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Land Navigation with Handheld GPS

DevicesDay 5

GPS stands for …◦ Global Positioning System

What’s the history of GPS?◦ Military purposes

How many Earth-orbiting satellites are in operation?◦ 27 (24 in operation / 3 in case one fails)

Land Navigation Using GPS

Garmin eTrex H

Handheld, non-mapping GPS unit

High sensitive GPS receiver / waterproof

Memory stores up to 500 “waypoints”

Can create your own routes / maps with location landmarks (idea: fitness running routes, running/hiking route, geocache)

Garmin eTrex H

Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices.

Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.

Source: http://www.geocaching.com

What is Geocaching?

If you take something from the geocache (or "cache"), leave something of equal or greater value.

Write about your find in the cache logbook.

Source: http://www.geocaching.com

Rules

Comfort with buttons & Screens Marking waypoints (“marks” or “bread

crumbs”) Keeping track of waypoints “Go to” waypoints Creating a route

Typing in a waypoint (cache location)

Using the Garmin eTrex H

http://campustour.wvu.edu/tours/detail