GPS Course Oct 27,2007

[rknight111]

Snow and Mud.com GPS Course

When: Saturday Oct 27, 2007
Where: McCoy Service Center Classroom
3904-78 Ave
Edmonton, AB
Time: Starts at 8:30 - Noon
Costs: $30.00 per person, 25 people maximum * GST will apply
Instructor: Bruce Zawalsky Chief Instructor of the Boreal Wilderness Institute

Course Outline:

Global Positioning System

- Introduction to GPS
- Programming a GPS Unit
- Waypoint Setting and Marking
- GPS Navigation
- GPS Tracking
[FONT=Arial,Arial]- Improving GPS performance[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]- Wet and Cold Weather Operations[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]- Uploading and Storing GPS Waypoints and Tracks[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Arial]Wilderness Navigation[/FONT]

- Latitude and Longitude
- MGRS Grid System

I will have more details on Monday about how long this will be and I do have Price specials on GPS units that will be posted on here Tuesday as well so wait before you buy one, you may want the course first.

PM me if interested.
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Attendence:
1. Rknight111
2. Sledbunny Racing
3. Summitric
4. Toeknee
5. Let'er buck
6. Murminator
7. Chucker
8. Catgirl
9. Animal Jim
10. Badmonkey
11. sledderglen
12. Dave
13. Jason Deacon
14. Steve
15. abertagal500
16. Catmando
17. Crazy Wheeler
18. Summit

 

[rknight111]

This course is next Weekend I need 10 more people, please let me know right away.

 

[Murminator]

Hey Ron is there a cut off date???......if there is I might have a couple friends that might wanna go

 

[bigred]

This course is next Weekend I need 10 more people, please let me know right away.

Would like to add myself to your list but have one question - are we going to be using our own units I have the garmin 76csx. Thanks for offering this course is very much needed. Look forward to saturday. Ken

 

[catmando]

I'm pretty sure you can bring your own as well as purchase a new from the course at a small discount for signing up!
catmando!

 

[rknight111]

Please PM me with your Contact info..If you are taking this

 

[Toeknee]

Ron any price lists yet for the GPS units that are going to be available at the course. Would sure be nice to have these before we start the course so that those wishing to purchase one will know how $$ to bring so that we could have them to use during the course, or is there actually any hands on deminstrations??

 

[rknight111]

Ron any price lists yet for the GPS units that are going to be available at the course. Would sure be nice to have these before we start the course so that those wishing to purchase one will know how $$ to bring so that we could have them to use during the course, or is there actually any hands on deminstrations??

There is discount's on the GPS units for the people taking the course. I will be takling to the people Thursday about how we can bring them to the course. I will PM all the people tommorow night that are taking the course the prices of the units.

 

[rknight111]

Come on guys if you are going to the course I need to know by tommorow afternoon. So no bush beating add your name now before it fills up.

PM or let us know here.

 

[Summitric]

Great To See A Bunch Of Quadders Takin' The Course Too... We'll See You All There..... Who's Buying The Beers After The Course???

 

[rknight111]

Im suprised there's no interest in learning how to use a GPS. Ive had a few cancellations allready. If your interested Im checking this at Midnight tonight to do all the final confirmations. You dont have to be on the site to go. But I need to fill as much as possible, as this is not free to get the instructor out. Well it is what it is, the course will go on.

Last chance to get in, its only a few hours of your time that help you alot later.

You Pay at the Course, Cash, Visa, MC, or Interac

 

[Murminator]

Ron #15 Steve is a buddy of mine that is coming with me do you need info from him?

maybe post on the outlaws if you need a couple last minute ones

 

[BIGFOOT]

How long (hours) is the course on Saturday ?

 

[sharkz]

When: Saturday Oct 27, 2007
Where: McCoy Service Center Classroom
3904-78 Ave
Edmonton, AB
Time: Starts at 8:30 - Noon
Costs: $30.00 per person, 25 people maximum * GST will apply
Instructor: Bruce Zawalsky Chief Instructor of the Boreal Wilderness Institute



I dont know good question...

 

[Summitric]

How long (hours) is the course on Saturday ?

SAYS IT RUNS TILL ABOUT NOON...... SEE YA THERE

 

[rknight111]

Thanks to all who came to the GPS course. And thanks to Toeknee for supplying the classroom with the comfy chairs, this really kept our costs down for this. As this was a basic gps course I learned many things, I always just went out and turned on the unit, I could never find a track that I set, Now I know why. And you have to set up your GPS properly right from the start. We Started with a general map and figured out coordinates and then worked our way to entering those into a gps unit and mapping a destination. Now its time to play with the unit a bit too. There was a book he mentioned, what was the name of the book?

 

[SLEDBUNNYRACING]

Thanks to Ron for arranging the course and Toeknee for having coffee ready during the break.
WOW, there is a lot more to to owning a GPS then I knew - map reading, longitude and lattitudes and a bunch of other very interesting things....plus, not one person in the room had thier GPS set up right, bet most of you don't as well.

Here are a few photos from the our training.

 

[catmando]

Not true,Mine was set correctly by luck.I didnt know there were different settings for the maps although all the maps I have are at the same settings as my GPS.The course was great.Learned the correct way to track which is worth its wieght in gold.Also made reading maps a whole lot easier.A got a great deal on a GPS for attending the class.
Thanks again Ron!
catmando!

 

[Quagmire]

That was a great course! I learnd alot about my GPS. Good to meet more S&m members.
Steve

 

[FAB1]

Any chance of organizing one of these in Calgary for the Southern members?