Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Animated representation of the orbit of the GPS system

Animated representation of the orbit of the GPS system

Original - A visual example of the GPS constellation in motion with the Earth rotating. Notice how the number of satellites in view from a given point on the Earth's surface, in this example at 45°N, changes with time.

Reason

This caught my eye some time ago, and I decided to take a chance an nominate it for FP status. The image shows a simulated orbit of the U.S. GPS system and the number of these satellites that are avaliable for use at a given point on earth at any one time. TomStar81 (Talk) 17:40, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Articles this image appears in

Global Positioning System

Creator

El pak (talk · contribs)

• Support as nominator TomStar81 (Talk) 17:40, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
• Comment - It is an interesting idea but the animation is much too small to be useful -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 18:04, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose It's not really that useful, in my opinion; you can't tell what it's even representing unless you read the article. It could just as easily be a representation of an atom or the solar system. Dr. Extreme (talk) 20:36, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Not promoted . --John254 02:34, 29 February 2008 (UTC)