Latitude & Longitude Display System Using GPS & AVR Microcontroller Ashish Sharma (B.Tech., EL Engg.) E-mail: ashishpreet2009@gmail.com INTODUCTION This project is a reference to budding engineers or a helping hand to those who willing to work and interface a GPS Receiver with microcontroller and making their own channel to communicate with satellite, seeking for some useful information from satellite to make a effective and efficient system. GPS In a simplest way ‘The Global Positioning System
GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM) The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based navigation system which provides information on location and time under all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. The system provides critical capabilities to military, civil, and commercial users around the world. The United States government created the system, maintains it, and makes it freely accessible to anyone with a GPS