Going Further with GPS and Digital Maps

One Day Course:
£65 per person per day

The course will be a day of practical route planning & creation. You will downloading and uploading routes and tracks between GPS and three-dimensional digital map systems with the opportunity to design and walk some routes and practice the skills that have been learnt. Advanced safety techniques will be considered and you'll also learn how to use your GPS abroad with different map systems and download waypoint's from the Internet. The latest developments in Geocaching & GeoTrailing™ will also be explained.

Is this course right for you?

You will have taught yourself the basics of GPS or will have attended our 'Getting Started' course. You may not yet have worked with digital maps. All the jargon and technical features will be explained as we go along and you'll get handouts to refer to when you get home.

Our courses will cover both Magellan® and Garmin® GPS systems. If you do not already own a GPS, we will have a choice of GPS for you to use on the day. Although most of the learning points of the course are simply transferable to other products and brands, please note that there is usually not enough time to address specific product-related questions that are outside the scope of the course.

This is not a basic navigation training course. If you join this course it is assumed that you can use a map and compass for basic navigation. We do run a series of Map & Compass days sponsored by Silva™ that will provide you with a excellent set of basic map and compass skills.

What's the course designed to achieve?

The aim of the course is that you should be able to confidently and safely use the full potential of a combined GPS and digital map system whether at home or abroad.

What will I learn?

By the end of the day you should be able to:

•plan, create and save routes using a digital map to fit in with distance, time/ ability

•download planned routes from a digital map to a GPS

•build in escape routes/ waypoints in case of bad weather or emergency

•navigate created routes using all relevant features of the GPS to assist you including elevation, time to destination, distance to destination and the trip computer page

•upload tracklog from navigated route to a digital map from a GPS

•review performance by comparing actual track against route plan or personal benchmarks

•use the TracBack feature to retrace your steps

    •set up a GPS to work correctly abroad

•know how to download waypoints from the Internet

•get involved in the new leisure sports of Geocaching and •Geotrailing and know where to find out more

•appreciate the potential of the latest developments in GPS & digital maps.

What's in the course?

•Principles of GPS route planning; consideration of elements of Naismith's rule as a feature of Memory-Map software

•Consideration of creation of escape route/ waypoints as safety backup

•Converting tracks to routes

•Downloading and uploading data between digital map and GPS

•The 'Compass'/'Navigate' page - setting it up and using the features

•The 'Map' screen - setting it up and using the features •Navigation of planned route using relevant GPS information to assist you

•Reviewing track performance; saving and deleting routes and tracklog

•Setup and manage tracklog

•Navigation of route using TracBack features

•International position formats, map datums and sources of worldwide information

•GPS and Geocaching & Geotrailing

•The latest developments of GPS for the outdoors - how useful are they?

Special Offer:

Book this course with its partner course Getting Started with GPS and Digital Maps and Save £10.