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NAD-83 See North American Datum of 1983
Nanosecond One billionth of a second.
NAS National Airspace System
NAVDATA The 1500 bit navigation message (NAV message) broadcast by each satellite at 50 bps on both L1 or L2 frequencies. This message contains system time, clock correction parameters, ionospheric delay model parameters, the satellite's ephemeris and it's health. This information is used to process GPS signals to obtain user position and velocity. It is also used when processing precise surveying data.
Navigation Interval The rate at which the receiver samples and stores the NAV message.
NAVSTAR NAVSTAR is a constellation of 24 satellites, launched by the American Department of Defence. They are the satellites used by most GPS receivers to calculate your position.
NDB Non-directional Beacon
NMEA 0183 v2 The US national standard for navigational related information, which FieldWorker uses to receive GPS information from GPS receivers. Any receiver which transmits in this protocol can be utilised by FieldWorker.
North American Datum of 1927 (NAD-27) Older and obsolete horzontal datum of North America. NAD 27 depends upon an early approximation of the shape of the earth, known as the clarke Spheriod of 1866, designed to fit only the shape of the conterminous United States, and utilizing a specific Earth surface coordinate pair as its center of reference.
North American Datum of 1983 (NAD-83) Official horizontal datum of North America. NAD 83 relies on the more precise Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS 80).
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD-88) Effort underway by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) to readjust the North American Vertical Datum. The NAVD 88 readjustment will remove distortions from the continent-wide vertical geodetic (height) reference system.
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