Definitions for "DGPS"
A form of GPS in which the reliability and accuracy are enhanced by broadcasting a time-varying correction message from a GPS monitoring receiver (Differential Mode) at a a known position on shore. The corrections are fed automatically to the GPS receiver on board and used to compute an improved position.
Differential Global Positioning System. A positioning procedure that uses two receivers, a rover at an unknown location and a base station at a known, fixed location. The base station computes corrections based on the differences between its actual and observed ranges to the satellites being tracked.
Differential GPS - A method of improving GPS accuracy using measurements at a known location to improve the measurements made by other GPS receivers within the same general area.