Timeline for How does GPS measure any plane's ground speed?
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| Jun 20, 2016 at 6:36 | vote | accept | Ryan Mortensen | ||
| Jun 15, 2016 at 5:27 | history | edited | mins | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 14, 2016 at 13:51 | comment | added | jr593 | Not quite, in the air the actual distance travelled is not the same as distance travelled on the ground. A correction has to be made for altitude. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 14:46 | comment | added | mins | @Brilsmurfffje: That's a good point! The difference between sea-level and 37,000 ft circumferences is about 70 km only, about 0.2%. Not that much, but you are right. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 12:46 | comment | added | Brilsmurfffje | I you want to relate the speed of the aircraft to the ground you have to taken into account that an aircraft is flying at 37000ft parallel to the earth. So with a bit of trigonometry you can come up with a ground speed. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 6:42 | history | answered | mins | CC BY-SA 3.0 |