Microcontroller Based GPS Data Logging Techniques

The GPS system is a precise navigation and
positioning system. Developed in 1973 by the
Department of Defence (USA), the GPS was originally
designed as a military tool to assist soldiers,
military vehicles, planes, and ships to accurately
determine their locations on Earth. Today, GPS is
used widely in military, commercial, industrial, and
leisure applications. One of the widest commercial
uses of GPS is on street-level route guidance that
helps a driver to navigate to an address or to a
post-code. This book describes the basic principles
of the GPS system and then the design of a
microcontroller based GPS data logger device is
given in detail, including the full source code.
With the help of the device, the coordinates of a
person, animal, or a vehicle can be stored on an SD
card and then the Google Earth mapping program can
be used to display the user track on a street-level
map.

Autorentext

Prof. Dr. Dogan Ibrahim: Studied at the Salford University (BSc in Electronics), Manchester University (MSc in Automatic Control Engineering), and The City University (PhD in Electrical Engineering). Currently he is the Head of Department of Computer Engineering, at the Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Klappentext

The GPS system is a precise navigation and positioning system. Developed in 1973 by the Department of Defence (USA), the GPS was originally designed as a military tool to assist soldiers, military vehicles, planes, and ships to accurately determine their locations on Earth. Today, GPS is used widely in military, commercial, industrial, and leisure applications. One of the widest commercial uses of GPS is on street-level route guidance that helps a driver to navigate to an address or to a post-code. This book describes the basic principles of the GPS system and then the design of a microcontroller based GPS data logger device is given in detail, including the full source code. With the help of the device, the coordinates of a person, animal, or a vehicle can be stored on an SD card and then the Google Earth mapping program can be used to display the user track on a street-level map.