Economic Benefits of the Global Positioning System (GPS)
Economic Benefits of the Global Positioning System (GPS)
August 6, 2019
Alan C. O'Connor Michael P. Gallaher
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Talk Outline
Summary Motivation for the analysis Scope Approach Retrospective benefits Potential impacts of a GPS
disruption Perspectives on ROI Concluding remarks
O'Connor, A.C., Gallaher, M.P., Clark-Sutton, K., Lapidus, D., Oliver, Z.T., Scott, T.J., Wood, D.W., Gonzalez, M.A., Brown, E.G., and Fletcher, J. 2019, June. Economic Benefits of the Global Positioning System (GPS). RTI Report Number 0215471. Sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI International.
The Private-Sector Value of the Global Positioning System (GPS)
$1.4 trillion in economic benefits since 1984 for 10 sectors ? Productivity, efficiency gains ? Lower environmental emissions, improved public health and safety ? Enjoyment of location features of personal devices
Most benefits have accrued since 2010, from innovation initiated in the 1950s and 1960s
>$1 billion per day in losses in the event of a GPS outage
Study offers insights into the relationships between public investments, private-sector innovation, and time
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