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where in the world quiz
It’s a big place, Planet Earth, and if you don’t know where you’re going, things can get a bit tricky…
Luckily – help is at hand. Thanks to our friends at Geomatics.org.uk we have a personal navigator to offer the lucky winner of this quickie quiz. Described as the ‘smallest, go-anywhere GPS’, you can tuck it in your pocket and never be lost again. It’s also waterproof, backlit and easy to use.
To get into the prize draw, all you need to do is get the following 10 questions right.
Got your bearings? OK, here we go…
GOOD LUCK!
01 What does GPS stand for?
Great Pie in the Sky
Geographically Precise Satellites
Global Positioning System
Geomatics Problem Solver
02 What is the main use of GPS?
Spying on people
Navigation, mapping and monitoring
Broadcasting television programmes
Taking photographs of the Earth from space
03 Where can’t you use GPS?
At sea
Indoors
In the countryside
On aeroplanes
04 How many GPS satellites do you need to get an accurate position?
4
8
12
24
05 How many GPS satellites are there?
4
12
24
30
06 Who created GPS??
Walt Disney
The United States Department of Defense
The Russian Federation Ministry of Defence
Aliens
07 What is the diameter of the Earth?
1, 476km
12, 756km
130, 567km
250, 345km
08 How high above the Earth are the GPS satellites?
200 km
2, 000km
20, 000km
200, 000km
09 Which of the following is a source of errors in GPS positions?
Birds, aeroplanes, hot air balloons – anything which is flying through the sky
The GPS signal travelling through the Earth’s atmosphere
Taking GPS positions in the dark
Moving so fast that the GPS can’t keep up
10 What is the name of the European equivalent to GPS which will be up and running by 2008?
Glonass
Gallileo
Gertrude
EuroGeo
Answers:
1= Global Positioning System • 2= Navigation, Mapping and Monitoring • 3= Indoors • 4= 4 • 5= 24 • 6= The United States Department of Defense • 7= 12, 756km • 8= 20, 000km • 9= The GPS signal travelling through the Earth’s atmosphere • 10= Gallileo •
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