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Most consumer GPS devices these days will advertise that they have an accuracy of about 2 meters (6 feet), but if you’ve ever imported your position and compared it to a known location you’ll quickly realize that your data collection is not the stated accuracy of your device all of the time.

There are a couple of settings on most devices that you can adjust which will allow you to collect more accurate data. You can usually set your device precision by telling it to throw away or ignore information that is not within a user-set range of accuracy. (more…)

I imagine that a lot of people use their GPS for the sole purpose of navigating large cities, long road trips or even just for entertainment but there are a lot of other things that this information can be used for.

Although some of these suggestions may not be related to how I personally use a GPS they can serve as a starting point for ideas on how to use the valuable information collected by these devices. (more…)

You studied your destination and picked a waypoint to load into your GPS from Google Earth. You have your GPS and you’re now invincible, you throw away your outdated compass and start trekking out into the bush to do some real exploration. Walking out to places where no man has gone bef… Walking out to places where YOU have never gone before. It’s time for you to conquer some new horizons and record your journey through a sophisticated satellite link to your handheld electronic device that records your position one time per second. (more…)

Enjoy these funny or not so funny YouTube Videos with GPS related content!

She’s pretty, but I don’t think I could humiliate myself like this guy does.

A short clip about the thoughts your GPS might have about you too!

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Google Earth is a great application even if you don’t use a GPS device with it. You can look at the landscape and explore the world with a birds-eye view of some excellent and very current earth imagery.

I decided that since I use the application a lot that I would upgrade to the Plus version of Google Earth which has a price-tag of a reasonable $20 annually.

Since my GPS is not of the Magellan or Garmin brands I can’t do the real time GPS tracking that Google Earth Plus would allow me to do. I really don’t have the need to do this real-time tracking on Google Earth, but it would probably be fun to play around with for an hour or two. I’m totally satisfied with importing my data and storing it for later use. (more…)

I’ve had my Trimble Juno ST for about 4 months now and I’m really impressed by the features it has.

I use it in a professional environment to help me perform some of the tasks associated with my work.

The Juno is basically a handheld mobile computer running the MS Mobile 5 operating system with the Trimble GPS hardware integrated into the device. The only thing more that I would like with this little machine is phone capabilities and maybe a 3 megapixel digital camera that supports GPS information in the photo exif data.

Trimble has been in the world of positional and field measuring hardware for a long time and has a reputation of being some of the most durable and accurate hardware used in this market. (more…)