GPS
noun[U]
uk/ˌdʒiː.piːˈes/us/ˌdʒiː.piːˈes/abbreviationforglobalpositioningsystem: asystemthat can show theexactpositionof apersonor thing by usingsignalsfromsatellites(=objectsinspacethatsendsignalstoearth)
全球卫星定位系统(一种结合卫星及通讯发展的技术,利用导航卫星进行测时和测距,global positioning system的缩写)Witthaya Prasongsin/Moment/GettyImages
Maps & map-making
- atlas
- cartographer
- cartographic
- compass rose
- contoured
- contouring
- coord
- coordinate
- elevation
- isotherm
- plot
- resurvey
- road map
- satnav
- site map
- survey
- the Ordnance Survey
- the prime meridian
- triangulation
- trig point