Roger L. Easton is the principal inventor and designer of the Global Positioning System (GPS). Considering the 1992 Collier Trophy that was awarded to the GPS team on 4 May 1993 supports this claim.
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www.gpsinventor.com/
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The domain name www.gpstourguide.com is for sale ; Martin Eldridge is the Senior Art Coordinator and Graphic Designer for the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies in La Jolla, California. ... home | the patent | the applications | the goal | the inventor | contact...
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Dr. Ivan A. Getting, president-emeritus of The Aerospace Corporation and the company's founding president, died Saturday night, Oct. 11, at his home in Coronado, Calif. ... urgentcomm » Magazine Articles » GPS inventor Getting dead at 91...
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He was instrumental in creating GPS and seeing it made available'' to everyone, said Bruce Peetz, vice president for technology at Trimble Navigation, the GPS firm where Parkinson was ... Parkinson and Getting shared the $500,000 check for the Draper Prize 45 years after first noticing the potential of GPS navigation.
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So, the shoes can find their location via GPS, but in order to transmit the information to someone, like a parent, the shoes need to be equipped with a cellular radio, perhaps GPRS, in which case, triangulation with cell towers could be more useful (see E911).
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www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equippe...
www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/
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Co-inventor of Global Positioning System ( GPS ) ... Dr. Parkinson created and ran the NAVSTAR GPS Joint Program Office from 1972-1978, during which time he received the Defense Department Superior Performance Award as the best program director in the Air Force.
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www.engology.com/eng5parkinson.htm
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- Rand Corporation, Books and Publications;; GPS Inventor Inducted into Hall of Fame - Stanford University Report;; Dr. Ivan A. Getting, Founding President of The Aerospace Corporation and Co-Inventor of GPS, Dies - The Aerospace Corporation;
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www.nps.gov/gis/gps/history.html
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Aside from the obvious tracking uses, Daniel’s GPS footwear is actually intended to beam out a distress signal to a pre-selected recipient if the wearer hits a certain panic button.
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www.about-electronics.eu/2007/01/04/inventor-crafts-gps...
www.about-electronics.eu/2007/01/04/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes/
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Who invented GPS? from GPS World provided by Find Articles at BNET ... In your August 2006 issue, you raised the question: Who was first with GPS? And you concluded that a debate may not be useful. You may be right. ... Everybody agreed, however, that many others were part of the several inventor teams and deserve credit as well.
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