Gps in schools – basic receiver operation produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 1 basic receiver operation like all electronic devices, gps receivers come in many makes and models. While each may be sligh...
Gps in schools – basic receiver operation produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 2 compass most gps receivers also have a compass to show you where north is. In the majority of older receivers, the user mu...
Gps in schools – worksheet 2 produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 3 australian curriculum content descriptors: acsis124, achgs048, achgs050, achgs052, acsis146, achgk053, achgs058, achgs060 worksheet 2 –...
Gps in schools – worksheet 2 produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 4 7. Split into groups of three or more people and find the waypoint function on your gps receiver. Get one member of your group to go of...
Gps in schools – worksheet 2 produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 5 measuring the distance covered after running for 5 minutes measuring the perimeter of a basketball court measuring the distance travell...
Gps in schools – worksheet 2 produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 6 16. Congratulations, you’ve just made your first interactive map! You can click on each of the waypoints to bring up a detailed descrip...
Gps in schools – garmin etrex user’s guide produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 7 the garmin® etrex® h gps step 1: etrex h description and buttons buttons on the gps are: 1. A prolonged press of the powe...
Gps in schools – garmin etrex user’s guide produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 8 for a gps receiver to work, it must receive at least four (4) satellites. There are two (2) ways of viewing if the gps re...
Gps in schools – garmin etrex user’s guide produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 9 you will normally use two of the five pages: the main satellite page and the menu page. The satellite page is the first p...
Gps in schools – garmin etrex user’s guide produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 10 selecting a waypoint: 1. If the waypoint is identified as a number, then scroll until the cursor is on the 0-9 tab. 2. P...
Gps in schools – garmin etrex user’s guide produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 11 • press enter. • you should then see the units page. The gps should reflect the above settings. If a setting is to be ch...
Gps in schools – garmin etrex user’s guide produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 12 please note that the delete all option tab will be ‘greyed-out’ (not useable) if there are no waypoints stored in the gp...
Gps in schools – garmin etrex user’s guide produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 13 in addition, the etrex h will store a ‘breadcrumb’ or track log. This feature allows the user to back-track their journe...
Gps in schools – easygps setup guide produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 14 setting up easygps note – read this page carefully before proceeding. You may need to install a cable driver before you instal...
Gps in schools – easygps setup guide produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 15 adding gps receivers.
Gps in schools – easygps setup guide produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 16 setting up the gps settings set to usb for usb cable/adaptor options or select communications port from the drop down menu. If...
Gps in schools – easygps setup guide produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 17 set the units of measure.
Gps in schools – inserting placemarks in google earth produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 18 inserting placemarks in google earth 4. Open google™ earth. 5. Right click on my places / add / folder. 6. Gi...
Gps in schools – inserting placemarks in google earth produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 19 7. Click on add placemarks. • ensure that you select center in view. • position the ‘pin’ by left clicking + ...
Gps in schools – inserting placemarks in google earth produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 20 9. Ensure that all placemarks are in the folder you created. If not, drag and drop the placemarks into the fo...
Gps in schools – inserting placemarks in google earth produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 21.
Gps in schools – structuring folders and files in google earth produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 22 structuring folders and files in google earth 1. Open google™ earth. 2. Right click on my places / a...
Gps in schools – structuring folders and files in google earth produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 23 4. Add a series of sub-folders by right clicking on the newly created folder and choosing add fold...
Gps in schools – structuring folders and files in google earth produced by the university of tasmania in conjunction with geoscience australia as part of the auscope gps in schools project – 2014. 24 7. Name the file appropriately and save as type: kmz..