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Global Positioning System

American satellite-based radio navigation service
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Summary

Global Positioning System is a global navigation satellite system[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of global navigation satellite system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,559 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Roger L. Easton, Jr.[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: radionavigation-satellite service[5], guidance system[6]
  • Operator: United States Space Force[7]
  • Subclass of: avionics[8], positioning system[9]
  • Has use: geographic location[10]
  • Commons category: Global Positioning System[11]
  • Has part(s): GPS satellite[12]
  • Official website: https://www.gps.gov/[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Global Positioning System[14]
  • Commons gallery: Global Positioning System[15]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: source=GPS[16]
  • Manifestation of: global navigation satellite system[17]
  • ACM Classification Code (2012): 10011559[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Global Positioning System include GPSgames[20], a website[21].

Why It Matters

Global Positioning System has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 154 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for it include GPSgames[20], a website[21].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · Pruna.ar · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Creator → Roger L. Easton, Jr.
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Creator: Roger L. Easton, Jr."
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1ymlOE, 1JMkkm, 2Yq721
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005408-GPS-navigacni-system
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005408-GPS-navigacni-system, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 18w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → Global+Positioning+System, GPS
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Foldoc id: GPS, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/9aef88c707e54/|details]])"
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