How GPS Works Today

Once upon a time, your ancestors used to look at the night sky to determine their location. Then we used a Thomas Guide, remember those? Today, it only takes one magical technology to get driving directions, send your picnic spot to a lost friend, or track how far you’ve gone during a workout. That technology is called GPS, and you’re about to find out the secret behind it.
Did you know that GPS was actually a military invention? The highest quality signals were only used for military purposes until May 2000, when it became available to all civilians for free. Now GPS is literally everywhere, and you can now even purchase GPS insoles to keep track of your kids or relatives with Alzheimer’s disease.
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TIMESTAMPS:
A brief history of GPS 0:29
How does it work? 1:35
2-D and 3-D trilateration 2:56
Doing the calculations 5:21
And here’s a Bonus 8:05
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SUMMARY:
- To put it simply, GPS is a system that has three basic parts: satellites, ground stations, and receivers.
- Grounds stations use radars to find out if the satellites really are where they’re supposed to be.
- The GPS system has 32 active satellites orbiting the Earth. 24 of them are core satellites, and the rest serve as emergency replacements when something happens to the others.
- A receiver on Earth has to see at least 4 satellites to calculate an accurate location because the GPS uses a trilateration mechanism.
- 2-D trilateration is about calculating its latitude and longitude position on a map.
- When it comes to 3-D trilateration, it’s basically the same, but there’ll be spheres instead of circles on your drawing. 3-D position includes your latitude, longitude, and altitude.
- GPS satellites send information about their position and current time to a GPS receiver at certain intervals. The receiver gets the information in the form of a signal.
- GPS satellites have atomic clocks that keep the most precise time, but it would be impossible to install these clocks in every receiver.
- Satellites’ atomic clocks get 38 microseconds ahead of ground clocks every day. If scientists did nothing about it, GPS locations would be off by 6 miles more every day.
- There’s also a GPS almanac in the receiver that keeps track of where this or that satellite should be at any moment.
- GPS not only determines the most accurate location of people and objects, but also sends time signals that are accurate within 10 billionths of a second.
- Even though it’s incredibly accurate and useful, sometimes GPS takes people to unexpected places, especially in rural areas.
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iPhone XS :)

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TIMESTAMPS: A brief history of GPS 0:29 How does it work? 1:35 2-D and 3-D trilateration 2:56 Doing the calculations 5:21 And here’s a Bonus 8:05

[@tanaymody3390]

Can you make a video on what is time and the theory of relativity

[@nimalsingh3573]

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[@svavarkjarrval8757]

Wanted to note that there is a difference between GPS and applications that utilise GPS. Assuming the GPS is not faulty, the application does know where you are, but might have problems using the information. If the application directs you to a wrong location or via a wrong way, it's not the fault of the GPS system itself. One example is here in Iceland where travellers input "Laugarvegur" into their application, wanting to go to a destination at "Laugavegur" in Reykjavík. The application directed the travellers to a destination far into the country, and the travellers didn't realise this misspelling until they passed Reykjavík and were also a few hundred kilometers past their desired destination. Additional nerdy note: GPS is the name of the U.S. navy's system. GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) is the general term for those systems. GPS is the everyday term used for such a system since the U.S. was first.

[@SilverMustang920]

Actually the last couple of examples of picking the wrong routes were not due to GPS, but because of inaccurate/non-updated GIS (Geographic Information System) maps i.e. digital version of maps

[@HikaruKatayamma]

Don't confuse bad mapping software for GPS issues. Misrouting people has nothing to do with GPS. It's all about the mapping software and the quality of the information stored in it.

[@NeoMatrix5]

"How GPS works explained simply" - thumbnail looks like the end of the world- 10/10

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Oct 10?

