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WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System
Waypoint Location, spot or destination (latitude/longitude) that can be stored in memory to be recalled and used at a later time for navigation purposes. Simply think of it as an "electronic address".
WDGPS Wide area Differential GPS
WGS-72 World Geodetic System (1972); the mathematical reference ellipsoid previously used by GPS, having a semi-major axis of 6378.135 km and a flattening of 1/298.26.
WGS-84 World Geodetic System (1984); the mathematical ellipsoid used by GPS since January 1987.
World geodetic system A consistent set of parameters describing the size and shape of the Earth, the positions of a network of points with respect to the center of mass of the Earth, transformations from major geodetic datums, and the potential of the Earth (usually in terms of harmonic coefficients).
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