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How does GPS know where you are?

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A GPS knows where you are because of satellites in space.

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It does not automatically know. It is consantly receiving signals from a network of satellites in space which tells it, and consequently you, where it is.
How does a gps unit know where you are?
actual mathematics is complicated, but basically by triangulating with multiple satellites by measuring signal time delay and solving a set of simultaneous equations to best convergence.
How does GPS know where you are going?
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How do scientists know the GPS is working?
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Use Favorites.