Introduction Basics of GPS Prepretory Exercises Explore your GPS Record Data Find Yourself Field Exercise Results GeoSTAC

GPS Preliminary Exercises

. . .by Jacob Mundt

 

The following series of exercises will help you develop basic skills necessary to operate and understand GPS. In this phase of the course, you will be required to have the following available:

• Handheld GPS (e.g. Garmin, Magellan, etc)
• Straight edge metric ruler (1mm spacing)
• Topographic map (1:24,000 scale)

Make sure that the map is of an area you have easy access to, and somewhere you are familiar with. The map should have features you can recognize on it such as topography, drainage, power lines, roads, etc.

Work through the Preliminary Exercises:

• Explore your GPS
• Record Data
• Find Yourself

At the end of these exercises, you should prepare a few paragraphs discussing what you did. Did you have any problems? How did you solve them? This should also be included in your final report.

When complete move on to the Field Exercise component of this course - the student project.