GPS Training

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Hi All

Does anyone know where I can get some practical training
on using GPS on

the hills?

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Thanks - Simon

Try contacting these people
ukoutdoorpursuits.co.ukGPS FRMR.htmOpen ↗ They held
training days earlier this year around the country. Maybe
they're planning more in the future. Cost was £60, but they
knock that off the cost of a GPS should you buy one after
the course.

Never used them, so I don 't know what their like though...

Dave

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Hi All

Does anyone know where I can get some practical training on
using GPS on the hills?

I think the best way is to go out on a hill you already know
and just mess with one until you've tried all the features.
Actually, you'd probably learn quicker if you got yourself
lost on a hill you did not know.

I suspect nobody here has been on a course - but there are a
fair number of proficient users.

--
Martin Richardson
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- 0% to go
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241/1552 Marilyns - 72% to go

Simon said:

Does anyone know where I can get some practical training
on using GPS on

the hills?

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Thanks - Simon

I would agree with the folks who say just practice for
yourself. I first went for a walk to the mother in laws,
then round the park, then on a hill I already knew. Just
make sure that your datum and grid are set OK, and go
for a walk to a trig point you are familiar with. Just
enter the co-ordinates for it manually from a 25k map or
via PC software. If you get to the trig point, then you
must be right!

Just come back to the group with any questions, but they are
so simple don't spend your money on training.

Do something simple first, though! You'll look really silly
when mountain rescue find you reading the instructions!

Lewis

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Hi All

Does anyone know where I can get some practical training
on using GPS

on the hills?

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Thanks - Simon

Hi Simon

You could also check out the URL below. Courses based in the
Lake District. Never used them so can't comment on how good
the course is etc.

gpstraining.co.ukgpstraining.co.ukOpen ↗

Regards, Paul Lake District Walking Site:
lakelandwalker.co.uklakelandwalker.co.ukOpen ↗

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Hi All

Does anyone know where I can get some practical training
on using GPS

on the hills?

Quoted message said:

Thanks - Simon

Hi Simon

You could also check out the URL below. Courses based in
the Lake District. Never used them so can't comment on how
good the course is etc.

gpstraining.co.ukgpstraining.co.ukOpen ↗

I found that part of the fun of using a GPS is to learn to
use it without reading the manual first.

I bought my Vista in California, and left the manual in the
box at my daughter's place. Unfortunately she keeps a tidy
house, so by the time I wanted to consult the manual I had
to find one online.
--
Gordon

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I think the best way is to go out on a hill you already
know and just mess with one until you've tried all the
features. Actually, you'd probably learn quicker if you
got yourself lost on a hill you did not know.

That's what I did. Bought myself a local map (had maps from
all over the world but not where I lived!) and went out
walking. Did half a dozen walks uploading and downloading
routes and tracks and generally fiddling about with the
thing until it became second nature and I could find the
screen I wanted immediately.

As they say in these here parts, the best exercise for hill
walking is hill walking and the best exercise for GPS use
is, I suppose, GPS use.

--
Dave Newton

Lake District walk&image site daves-lakeland-daves-lakeland-Open ↗
mountains.co.uk

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Hi All

Does anyone know where I can get some practical training on
using GPS on the hills?

Thanks - Simon

If you know someone who is proficient with a GPS go out with
him/her and practise.

I took Fran and family to find some Ancient Stone circles
then to a Lancaster Bomber Crash site. I gave her the co-
ordinates then asked her to get me there using her Etrex -
the basic model.

When we go close to the stone circles she thought we
must be close then she spotted the circles. Later she
took us straight to the Bomber site ( about a mile or so
away)- no probs.

The return journey was a case of using the GPS in
earnest because the haze/mist came down and visibility
wasn't too bad but bad enough not to be able to take any
compass bearings.

After locating ourselves on the map using the GPS then
entering a target bearing off we went and the GPS got us to
where we need to be spot on.

From this point we could follow a forestry path back
to the cars.
--
Bill Grey billboy.co.ukbillboy.co.ukOpen ↗

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Hi All

Does anyone know where I can get some practical training
on using GPS on

the hills?

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Thanks - Simon

Try contacting these people

ukoutdoorpursuits.co.ukGPS FRMR.htmOpen ↗

Quoted message said:

They held training days earlier this year around the
country. Maybe

they're

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planning more in the future. Cost was £60, but they knock
that off the

cost

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of a GPS should you buy one after the course.

That sounds good, providing they aren't bumping up the
prices of the GPS in the first place (by about £60!). I got
away with trial and error, and know enough to rely on the
GPS (suitably pre-programmed with correct waypoints) to
navigate in a whiteout. PPPPPP as the forces say.... that
and spare batteries.

KRO

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Hi All

Does anyone know where I can get some practical training
on using GPS on the hills?

I think the best way is to go out on a hill you already
know and just mess with one until you've tried all the
features. Actually, you'd probably learn quicker if you got
yourself lost on a hill you did not know.

I agree entirely. I would call myself an expert now, but
never been on a course. Most important thing IMHO is to get
some decent PC software, so you can log tracks, create
routes and waypoints etc in comfort, rather than struggling
with the tiny gps screen. I like OZIExplorer for this, and
there is a free version to try.

Jim Hutton