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[@srgsilent99]

Two things: First Navstar was not the first iteration of gps, a system called transit was then timation followed it then came Navstar. The second thing is it is NOT gps that tells you where to go, gps only tells you where it is when it is and time corrections. A gps receiver then calculates where you are in coordinates then a separate system takes the coordinates and overlays a map on it and runs a pathing algorithm to give directions. Nothing was wrong with gps in the cases where it “miss-lead” people.

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I can't believe how much things are taken into consideration just to keep the time as accurate as possible.

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Thanks for the explanation, it was simple and interesting.

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Thanks for the knowledge Bright Side

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This was something very interesting about GPS that I never knew.....

[@scottjetten7769]

That was a perfect explanation, thankyou

[@Astroscience964]

Great explanation... Just love it 💯

[@osse1n]

*GPS being available, people still can't find the way and ask directions.*

[@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Thats true!

[@Waldlaeufer70]

Well, sometimes it is nicer to talk to people than to stare at the screen all day.

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[@alacnop]

GPS doesn't tell anyone to go anywhere, it just informs the application of current position. It's up to the mapping system to create routing information.

[@wildenboy_]

your explaining is better than my parents or text in google!. thx

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Another awesome video!!!

[@RohitKumar-fy9fp]

sir, the bg music irritates , you caan keep their audio low, but the content is the best ever to watch

[@jeffbruce616]

4:13 Why choose Boseman Montana when that lays outside the third circle that was drawn? Wouldn't a more accurate location be the area below that where all 3 circles actually intersect? In fact, there is no point where all three circles' lines intersect -- shouldn't there be?

[@Changled]

Yeah the graphic is completely wrong

[@muhammadbadarhayat4216]

Truly noticed. Wrong concepts discussed in the video. Made a simple concept rather difficult to understand. No one should be learning GPS from this video.

[@maximillianpotentine2257]

GPS is a system. It’s made up of three parts: satellites, ground stations, and receivers. Satellites act like the stars in constellations-we know where they are supposed to be at any given time. The ground stations use radar to make sure they are actually where we think they are. A receiver, like you might find in your phone or in your car, is persistently listening for a signal from these satellites. The receiver figures out how far away they are from some of them. Once the receiver calculates its distance from four or more satellites, it knows exactly where you are.

[@josephtuttle1470]

Soooooo...when I lose GPS in a dead section of road while far from any major highway and gain it back when I am near a major highway or civilization...did the satellites stop working?

[@slowanddeliberate6893]

Your 4g connection is required for Google Maps if you have no map already downloaded.

[@hugolachs6620]

no, the micro waves from the satellite didn't reach you because of interference

[@sigsnug7160]

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[@nettsm]

4:18 the intersection is wrong, the 3 circles were supposed to meet at a single point... You are showing a region which is outside the 3rd circle.

[@amoneswart1357]

Net TM Thought i was going crazy, don’t know why that bothered me so much

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Thank you Ansari, Mansoor!

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[@gardengnostic971]

The venn diagram at 4:14 looks a little broken. Boseman does not fall within the circle around Salt Lake City. I might be misunderstanding the graph, but shouldn't the final result be in all three circles?

[@imgauravcm]

I too noticed that

[@westernproducerSWP]

GPS is a brand name of a PNT system (Position, Navigation and Timing); Russia has GLONASS [insert Russian acronym meaning here....) which is used by some nations globally. China has Beidou; again global coverage; with limited users - but you may want to check your smart phone because I bet it tracks Beidou too. The European Union has Galileo with is globe coverage being used by most European nations as well as others. These four systems are also lumped together as GNSSs (Global Navigation Satellite Systems). India and Japan have regional systems; IRNSS and Quasi Zenith respectively. So not all the world navigates (or get lost on Swiss mountaintops) by 'GPS', but they all, more or less, work are described here - Trilateration.

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[@VeraPastaEthiopia]

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[@balasubramaniantk4863]

GPS : Aha made simple😉 Atomic clocks and satellite precision : *Am I a joke to you* 😒😏

[@nosik68]

Well you have better chances to survive than trying to find your position in earth having no gps.

