Welcome to GPS and Mapping

The number of posts regarding GPS, mapping, use of maps, etc has grown a bit. Rather than having the "corporate knowledge" spread around throughout the forum, we'll give it a home.

We have users of various experience with GPS and mapping here. I hold a geomatics degree and have used GPS units all over the world, from recreational little strolls with a $100 Etrex in my pocket, to professional work where helicopters took us far back in some of the wildest parts of the planet with a $70,000 RTK unit doing surveys for mining claims. Others here have done extensive ride reports in various places featuring very nice GPS tracks indeed. So among our members, we have some experience and a pretty good school of personal experience to lean on.

The capabilities of both recreational GPS units and the mapping software that can use that data is increasing so fast it is hard to keep up with it. Enjoy.

*i especially like the sticky...hopefully I can use it one day

inspector wrote:

*i especially like the sticky...hopefully I can use it one day

It's one of the few things with GPSs that I have found is not contained in any manual.

It has always a source of amusement to me how many people who can disassemble and reassemble their bikes with little or no reference to the shop manual, while doing all sorts of neat things with their internet browser and Google Earth, seem unable to figure out a few buttons on a GPS and/or unwilling to read the GPS manual.

Oh well...