GPS Info

Through Student Technical Fee funding, Huxley College has acquired a variety of specialized equipment for use with the Global Positioning System (GPS) for determining your position or for navigating to a desired location. The following is available for use in the instructional and research activities of students, faculty and staff of WWU:

TRIMBLE EQUIPMENT

GeoExplorer 3 handheld units - 10 units

GeoXT - 1 unit

PRO-XR backpack units - 2 units

Beacon on a Belt - used with the GeoExplorer 3 to use broadcast signals for real-time correction of coordinates. four units

Laser rangefinder and compass for obtaining coordinates of remote, visible objects while occupying a known position

GARMIN EQUIPMENT

GPSMap60 C - 19 units (User Guide and User Manual)

GPSMap60 CS - 1 unit (with compass and altimeter)

Etrex Legend - 2 units

GPS 10 (bluetooth wireless GPS receiver) - 1 unit

Description of the GPS Software Installed in the Spatial Analysis Lab

For TRIMBLE:

Pathfinder Office (version 3.10) used for uploading map data and data dictionaries, and for the downloading of acquired coordinate and attribute data gathered in the field. This software can also convert among a variety of coordinate systems and output various file formats for later use in mapping and GIS

For GARMIN

ArcGIS GPSi toolbar (within ArcGIS)

DNRGarmin software.

In addition, we have the following MapSource data CDs for use with Garmin GPSMap 60's

National Parks Topo (Western USA, 1:24,000)

USA Topo (1:100,000)

BlueTooth Nautical Charts for Puget Sound

Reservations of GPS Equipment

For GPS reservations and schedule, contact the SAL Lab Manager.

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