Carl la Russa
North
Mentorship and Research Reflection
1.) The process of finding my mentor actually wasn't that difficult. My next door neighbor Del Shindell, has been working with GPS systems for about 50 years and has a vast knowledge on this subject including a number of people he has worked with or met while working. Over the past two years I've been doing various jobs for him around his house but I wasn't sure where I was going to do my mentorship. I knew Mr.Shindell worked with tracking units but I wasn't if that's what I really wanted to do until I started asking him about what he did. After about a week of going over to his house and having him talk to me about he has worked with and what he is doing currently, I couldn't resist asking him if he could mentor me over the next year on his job and how his products work. He finally said yes and then began working with his devices and I even got one installed in my own car.
2.) The most important article that I've read so far has been the article on how GPS works by Business Insider. This article really helped grasp how GPS actually works and how it serves our many needs on this planet anywhere from tracking a car to tracking a missile in mid-flight on it's way to its target. The article went into depth on how the military's use of GPS is a whole lot different from the civilian's use. The military receives super accurate readings on an object or person's location whereas a civilian gets a much less accurate reading.
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