mobile phone sat nav

Real and comedy uses

Real Uses

Mobile phone sat nav can allow people to locate their position. This is useful whether travelling in transport or walking, perhaps in a rural area, or in a city. They can be in a treasure hunt.

Satellite navigation systems allow electronic devices to determine location (Longitude, Latitude, and Altitude) within a few metres using time signals transmitted along a line of sight by radio from satellites. Receivers on the ground in fixed position can also be used to calculate precise time as a reference for scientific experiments.

The original motivation for sat nav was military. Satellite navigation using a laptop and a GPS receiver.

Satellite navigation systems have civilian uses:

navigation, ranging from personal hand held devices for trekking, to devices fitted to cars, trucks, ships and aircraft
synchronization
location based services
surveying
Entering data in a geographic information system
search and rescue
Geophysical Science
Tracking devices used in wildlife management
Note that the ability to supply satellite navigation signals is also the ability to deny their availability.

They can be used by the secret services to spy.

Sat Nav has been criticised in the media for instance some have said that many have been directed to steep climbs that they could not do simply bnecause the sat nav was not programmed with correct info.

Not Real

Sat Nav is used by comedians to locate the exact timing and location for each joke.

It is often in use by sea gull to find where they can drop one on a human

Many people try to use them to find where they have put there mobile phone, but it is on their mobile phone

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