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Global Positioning System (GPS) Remote Sensing Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Pilot using GPS for navigation

Weatherman using remote sensing

Person using GPS to stay on track
If you're a pilot, how do you land an airplane in the fog when you can't see the runway? A global positioning system (GPS) uses satellites to help locate both the plane and the runway. If you're a weather forecaster, how do you know that a sunny day will become cloudy? Weather satellites carry instruments used for remote sensing. These instruments record images of the Earth's surface. If you're lost, where can you get a map and directions? Online mapping tools like MapQuest use geographic information systems (GIS) to get you where you need to go.

Knowing where things are located is critical to many everyday functions that we take for granted, such as having your mail delivered to your home or having a fire truck find your school in an emergency. Geospatial Technologies are tools that help you figure out where things are. You probably don't realize the many ways that you benefit from them. Find out more...