as 3 with an ancient velar G/K-sound,
CaNa3aN was her Latin cunnus (and a reversal of Greek gyneco-). Its
name changed to YiSRa@eL at the time Ya3aKoV / Jacob "fought with god
and men" [Gen 32:29]. This represented a change in sovereignty from
Africa to Asia minor. YiSRa@eL is that body part that gives @oSHeR =
delight to god when it is YaSHaR = straight, upright.

HERMES

The body-part map of Hermes is in Asia minor. kHermes [kHoR = hole +
MoSnaim = waist] lived at Mt. kHermon before he moved Mt. Olympus
[Greek omphalos = navel]. Later his name was reversed to become Latin
Mercury.

His head [RoSH] was at Rus, south of Belarus. Its name changed to the
Ukraine [Gk kranion = cranium]. His throat [GaRGeret] is Georgia. His
left shoulder [KaSaF] is the Caspian sea. His right arm/hand is being
washed [NaTiLat] at Anatolia. His upper arm [Sanskrit irma] at Armenia,
biceps [Greek pontiki = muscle] at Pontus, elbow [KiFooF yaD] at
Cappadocia, wrist [m'FaReK] at Phrygia, and thumb [BoHeN] at Bithynia
were in Anatolia. His heart [Greek cardia] became Kurdistan. His
narrow [TZaR] waist is Syria and his navel [Sanskrit nabhila] reverses
to LeBaNon. South of Lebanon is the male member [Greek phallus] named
Philistina/Palestine. See CaNa3aN / YiSRa@eL above. His buttocks
[YeReKH] is Iraq. The letter shin in his thigh [shin-vav-kuf] had a
dental T-sound so the reversal of TVK sounded like KVT or Kuwait. His
knee [BeReKH] is partially reversed in Bahrain. His right [Y'MiN] foot
is at Yemen.

For more information about this type of anthropomorphic map, join the
BPMaps discussion group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BPMaps/

The maps of Hermes & Aphrodite and similar maps of the creator of the
Blackfoot indians (The Old Man) and his wife (The Old Woman) are
described in the databases at the BPMaps website. Look for message # 7
entitled "Attributes of Body Part Maps."

ciao,
Israel "izzy" Cohen
BPMaps moderator

flynfast wrote:
Since I used the GPS in Viet Nam and worked on the GPS system back in
the early 70's when it was officially called TRANSIT, I am partial to:
http://www.nbvc.navy.mil/navsoc/history.html
http://space.au.af.mil/primer/navy_space.pdf

http://www.militarynewcomers.com/VENTURA/Resources/Tenantcommands.html
(has some pictures of our stations at Point Mugu, especially the big
dish on Laguna Peak and some work consoles at HQ)

I do not know if these have the information you want, but in the 70's I
believe all the satellites were launched out of Vandenberg California
with all launch tracking performed by the Point Mugu Range Systems. The
day to day satellite maintenance and operation were performed at Point
Mugu, with tracking and injection stations located at Laguna Peak
(overlooking Point Mugu), and I believe Rosemount Minnesota, Hancock
Maine, and Wahiawa Hawaii.

I forget who were the scientists and engineers who did the design and
build of the birds, we just made sure that once they were in the sky,
they gave the right data to the user.