[@Dr_SatishKasturi]

Best Explanation 😊❤️ keep posting more vedios

[@aye_its_alyssa7625]

19 minutes late yay this is a new world record for me LOL😂😂

[@johnwalterbagos1]

GPS helps me a lot while I’m traveling to places I’m not familiar with

[@BRIGHTNEWSAI]

I do love your videos! You inspire me so much and now I will definetely try do do something similar to see how it works. Thank you for sharing this amazind idea!

[@Adyapd]

I didn't know that it can detect altitude wow

[@govindannarayanan6510]

Great explanation ;)

[@wzman2006]

4th satellite resolves the 2-points-of-intersection in 3d trilateration. And it's Bozeman, Montana, with a Z.

[@mohanramsujatha]

Excellent video!

[@williammorris4550]

Wow…I did not know this. Thanks 😍🤩

[@laurentfxu3rauf193]

From video we can learn more than from school!!!

[@ashlyn.nicole]

tHANKS! you explained it well

[@TrapAstronaut]

Wow! Amazing video

[@judyweikumbenson199]

Thanks for explaining...wish I had one!!

[@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Why dont you have one?

[@judyweikumbenson199]

I don't know how to use one.

[@marioiacolucci]

@@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL I have one it's garmin

[@Beebaboobee]

I’m not really satisfy with how it works, but I was so satisfy on how it made.

[@thefactb8515]

Good explanation

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Wow....that was interesting .👍

[@mlane2304]

I learnrd so much!

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[@EinkOLED]

President Ronald Reagan allowed the military to make GPS available to the public in 1983, and Bill Clinton in 2000 allowed the military to unscramble the signals to allow the GPS to function at their normal accuracy (something which was only accessible to the military). And that's when garmin started to sell handheld GPS receivers to the consumers for outdoor use/marine/aviation/car navigation.

[@PradeepReddyMuthyala]

From where we can download the satellite footages , like you drawn the Circles and pointed the signals .. could you please suggest me on that

[@danieldan136]

Technology is great when it works... Just like some people brains.

[@sixsensedayspa]

Yes I am more than pisst I think there are people stilling my information I even don't feel like using internet anymore and Google is turning in to a huge problem

[@laurentfxu3rauf193]

You are right

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Very useful info

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Nice video very helpful

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Sir can you please tell that which software or app do you use for editing your videos??

[@AnimationCow]

I literally googled this question a few hours ago

[@stewiegriffin6503]

GPS and GPS Road navigation are 2 different works. GPS always works, navigation is just a software which sometime fails

[@georgeemil3618]

2:08 "When it finds where you are from four or more gps satellites, it can tell exactly where you are." All my Garmin GPSs never gave me my location until it locked on five, sometimes seven satellites.

[@xueliyang_]

Bright Side I always learn something new from your videos. Thank You!

[@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

That's amazing!

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Hello BrightSide, what programs and tools do you use to produce these nice videos? Thank you!

[@kuromisthe_best]

A OK true

[@HengHuiMei]

GPS is a lifesaver!

[@midhundathan4316]

GPS is one of the best technologies I have ever seen

[@asimking857]

Nice vedio about GPS it give a lot of information to the student

[@steve101968]

If you ever want to go down a rabbit hole of cool tech. Think about submarines. They can't get a god signal below periscope depth. But they can sail around the world (hypothetically) and then surface and they will be within 10 meters of where they think they should be thanks to inertial navigation systems. Something I think is pretty cool but I am a big nerd

[@DavidCarter-ib3vw]

I was just reading about how difficult it is to determine height above sea level. Highly amazing. Depends on an accurate description of the shape of the Earth, atmospheric pressure, gravity, winds, tides, etc. Oh yea, check out the calculus formulas involved.

[@doctorsleep2911]

Gladys Mae West (née Brown) (born 1930) is an African American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of the satellite geodesy models that were eventually incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS).

