Tag Archives: GPS

Finding Waypoints

Here is the map of the locations of the waypoints to find. At each point there is a yellow label with the name of a person or place from forest history that is prominent in theĀ America’s First Forest documentary.

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Overview of How GPS Works

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Create a Map of Your Woodlot with a GPS and Google Earth

This presentation shows a simple way to use low-cost and free tools to map a forest property and determine the area, too. Also, the map can be shared on the internet. View Woodlot Map in a larger map Click… Continue reading

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GPS Testing

During the GPS testing lab each team recorded the UTM coordinates 25 times at each of five points.We finished with 200 measurements for each of the test points. We combined all the measurements for each of the points and calculated… Continue reading

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GPS Testing

During the GPS testing lab each team recorded the UTM coordinates 25 times at each of five points. After combining the readings I wanted to see if the results were statistically compatible or if they shouldn’t be compared. Another way… Continue reading

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Russian Rocket Fails with Three Satellites On Board

Yesterday a Russian rocket crashed near Hawaii with three satellites on board shortly after launch. The satellites were destined to be part of the GLONASS satellite navigation, which operates similarly to the American NAVSTAR GPS or the European Galileo.Follow this… Continue reading

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Bear Trackers Use GPS in Bid to Preserve Animals

This article on CNN describes how black bears in South Florida are being fitted with GPS collars to track their migration habits. The bears are facing an increasingly restricted environment which leads them to be isolated so that many of… Continue reading

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GPS Practice

Today we practiced saving waypoints and tracks with the Garmin 76 GPS. Here is a map of our work. View Larger Map… Continue reading

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GPS Seclective Availability

During the introduction to GPS class yesterday we discussed the issue of Selective Availability (SA), which was discontinued in May, 2000. SA is the purposeful introduction of an error in the timing signal so that civilian users cannot get an… Continue reading

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File Format Questions

Everyone seemed to have the GPS data downloading working well. Several of you had questions about which program to use for the different tasks. Also, the file formats are important. As you work with digital geographic data you will find… Continue reading

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