GPS | Boneblogger: Science and the outdoors https://boneblogger.com Exploring the natural world Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:11:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Why Get a GPS Dog Collar? https://boneblogger.com/why-get-a-gps-dog-collar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-get-a-gps-dog-collar Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:11:57 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2630 Dogs are fast and can easily get lost before you or even they realize it. The GPS dog collar was first made for hunting dogs, since they were expensive. People that were serious about hunting bought these collars and used them to keep track of their animals. Over time prices started to drop and casual […]

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]]> Garmin Montana 650T Review – A Handheld GPS for Adventurers https://boneblogger.com/garmin-montana-650t-review-a-handheld-gps-for-adventurers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=garmin-montana-650t-review-a-handheld-gps-for-adventurers Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:05:48 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2722 Last year Garmin introduced three new handheld GPS devices for the Montana range.  There was the new 650T, 650, and 600 all of which come with an extra large 4-inch display and as well as offering voice guidance if you wish to also use it in your car as a standard GPS.  However, its main […]

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]]> Personal GPS tracking https://boneblogger.com/personal-gps-tracking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=personal-gps-tracking Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:37:01 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1063 In exploring handheld GPS units I came across something that was really interesting and has a lot of fun promise. It is the SPOT Personal Tracker. The Personal Tracker is a device that you can carry with you while traveling on remote, or not so remote, adventures. It uses the same GPS satellite systems that […]

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]]> UTM https://boneblogger.com/utm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=utm Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:13:17 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=156 In a couple of previous posts we have examined latitude and longitude in some detail, and explored in what format the numbers might be displayed on your handheld GPS unit. Here we will explore another commonly used coordinate system: UTM. Latitude and longitude work well, but since they are all based upon circles, and because […]

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]]> Latitude and longitude 2 https://boneblogger.com/latitude-and-longitude-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=latitude-and-longitude-2 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:20:40 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=151 In the first discussion of latitude and longitude, we investigated how the latitude-longitude grid was established. In this post we will look at how that relates to the display on your handheld GPS unit. If I stand outside with my GPS and direct the unit to display my position, it may do so in a […]

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