Garmin Outdoors GPS Training Days

Getting to Grips with GPS Navigation Basics - Day1

All you need to get the best from your Garmin GPS,

Ordnance Survey mapping and free Garmin BaseCamp software

This is a new course for 2012 take

advantage of the special price of just £49pppd

 

If you are considering making your first GPS purchase or have bought one of the new generation of Garmin GPS with OS maps and would like to find out how to get the best from your new device, maps and free BaseCamp PC software then this one day training course is for you.

The course will be a very practical day with you getting hand-on with either your own GPS or one of our loan units. The aim of the day is that you will leave the course with the skills to navigate using a GPS confidently using waypoints, routes and tracks, and understand how you can use Garmin's free utility BaseCamp to buy additional maps, send user data like routes & trails to/from your device, manage data files and become involved in the growing sport of Geocaching using wireless sharing & paperless geocaching.

On our course you will:

   Learn how to setup your Garmin GPS correctly

   Find out what the various pages show

   Understand what the buttons & keys tell us

   Learn how to name, change location coordinates and enter waypoints

   Navigate Goto's and go find hidden Geocaches

   Learn how you can navigate to a selected point on the map page

   Understand in a classroom demo how to freely download Basecamp

   Find out how you can plan routes in BaseCamp on your PC

   Learn how you can manage GPX files and save on your PC

   See how you can send a route to your GPS

   Follow a route sent to your GPS from Basecamp

   See a tracklog on your GPS and navigate Backtrack

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  • Download a copy of the days programme before
  • you attend the course
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  • This course right for you if?
  • You do not own a GPS or have any experience of using one (in which case we will have a new generation Garmin GPS for you to use on the day). Have your own GPS but wish to learn how you can navigate more safely on the hills, send user data like routes to/from your device & PC and make the most of the geocaching features on offer.
       
    This course will cover all new generation Garmin devices; New eTrex, Dakota, Oregon, GPSMap62s, and Montana ranges.We will provide a suitable setup sheet for each devisce for you to keep for future reference and use on the day and we will explain all jargon & technical features as we go along

  

Please remember:

This is not a map & compass training course. If you join this course it is assumed that you can use a map and compass for basic navigation. If you are unsure about basic navigation try our free online lesson which covers such basics as basic map reading, grid refernences, and compass use

You should bring:

Boots and outdoor gear and your booking confirmation, your GPS & USB Cable if you wish to use your own device and something for your lunch (teas & coffees are provided)

Loan GPS:

If you would like to try before you buy and use one of our free loan colour GPS then please advise us when booking

 

Next Year we plan to add a second Garmin Outdoors Training Day

Making the most of your Garmin OS Maps and BaseCamp software