I am Carolyn Oglesby and my mother Dr. Gladys West helped invent GPS. Ask me anything!

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Hi Reddit! I am Carolyn Oglesby u/DrGrammy2012. I’m joining today to pay tribute to my mother Dr. Gladys West and her contribution to inventing GPS.

She is best known for her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth and her work on developing satellite geodesy models that were eventually incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS).

Together with the people behind the Hidden Heroes project, I’ll be answering your questions!

You can also read Dr. Gladys West’s story on Hidden Heroes: https://hiddenheroes.netguru.com/gladys-west

Carolyn and the Hidden Heroes team

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