| ICOM GPS Receivers |
| ICOM America acquires Micrologic |
| ICOM has
recently acquired the assets of Micrologic. Micrologic has been a leader
in Loran and GPS technology for over twenty-five years. "We expect
to announce several new GPS products in the coming year. This
acquisition will strengthen our market position in the Marine
Industry," says Hiro Nakaoka, President of ICOM America, Inc.
Micrologic's engineering group has joined ICOM and is presently working
on these new products. "I am very excited that Micrologic
innovation and quality will continue and expand under the ICOM
name," says Dr. Calvin Culver, Founder, Micrologic Inc.
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| Glossary |
| GPS Terms |
 NAVIGATION
is the process of determining your position, plotting a course over
which you wish to travel, and steering your vessel over that course.
- POSITION is your exact location on the Earth. For marine navigation, this is expressed as two coordinates, latitude and longitude. - LATITUDE is the number of degrees you are north or south of the Equator, and lines of latitude are sometimes called parallels. - LONGITUDE is the number of degrees you are east or west of the zero degrees longitude line, which passes through Greenwich, England. Lines of longitude are sometimes called meridians, and they all pass through both the North and South poles. - WAYPOINTS are precisely specified locations on the Earth. They can be used to mark your destination (where you want to go), or points along the route to your destination. Each waypoint can be specified by its latitude and longitude. - HEADING is the direction your boat is pointing. - COURSE (sometimes called TRACK) is the direction your boat is moving over the surface of the Earth. - BEARING is the direction to a specific point, such as a waypoint or destination. - GPS is short for the Global Positioning System. It consists of 24 satellites, which transmit radio signals that can be used to compute position, course, and speed. - GPS RECEIVER receives the signals from the satellites, and computes position, course, and speed. After you turn power on, it takes anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes to find the GPS signals, and compute the first position fix. The readings from a GPS receiver will have the following typical errors:
Errors may sometimes be much larger, when the satellite positions in the sky are not favorable, or when the lines of sight from the satellites to the antenna are obstructed by masts, boat structure, trees, buildings, or bridges.
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