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GPS Essentials
How
will this workshop help me?
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Provide the necessary tools and
understanding to assist with purchasing the
right GPS unit for your property
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Capture your property infrastructure to
assist with property management planning
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Check the location of your property regional
ecosystem and high value regrowth vegetation
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Download your property GPS data to your
preferred computer mapping software to
manage this information
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Assist with State Government PMAV
application/s
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Navigate to property locations for
monitoring purposes
What the
workshop will cover?
Participants will become familiar with:
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How a GPS works
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GPS accuracies
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GPS and map coordinate systems
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What to look for in a GPS
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Setting up a GPS
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Capturing waypoints and tracks
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Capturing
elevation
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Navigation using GPS features
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Using a computer to manage GPS
information
Participants will complete several exercises
to assist with learning:
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Map reading
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GPS coordinate settings
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How to use a GPS
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Navigation
Participants are provided with:
Bring your own
GPS to ensure you have the correct settings
and learn how to use it effectively.
AgForward makes available several GPS units, Garmin GPSmap 60CSx and GPS76CSx, for use during
the workshop which participants are welcome
to use.
Registration
See the
Workshop Calendar
for a list of workshop
locations and dates, download the
GPS Essentials registration form for the desired
location, complete the form and return it to our
Brisbane office.
This workshop
commences at 9am and finishes around 4pm. There is time
towards the end of the day for those with their own GPS unit to
learn more of its capabilities.
The workshop is restricted to 10
enterprises.
Useful
GPS Links:
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