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  • initialism cartography Differential Global Positioning System, (DGPS) is an enhancement to Global Positioning System that uses a network of fixed ground based reference stations to broadcast the difference between the positions indicated by the satellite systems and the known fixed positions.

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Examples

  • DGPS system run by doctoral dissertation of dung and vegetation transects conducted by author and elephant movements and demography studied by house in Caprivi of author and at Olifantsbad

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • He had learned how to use a differential global positioning system DGPS, which we needed to get exact distance measurements between our sensors.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • We had painstakingly measured out each geophone from the head of the trough with the DGPS, providing the centimeter accuracy needed in our distance calculations.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • We had painstakingly measured out each geophone from the head of the trough with the DGPS, providing the centimeter accuracy needed in our distance calculations.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • DGPS system run by doctoral dissertation of dung and vegetation transects conducted by author and elephant movements and demography studied by house in Caprivi of author and at Olifantsbad

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • He had learned how to use a differential global positioning system DGPS, which we needed to get exact distance measurements between our sensors.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • We had painstakingly measured out each geophone from the head of the trough with the DGPS, providing the centimeter accuracy needed in our distance calculations.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • He had learned how to use a differential global positioning system DGPS, which we needed to get exact distance measurements between our sensors.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • DGPS system run by doctoral dissertation of dung and vegetation transects conducted by author and elephant movements and demography studied by house in Caprivi of author and at Olifantsbad

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • He had learned how to use a differential global positioning system DGPS, which we needed to get exact distance measurements between our sensors.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

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