Satellite Navigation - GPS - How It Works

How does GPS know where to go? What has satellite navigation to do with it? Maths is all around us. It’s almost impossible to think of something that’s made without the help of mathematics. In this video we explain how does GPS satellite navigation works. Authors: Roman Ilyushenko, Nicolai Nobis The information for this video is provided by Da Vinci Media GmbH. Additional sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/mysimpleshow

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