GPS General Training And Software Applications

What is a GPS?

• How does it work? How accurate is it? WAAS and EGNOS enabling
• Ordnance Survey National Grid and grid references; GPS 10 digit references
• GPS – buttons & main pages; battery; power; display; etc.
• Setting up the GPS – position format; map datum; north reference; etc.
• Finding your position: GPS vs. map & compass
• Waypoints: mark; manually enter; download
• Finding your destination: Navigating using a GPS; Go to – get ‘lost’ and find destination exercise
• Routes: manually create and delete; navigating a route exercise; creating a track log
• Digital maps: what’s available; what they will do; different map views
• Choosing a GPS to fit user needs
• Introduction to safety issues when using a GPS
• Future trends in GPS & digital maps.
• Consideration of elements of Naismith’s rule as a feature of Memory-Map software
• Converting tracks to routes
• Downloading and uploading data between digital map and GPS
• The ‘Compass’/’Navigate’ page – setting it up and using the features
• The ‘Map’ screen – setting it up and using the features
• Navigation of planned route using relevant GPS information to assist you
• Reviewing track performance; saving and deleting routes and track log
• Setup and manage tracklog
• Navigation of route using TracBack features
• International position formats, map data and sources of worldwide information
• The latest developments of GPS for the outdoors – how useful are they?

Trimble Resources

• Other Resources
• GIS Overview
• Forms of GIS Data Collection
• GPS Overview
• Code Differential GPS
• Carrier Phase Differential GPS
• System Accuracy
• Correction Methods

Mapping Projects

• Five Steps of a Project
• System Components
• Data dictionary creation
• Using QuickPlan
• Creating Satellite Visibility Graphs

Data logger Configuration Data Collection
Source of Base Station Files

• Asset Surveyor Configuration
• Configuring the TSC-1 Datalogger
• Satellite Tracking Information
• Field Techniques
• Data Collection Options

Post processing

• Project from Start-to-Finish
• Setting Parameters in Pathfinder Office
• Data Transfer
• Differential Correction Techniques
• Display/Edit/Plot GPS Data
• Using the SSF Editor
• Additional Pathfinder Office Functions
• GIS Export
• GIS Import
• Using the Batch Processor

Review of Data Collection and Field Procedures

• Preparing for the Field
• Real-Time Setup

Field Session Two

Postprocessing

• Pathfinder Office Postprocessing
• Data Editing Techniques
• Data Statistical Analysis
• Discuss Field Session Strategies

Waypoint Manager

• Using the Waypoint Manager
• Creating a Waypoint File
• Navigation Techniques