Resources

• Cable Adaptors
• Download Software
• GeoCache

• GPS/GIS for Macintosh

• GPS/GIS Projects

• GPS Tutorials

• GPS Units

• GPS with Palm Handhelds

• Index Sites

• Remote Sensing Tutorial Sites

• Topo Maps

Cable Adaptors

• Keyspan
  Most GPS download cables require a com port. MANY computers don't have them any more! Here is a good source for adaptors.

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Download Software

• Oxiexplorer
  The BEST download software around! Free download, but limited function as shareware. $75 license fee to activate full function. Works with almost any GPS!

• EasyGPS
  Freeware! Downloads and uploads waypoints very simply. Very popular with geocachers.

• Geocaching
  Geocaching is way cool! Great for schools. Site has education forum. South Dakota only has about 50 geocache sites so far.

GeoCache

• Buxley's Geocaching Waypoint
  New York Cache Sites

• Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site
  Here you can find the latest caches in your area, how to hide your own cache, and information on how to get started in this fun and exciting sport.

GPS/GIS for Macintosh

• GPSy
  This is the place for on-line information on using GPS/GIS with the Macintosh! If you are a Mac school, you need this site! 

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GPS/GIS Projects

• Farming Today and Tomorrow - Farm Tech Trek
  In this lesson students will learn how GPS technology helps farmers examine fields for crop yields and damage as well as soil mapping for increasing yields.
• GPS Drawing
  This website was made to exhibit large-scale drawings using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.
• GIS Day
  GIS Day is part of the National Geographic Society's exciting new initiative, Geography Action, which is a year-long initiative encompassing key educational achievements such as GIS Day and Geography Awareness Week

GPS Tutorials

• MSU Global Positioning Laboratory
  Great slide show on everything GPS! Author has given us permission to use it with students. Basic to advanced concepts.

• All About GPS Online Tutorial
  Interactive GPS tutorial on-line.

• GPS Online Tutorial
  ELEMENTARY grade appropriate tutorial. Also tutorial using funny Sherlock Holmes stories.

• Federal Aviation GPS Tutorial
  Federal Aviation Administration is into GPS. Good tutorial. Great treatment of WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System), FAA’s new GPS correction system designed to build the precision needed to use GPS for aircraft navigation and landing,

• Comprehensive GPS Tutorial
  Comprehensive (complicated) GPS tutorial. #NOTE# Ch 1 is a really neat history of navigation, from stone age to space-age.

• GPS: Introduction for Marine Use
  Comprehensive but hard slide show.

• OPERATING Instructions

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GPS Units

• Magellan
  Manuals available on-line. Great story section if you click "Outdoor" and go to "application stories." 

• Garmin
  Go to "about GPS" for a simple tutorial. Link to pdf manual at bottom of tutorial.

•  Adventures in using GPS units
  Stories of GPS use from Garmin. From the rose parade to bicycling – find out how GPS units are being used.

• GPS Manual from Garmin
  Pretty comprehensive GPS manual. Pdf download. Also linked from Garmin home page and several web index sites

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GPS with Palm Handhelds

• Cetus GPS Homepage
  Freeware program to display and download GPS data into the handheld. Also has good index of related sites.

• PilotGPS
  Very promising new software for using GPS with Palm Handheld. Beta 2 version just out and it's still free!

• Site to Get Cables to connect Palms and GPS units
  Great source of hard to find cables for unusual applications of the handheld (like using stand alone GPS)

• Palm site for Navman GPS
  Palm site for information on the Navman GPS for current "m" series Palms

• Palm site for Magellan Companion GPS
  Palm site for information on the Magellan Companion GPS for m500 series Palms

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Index Sites

• Gpsinformation.net
  Great index of articles on GPS.

• Global Positioning System Overview
  Index and links to government-related articles on GPS.

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Remote Sensing Tutorial Sites

• The Remote Sensing Tutorial
  The NASA site remote sensing tutorial.

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Topo Maps

• 25 Activities For Teaching With Topo Maps

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• Earth and Moon Viewer
• Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change
• EAST Project
• ESA: Navigation: Satellite Applications
• ESRI Library
• Geographic Information Systems
• GIS Internet Resources
• GPS Devices that Fight Crime
• GPS Drawing Project
• GPS World: Mine Eyes

• IBM: Introduction to GPS, Part 1
• Space and Tech: GLONASS Summary
• The Global Positioning System
• The US Coast Guard Navigation Center: Differential GPS
• U.S. Geological Survey
• UCAR UNAVCO Facility: Boulder, Colorado