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Example: You are standing near the Eiffel Tower Paris and the satellite is above Switzerland.
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Satellite sends the location signal to you at the speed of light.
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If incase it took 0.002 seconds for the location signal to reach you.
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The speed of Light is 300,000 KM/S, which means that in 0.002 seconds the light covered the distance of 600 km.
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That is, your location will draw a circle of 600 km from the satellite. Inside this is your location.
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600 km is a very large area, to make it an accurate location, the same process is done with at least 4 satellites.
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There are 4 such circle draws, the intersection point of the 4 circles is exactly your location.
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