General Information

Serial #

240

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

GPS

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 SYNTHETIC & METAL CASING, CONTROLS, & PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC CASING WITH METAL PARTS/.3-.4 METAL/.5 METAL CASING & MEASURING TAPE, SYNTHETIC PARTS/.6-.7 METAL WIRE WITH SYNTHETIC & RUBBER COVERING/.8 SYNTHETIC CASING WITH METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CASES WITH METAL HARDWARE, SYNTHETIC STRAPS, STYROFOAM PADDING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

64.0 cm

Width

54.0 cm

Height

26.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Measurement-position

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MAGNAVOX

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Torrance

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED FROM CIRCA 1986 TO 1993.

Canada

AN INSTRUMENT USED BY THE GEODETIC SURVEY DIV. OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. ALTHOUGH ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AS A NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT, THE GPS SYSTEM WAS ALSO USABLE FOR PLOTTING POSITIONS IN EARTH SURVEYING.

Function

THE USER SEGMENT OF A SATELLITE-BASED RADIO-POSITIONING SYSTEM PROVIDING AN EXTREMELY ACCURATE THREE-DIMENSIONAL ESTIMATE OF BOTH POSITION (LONGITUDE, LATITUDE, & ELEVATION) & VELOCITY, AS WELL AS A PRECISE TIME READING, TO USERS ON LAND, SEA, OR AIR. THE SYSTEM WAS USED IN NAVIGATION & SURVEYING.

Technical

A SPACE-BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM, UTILIZING 24 NAVSTAR SATELLITES & PROVIDING NAVIGATIONAL ACCURACY FOR CIVILIAN USE TO 100 M. GPS WAS FIRST DEVELOPED BY THE U.S. IN THE MID 1970'S FOR MILITARY USE. SIGNALS FROM FOUR SATELLITES ARE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE POSITION. GPS SUCCEEDS TRANSIT, THE FIRST NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM WHICH UTILIZED THE DOPPLER SHIFT MEASURED DURING A SINGLE SATELLITE PASS, A MUCH SLOWER PROCESS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PLATE READING 'WM SATELLITE SURVEY COMPANY/ WM101 GPS SATELLITE SURVEYING EQUIPMENT/ PART NO. 812278-801 SERIAL NO. 240' & 'MADE IN U.S.A.'; BLUE DECAL READING 'MAGNAVOX/ GOVERNMENT & INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS COMPANY, TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA'/.2 RAISED 'MAGNAVOX/ MADE IN U.S.A.' & BLACK STAMPED 'ASSY 814203-801'/ SERIAL NO. 396'/.5 TAPE STAMPED 'TAJIMA JAPAN'/.8 LABEL READS 'WILD/ HEERBRUGG SWITZERLAND/ BATTERY CHARGER FOR/ NiCd BATTERY 12 V 7Ah/ TYPE GKL14 F. NR. 8 800 5'

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 PAINTED GREEN & OFF-WHITE, MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC & METALLIC PARTS/.2 WHITE CASING & PLATED PARTS/.3-.5 TEXTURED GREEN ENAMEL PAINTED METAL/.4 BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED BASE WITH METALLIC FEET/.5 YELLOW PAINTED MEASURING TAPE WITH GREEN & YELLOWSYNTHETIC PARTS/.6-.7 BLACK CABLES & METALLIC PARTS/.7 RED & GREEN RUBBER/.8 BLACK CASING, BLACK & GREY CORDS/ CASES: ORANGE WITH BLACK PADDING & STRAP, PLATED PARTS

Decoration

.1 GREEN & BLACK SYNTHETIC PLATE ON CASING READING 'WM101' & MOULDED GREEN & BLACK 'WM' LOGO ON CASING COVER/.2 DECAL WITH BLACK PRINTED DIAGRAM/.5 DECAL ON MEASURING TAPE CASING WITH INSTRUCTIONAL DIAGRAM/.8 WHITE ON BLACK LABEL READING 'WILD/ HEERBRUGG'/ METALLIC PLATES ON.1 CASE &.2-.7 CASE READING 'RECEIVER' & 'ANTENNA' RESPECTIVELY