GPS coordinates are easy to mis-type. ExpertGPS makes it easy to rename and organize your routes. This is a quick and easy way to keep you on-track when out in the field. You can even select an entire segment of your GPS track and drag it right back to its correct location on the map! The active tracklog holds trackpoints. You can spend hundreds of dollars on dedicated camera hardware and cables to geotag your photos. Or, you can do it for free, using ExpertGPS.
It just takes a few seconds when you get back to your desk to have ExpertGPS automatically geotag your photos. ExpertGPS lets you quickly view, change, or batch-edit your photo metadata. Select all the photos for the day, and quickly add the city, state, and location in which they were taken.
Add and remove keywords and descriptions. View shutter speed, aperture, and other camera settings. Still using paper forms, or typing data into your GPS piece-by-piece? There's no need to mark waypoints as you collect data - just snap photos at each site.
ExpertGPS can create geo-referenced waypoints for your report from each photo you took along the way, and attach your photos to each waypoint it creates. ExpertGPS does it automatically. Enter coordinates in any format, in any datum. Specifications and packaging of the products are subject to change without notice. Features: Portable, robust, water resistant floats , easy to use Large, easy to read display with 4 grayscales and background illumination x pixels Multilingual user interface in Cestina, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian Firmware V2.
Navigational information are available for the following countries: country list 8 MB built-in memory to download additional, even more detailed maps with roads, crossings and addresses of restaurants, public buildings, points of interest etc.
User configurable display number and contents of data fields Integrated 12 channel receiver with very sensitive built-in antenna Connector for external antenna antenna available as an option Powered by batteries 2x AA, last approx. Information for navigation: Information about the position of the GPS satellites and about the quality of the signals World map with zoom function in the range of km to 30 m mi to ft Information on the map displayed in 5 levels of details Distance measuring direct distance Find waypoints, cities and exits Extended search function for points of interest, addresses and intersections , if there is a MapSource map available in memory.
Tables: Built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt, sun and moon rise, set and location. Antenna: Built-in quadrifilar, with external antenna connection MCX.
It is controlled by a small 4 way rocker pad surrounded by eight function buttons. The unit is reportedly completely waterproof and will even float if dropped overboard from a boat. Needless to say as this was a loan unit we did not verify that. One nice feature is that the base of the receiver is rubberised so will stay pretty much where you place it and will not slip out of your hand easily. The display is a four shade FSTN screen with backlight. It has a high resolution screen of by pixels.
On the back of the receiver there is the quarter turn battery locking mechanism hiding the two AA sized batteries.
It is possible to use rechargeable cells, but you must bear in mind that they supply 2. The operational life of a pair of AA batteries is such that it does not break the bank using non-rechargeable alkaline batteries. Also on the back located behind a rubber gasket is the Garmin proprietary interface connector.
Having been used to other units I put some fresh batteries in the receiver placed it on the windowsill and went to make a cup of coffee. Imagine my surprise to return after a minute to find that the receiver had managed to perform a factory fix in that time. This became a common theme throughout my experience with the Garmin. Holding a fix is just as important as getting the first fix, and here the Garmin excelled. During my testing in the car the Garmin managed to lock onto at least 2 and sometimes more than my other GPS Receivers.
Even with the receiver deep in the car between the seats it still managed to hold onto as many satellites as my other unit in prime position on the windscreen.
Amazingly the GPS receiver even managed to hold a lock when in my pocket whilst walking in the woods. It did occasionally loose a fix in these conditions but almost as soon as I pulled it out of my pocket it re-acquired the lock.
WAAS what is it? It's a system of satellites and ground stations that provide GPS signal corrections, giving you even better position accuracy. How much better? Try an average of up to five times better. A WAAS-capable receiver can give you a position accuracy of better than three meters, 95 percent of the time, and you don't have to purchase additional receiving equipment or pay service fees to utilize WAAS.
Once enabled you need to initialise the receiver with a good view of the sky and you should see your GPS fixes change into Differential fixes. How can you tell if you are getting WAAS fixes? First of all on the sky page you will see differential fix messages and in the satellite strength bars a 'D' will appear indicating that the satellite is being used in the WAAS fix.
The image below shows a 3D Differential fix which was obtained on my office windowsill. The sequence and messages displayed are as follows:. The baud rate is automatically set to and cannot be changed but this really isn't a limitation as most GPS Receivers that work in NMEA mode default to or prefer to work at baud. I also used the unit with just the base map installed around my local area.
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