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GPS Links

Information - Software - Tutorials - Data

See also: Cartography Links, GIS Links, Map Links, Remote Sensing Links, Spatial Data Links, Spatial Web Links

GPS Facilities and Equipment at WWU

GPS Workshops at Huxley

        Each quarter Huxley College offers a 1/2 day, hands-on Introduction to GPS workshop.

        Workshops are typically held on the second Saturday of the quarter..

        Advance signup is requested.

Download files for and from the GPS workshop

Current Ephemeris Data

GPS Coordinates for WWU Campus Features (Buildings/Art/Bus Stops/Misc.)

NW Wa. Base Stations (Differential Correction)

    Skagit County Community Base Station (download .SSF files for easiest use with Pathfinder)

Note: For Whatcom County GPS Skagit County Provides the closest base station. They also provide a 5 second sampling rate (better for differential correction). They provide hourly files, but only maintain files for the last ONE MONTH.

    NOAA CORS (Continuously Operating Reference Stations) use Standard Download

    For Whatcom County, typically use: WA, Whidbey Island WHD1 - RINEX Files

Note: NOAA CORS sites have sampling rates of 1-30 seconds (1 being the best). Whidbey Island is 30 seconds (not the best). Files are posted hourly, with 24 hour files posted daily (at the end of the UTC day). A historical archive of files is maintained.

    Community Base Stations (Nation Wide)

    http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/cors-data.html

    http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/Data.html

Software Links

    Trimble  - GeoExplorer, GeoXT, XR, Pathfinder

                    User Manual for GexExplorer-3 (stored on J:\Saldata )

    Garmin  - Download Garmin User Manuals: Common Units

                    or Search (start with "Outdoor" - "Basic GPS" - "All")

                    GPSmap-60 info (with link to download manual, etc)

                            User Manual for GPSmap-60

                                (downloaded and stored on J:\Saldata )

                            Quick-Start Guide for GPSmap-60

                                (downloaded and stored on J:\Saldata )

                    eTrex Venture info (with link to download manual, etc)

                           User Manual for eTrex Venture

                                (downloaded and stored on J:\Saldata )

    Magellan

    DeLorme

Tutorials/Information

SAL Links:

    SAL GPS tutorials

    tut_GPS folder on SALdata (Misc. WWU PowerPoint and Word demos and/or Tutorials, etc)

        including What is GPS (in 400 words or less)

        and the Trimble GeoExplorer 3 Manual

WEB Links / Tutorials:

    All About GPS (Trimble) - http://www.trimble.com/gps/

    http://www.garmin.com/aboutGPS/glossary.html

    http://www.garmin.com/aboutGPS/glossary.html

    Basic GPS Concepts (Montana State University) - http://www.montana.edu/places/gps/1Basic/index.html

    GPS Primer (Aerospace Corp) - http://www.aero.org/publications/GPSPRIMER/

    GPS Overview (U of  Co - The Geographers Craft - Peter Dana) - http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html

    GPS (US Navy) - http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/gpsinfo.html

    GPS Tutorial (Topcon) - http://www.topconps.com/gpstutorial/

    GPS Applications (Red Sword) - http://www.redsword.com/GPS/

    How GPS Receivers Work (HowStuffWorks) - http://www.howstuffworks.com/gps.htm

    Best Satellite Configurations (Geo Place) - http://www.geoplace.com/gw/2001/0401/0401int.asp

    GPS Tutorial Links (GIS Lounge) - http://www.gislounge.com/ll/gpstutorials.shtml

    What is GPS (Garmin) - http://www.garmin.com/aboutGPS/

    Minnesota DNR Trainings (see section under Introduction to GPS)

    http://www.toposurvey.com/Glossary%20GPS.htm

    Working with Garmin Receivers - http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/wgarmin.htm

    GPS Intro - http://www.gisdevelopment.net/tutorials/tuman004.htm

     Garmin to Google converter - http://www.takitwithme.com/ 

Web Magazines /Portals

    GPS World - http://www.gpsworld.com/

GPS Links (Misc.)

    GPS Information Website (Joe Mehaffey and Jack Yeazel) - http://joe.mehaffey.com/

    GPS Resources (Sam Wormley) - http://www.edu-observatory.org/gps/gps.html

    GPS Links (GPS Education Resources) - http://www.gpseducationresource.com/

    GPS FAQ - http://www.gpsfaq.com/

GPS Sites (Misc.)

    Wa. State Ferry locations (real time GPS) - http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/commuter_updates/vesselwatch/

GPS Time (What time is it?)

    Current UTC/GMT Time (Coordinated Universal Time or Greenwich Mean Time)

    The Official US Time (Java scipt)

    Official US Government Time (Current time by zone, with UTC/GMT time difference)

    US Time Zones - UTC Conversion Chart

    US Time Zone - UTC Conversion Chart - Standard (Winter - WA is 8 hours behind UTC)

    US Time Zone - UTC Conversion Chart - Daylight Savings (Summer - WA is 7 hours behind UTC)

    Time & Date & UTC/GMT offset (for major cities of the world)

WAAS

    See notes on WAAS and WAAS from Bellingham

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