[@eloyaldao435]

The intersection of the circles was not relected right, but all the other is cool

[@usmanqureshi2741]

Well in countries like countries of south Asia people generally doesn't relay on GPS they generally don't go to places whose address or location they don't know. if they really want to know some location they will not search it on Google map

[@stumpypetros2685]

Back in the 90's an English program called Time Team used GPS to fix building positions. They said at a site revisit that their measurements were off by several metres because the GPS signal from the satellite was deliberately misaligned. I recall an answer was the Miltary didn't want an exact fix on anything. ANYWAY. fast forward to the SpaceX boosters trying to land on the droneships and missing, when they can land perfectly OK at the Cape. Wonder if someone is offsetting the GPS satellite signals ;P

[@CRYSTALG.C.]

golden words "Technology is Great when it Works"

[@surajaryal2285]

Wow nice video thanks for sharing😅😂

[@isaacheres1354]

Hello and greetings from Boseman, Montana 🙋👋

[@richardturner6981]

Hello from Pompano Beach, Fl., Isaac.

[@hasbybiasafil]

I use GPS almost everyday in my life.. I do likes traveling a lot and GPS brought me to a lot of amazing places.. I had a bunch of ‘amazing’ experiences (I don’t think this is bad experiences) using GPS, such crossing a river by my motorcycle, crossing very dark spooky forest in the middle of the night, crossing path way in the middle of rice paddy’s field, and many many more ‘crazy’ experiences that makes my adrenaline pumped. I can’t imagine how’s my life without GPS, maybe I just became a silly introvert kids who trapped in his home. Thanks God and for smart peoples who invented GPS. I really love it very much 😘

[@MSEntertainmen]

There can be a high chance of depending upon Military GPS but public GPS is not always accurate. The most accurate GPS is human being. 😊

[@TranceDivine]

the flat earthers are quaking lol

[@alimozaffar6884]

thanks a lot

[@jluke6861]

Thank you.

[@arsinteandrei]

GPS - Ground base Positioning system - there is no satellite - only based on ground towers...

[@slowanddeliberate6893]

Yep, the earth is flat.

[@jaytheman9271]

4:16 Boseman is not in the third circle lol

[@imanerdandliketoread]

hi.i love ur chanel

[@zainyamin9973]

thank you!!

[@josed.ulloacastillo1635]

Now Google determines your location... *Which is Suicidal, but hey who cares?*

[@IntellectualHazard]

@Liam’s Adventures *you're spamming* Edit: I'm your 100th sub...now sub me back!!

[@evoevannismo8141]

I personally still need GPS if I'm lost

[@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

When was the last time you were lost?

[@Youneverknow-999]

I wanted to know that 😅

[@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Awesome!

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Nicee

[@zgamer3429]

Thank you!!!!!

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Hey you! Scrolling through the comments! Hello! ☺️😁

[@dannyj5688]

Hi!!!

[@harshvardhanphalke2285]

Hii🙂!!!!

[@lanceebutdiff7396]

Thanks

[@Bureaucrastinator]

GPS/GNSS and navigation software are not the same. the examples of people getting lost after 08:00 in the video are misleading -- it seems GPS was working as intended but the apps that the people used (like Google Maps, Waze etc) to navigate were "faulty".

[@denelson83]

You can't get a 3-D fix on a GPS receiver. GPS fixes are always either 2-D or 4-D. The fourth dimension, of course, is time.

[@irfanmd9852]

Really super bro

[@zainulabdin4466]

I understand everything that's explained in this video. But, I want to understand the 'electronics' part of it. Like, what is it that is sent to the satellites from the GPS device. How are latitude and longitudes calculated? Can anyone explain it to me in the terms of Hardware? Thanks.

[@scott_meyer]

GPS is one way. The receiver "hears" the signals from the satellites. The data contains the satellite id, location, and a time. From this the receiver can calculate it's distance from each satellite. The point where the distances intersect is the location of the receiver.