GPS Receiver for Egyptian Army
date: label: date made
content: 1992
name: label: maker
content: Magellan Systems Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Global Positioning System (GPS) consists of a network of orbiting satellites that transmit special time signals. GPS receivers detect the signals from several satellites and calculate the user’s position with high precision. While many civilian uses have been developed, the system originated as a tool for the U.S. military. Other nations also adopted GPS for military use as seen on this 1992 model 1000M5 receiver. The buttons are labeled in Arabic for use by the Egyptian Army.
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from MITAC Digital Corporation through Michael Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0154.07
label: accession number
content: 2010.0154
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0154.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: global positioning system receiver
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: receiver: 5 in x 8 3/4 in x 2 in; 12.7 cm x 22.225 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: bracket and mount: 8 in x 6 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 20.32 cm x 15.875 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: mount only: 6 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 15.24 cm x 13.97 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: bracket base: 10 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 26.67 cm x 21.59 cm x 1.905 cm