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GPS in Education Arlington ISD, Instructional Technology Department October 21, 2006
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Navigation Before GPS landmarks
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Navigation Before GPS Land in sight
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Navigation Before GPS night sky
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Navigation Before GPS chronometer
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Navigation Before GPS sextant
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Navigation Before GPS TRANSIT satellite
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GPS NAVSTAR Global Positioning System
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GPS Manpack
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GPS Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver (PLGR)
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GPS So how does it work? http://video.howstuffworks.com/hsw/player.htm?v=gps
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Google Earth Free download –http://earth.google.comhttp://earth.google.com Satellite Imagery KMZ’s
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Geocaching Background Started August 2000 “Geo” means “earth/geography” “Cache” means “container” 319,509 caches in 222 countries Free (once you have a GPS receiver)
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How it Works Geocacher searches by zip code for caches in a certain area http://www.geocaching.com Takes the GPS receiver and locates the cache Open cache, sign log book, trade items Replace as it was found Log find on the website
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Geocaching Rules CITO Leave no trace No food/candy Don’t trade “down” Don’t give away the hide in the logs Adhere to the creed
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Geocaching Lingo TFTC TNLN FTF “Muggles”
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Types of Caches Micros Regular/Small Virtual Multi-cache Where’s George Letterboxing
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Trackables Travel Bugs –http://www.geocaching.com/track/search.aspxhttp://www.geocaching.com/track/search.aspx Geocoins White Jeeps
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Explorist 100 Power button on right side Allow 2 minutes for the satellites to lock on –3 solid bars –Will automatically advance to next screen
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Explorist 100 (ctd.) Odometer tells how far you’ve traveled Location screen
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Explorist 100 (ctd.) Reading the coordinates Current PositionDesired Position 32°46.143 N 32°46.197 N 97°04.816 W 97°04.749 W In which direction do you need to travel?
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Explorist 100 (ctd.) Has a built-in digital compass. Compass only works when traveling at least 3 mph.
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