Software Mentioned

The following links were mentioned in the workshop

• Want to convert GArmin data into GIS? Install GPS Garmin Extension for ArcGIS
• Need free imagery? Use http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com
• Surface data for Los Angeles (5 meter) is available upon request.
• random point generator (one of many)

the following links are directly copied from NITLE web site for convenience for exercise (thanks Diana)

How do people use GPS in teaching?

These examples of GIS use at NITLE colleges often involve GPS as well: http://gis.nitle.org/resources/projects.htm

Faculty at Colgate have experimented with GPS and PDAs in the field: http://cel.colgate.edu/profiles/social/aburnett.htm

This pdf documents describes some exercises from a physics course: http://www.bme.hu/ptee2000/papers/gpsws.pdf

Some ideas used by educators at the USGS: http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/gps/gps_in_education.html

Tutorials and Background Info about GPS (how it all works):

A detailed guide from geographers at Univ of Colorado: http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html

From the USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center: http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/gps.html

The US military's description: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/gpsinfo.html

A classic from the Trimble company: http://www.trimble.com/gps

and Garmin's version: http://www.garmin.com/aboutGPS/

Background from the GPSWorld Magazine: http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/static/staticHtml.jsp?id=7860

I like the way this Canadian describes it all: http://www.dbartlett.com/

More info that you would know what to do with: http://gpsinformation.net/

Buyer's Guide to GPS Units:

Each year, GPSWorld Magazine publishes updates its buyer's guide: http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/static/staticHtml.jsp?id=7860.

A very useful table from offroute.com that compares different models: http://www.offroute.com/gps-compare.html

National Geographic has some suggestions: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0208/gear_gps.html

From MobileTech Review: http://www.mobiletechreview.com/tips/GPS/

Intended for recreational users primarily, but some nice points from that perspective: http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.CFPage?&mode=article&objectID=29383&cat=&subcatID=0&objectType=article

And what ELSE can you do with these toys?

Map your own graticular intersection: http://www.confluence.org/

Make art: http://www.gpsdrawing.com/

The official geocaching website: http://www.geocaching.com/

Geocaching - join the popularity wave: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC570/cooltools/gps.html

Re-think family reunions: http://www.timeinacapsule.com/

How do people use GPS in teaching?

These examples of GIS use at NITLE colleges often involve GPS as well: http://gis.nitle.org/resources/projects.htm

Faculty at Colgate have experimented with GPS and PDAs in the field: http://cel.colgate.edu/profiles/social/aburnett.htm

This pdf documents describes some exercises from a physics course: http://www.bme.hu/ptee2000/papers/gpsws.pdf

Some ideas used by educators at the USGS: http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/gps/gps_in_education.html

Tutorials and Background Info about GPS (how it all works):

A detailed guide from geographers at Univ of Colorado: http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html

From the USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center: http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/gps.html

The US military's description: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/gpsinfo.html

A classic from the Trimble company: http://www.trimble.com/gps

and Garmin's version: http://www.garmin.com/aboutGPS/

Background from the GPSWorld Magazine: http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/static/staticHtml.jsp?id=7860

I like the way this Canadian describes it all: http://www.dbartlett.com/

More info that you would know what to do with: http://gpsinformation.net/

Buyer's Guide to GPS Units:

Each year, GPSWorld Magazine publishes updates its buyer's guide: http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/static/staticHtml.jsp?id=7860.

A very useful table from offroute.com that compares different models: http://www.offroute.com/gps-compare.html

National Geographic has some suggestions: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0208/gear_gps.html

From MobileTech Review: http://www.mobiletechreview.com/tips/GPS/

Intended for recreational users primarily, but some nice points from that perspective: http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.CFPage?&mode=article&objectID=29383&cat=&subcatID=0&objectType=article

And what ELSE can you do with these toys?

Map your own graticular intersection: http://www.confluence.org/

Make art: http://www.gpsdrawing.com/

The official geocaching website: http://www.geocaching.com/

Geocaching - join the popularity wave: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC570/cooltools/gps.html

Re-think family reunions: http://www.timeinacapsule.com/