GPS Reviews, GPS Technical Info, Software reviews, PDA GPS> HERE
Joe Mehaffey
Many new (and not so new) GPS owners have basic (and not so basic)
questions about the operation and performance of their GPS equipment.
Most of the initial questions and answers you may have are available
for you at:
Jack and Joe's GPS Information website > http://gpsinformation.net
The site has a hundred or more topics and articles on many
facets of GPS usage. These include such topics as:
1) How GPS receivers act in the woods with tree cover.
2) Information on the GeoCacheing Hobby
3) Product reviews of various Garmin, Magellan, and Lowrance GPS
receivers.
4) Find archives of both the latest and prior Garmin GPS firmware.
5) Cable Pinouts for many Garmin and Magellan GPS receivers.
6) Shops that sell GPS receivers via the Internet.
7) How accurate are GPS receivers?
8) Amplified external antennas for GPS receivers.
9) Reviews of popular MAPPING SOFTWARE packages.
10) Recommendations on which GPS receiver have features you need.
11) GPS receivers operated on MotorCycles and MotorBikes.
12) Information on MAP DATUMS.
13) Using your GPS on commercial aircraft. Which airlines allow.
14) Battery drain and battery usage of various receivers.
15) How to connect your GPS to your laptop computer and StreetAtlas.
16) Links to free and for sale software and to GPS and map software
vendors.
17) GPS terms such as DOP, PDOP, EPE are explained.
18) GPS position and altitude accuracy are discussed.
For more general information on GPS, mapping, datums, NMEA,
DGPS, and other equipment brands , see for example
http://www.edu-observatory.org/gps/gps.html
and
http://www.gpstom.de/GPS/index.htm
and
http://vancouver-webpages.com/pub/peter/index.html
Peter Bennett and Sam Wormley have a wealth of information of many
types on and about GPS on their websites. In addition, you will
find hundreds of pointers to still more websites on all three of
these FAQ sites. Have fun.
You get the idea. First take a look at the FAQ websites and then ask
your question on the newsgroup if you do not find the
answer on one of the FAQ sites. The FAQ website's answer to your
question is likely to:
a) be more detailed than a newsgroup response and
b) lead you to more information about whatever you are wondering about.
IF YOU DON'T FIND THE ANSWER ON THE FAQ SITES> PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
ASK ANY QUESTION WHATSOEVER VIA THE NEWSGROUP news:sci.geo.satellite-nav.
Joe Mehaffey
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Got a Question about GPS technology? Looking for a GPS FAQ site?
See: http://gpsinformation.net