Glossary
GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System)
The umbrella term for satellite positioning systems, of which GPS is one (alongside GLONASS, Galileo, and others). A GNSS module tuned for dense urban areas holds a signal better than a basic GPS-only chip.
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