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Man requires a great many things to track in his day to day life. When we are at our home, we can track lots of activities and actions or happenings outside the house. For this purpose, this GPS has an important role to play and is very useful to the user community.
Although there exists a large number of usages and applications of GPS, these systems are presently used in order to track motor vehicles. It is used by lots of private companies to locate or map their own vehicles on road, while for some; it is used for preventing disasters and hazards.
By using GPS technology In India, an anti-collision device has been used by Konkan Railway. This has been very much helpful on the tracks by alerting the driver, in the engine cabin, when he is in danger.
If the GPS technology is combined with GIS technology, the agriculture sector can grow and develop more and more. Through this, if a farmer wants to plough and harvest from a distant and remote place, the tractors can be guided very easily. Not only this, if he wants to take his wild elephant, it can be used to fulfill this purpose. This is another application of GPS.
GPS or global positioning system has a great importance to ascertain or determine the precise part of the field that is being crossed by a tractor. This way, the producers can map fertility levels and adjust fertilizer application rates to the particular areas of a field. This ability, which is being used to vary or differ, is known as "variable rate technology" or other such names: site-specific application, prescription farming, or precision farming, to list a few more
This way, the Global Positioning System is very helpful and beneficiary for determining one's precise location and providing a highly accurate time reference almost anywhere on earth or in earth's orbit. GPS will play a lead role in the coming days. Previously, the U.S military used it, but afterwards it was brought to public and civilian use. Now they can use it for their common and personnel use.
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