global positioning system

See also: Global Positioning System

English

global positioning system (plural global positioning systems)

Any system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from satellites such as those of the US military, the Russian GLONASS system, or the proposed Galileo European alternative system.

NavStar / Navstar / GPS / Global Positioning System (the U.S. government satellite navigation system)
Beidou / BeiDou (the Chinese government satellite navigation system)
Galileo (the European Union satellite navigation system)
GLONASS (the Russian government satellite navigation system)

system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites

Arabic: نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ m (niẓām at-tamawḍuʕ al-ʕālamiyy), جِي بِي إِس m (jī bī ʔes)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 全球定位系統／全球定位系统 (zh) (quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng)
Finnish: satelliittipaikannusjärjestelmä
French: système de positionnement par satellites m
German: Globales Navigationssatellitensystem n
Greek: Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας n (Pagkósmio Sýstima Thesithesías)
Hungarian: globális helymeghatározó rendszer
Indonesian: sistem pemosisi global
Japanese: グローバル・ポジショニング・システム (gurōbaru-pojishoningu-shisutemu), 全地球測位システム (zenchikyū sokui shisutemu)
Malay: sistem kedudukan sejagat, sistem penentududukan sejagat
Russian: GPS (ru) f, Джи-Пи-эС f (Dži-Pi-eS), глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования f (globálʹnaja sistéma pozicionírovanija)
Turkish: navigasyon (tr)