Integrating GPS and Google Maps for movement tracking applications
Date Issued
2007
Date
2007
Author(s)
Lai, Hsin-An
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
During the 20th century, the costs associated with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology were prohibitively high, limiting its use almost solely to military applications, with individuals having few opportunities to make use of it. However, in recent years, as the US government has eliminated the selective availability safeguards that affected the precision of GPS systems , and as private companies have aggressively pursued the development of GPS products, costs have declined and adoption of the technology has become more widespread. Electronic maps play the most important and basic role in real-world applications of GPS. While Google Maps provides high-resolution satellite imagery, as well as detailed maps, available for use wherever there is Internet access. Google Maps is well suited for use by the general public as well as by academic researchers. The current study proposes a procedure for combining GPS and Google Maps for tracking applications. The procedure entails using GPS coordinates to mark out routes, and then combining photographs with these coordinates and routes for display with Google Maps. This procedure should prove useful for documenting travel routes, for academic research, and for geographic field surveys.
Subjects
GPS
Google Maps
電子地圖
軌跡追蹤
Electronic maps
tracking
Type
thesis
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