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• How to Use GPS to Navigate While Hiking

  A thousand years ago, people navigated using the position of the sun and the north star. Five hundred years ago, they used compasses and astrolabes. Twenty years ago, hikers used compasses and topo maps. About 10 years ago, people sta… read more

• The Best GPS Units for Hiking

  GPS units for hiking are hand held, portable receivers used for pinpointing specific locations on trails and in the back country. Global positioning systems operate by receiving the navigational beams from orbiting GPS satellites. The… read more

• The Best GPS Units Under $150

  Global Positioning Systems (GPS) units have become extremely popular with outdoor enthusiasts as they pursue a wide range of activities. Some GPS units have convenient features such as way point plotting, which leaves electronic bread… read more

• Best Handheld GPS Units

  They're better than a trail of breadcrumbs and make it much easier than navigating with a map and compass (or by the stars). Besides adding an extra level of safety, modern GPS systems make adventuring more fun by including a slew of i… read more

• Best Hiker GPS Units

  Handheld GPS units have come a long way in the past few years, from black-and-white displays with limited graphics, to color touchscreen displays that provide an amazing level of topographic map detail. Here is a list of the most popul… read more

• Types of GPS Units

  Whether you are traveling to an unknown destination in your car or hiking in the backcountry, it is always useful to have a device that tells you where you are. Compasses may tell you where North is, but Global Position System devices… read more

• How to Install an Auto GPS

  Global positioning system (GPS) units are popular aides for automobile navigation. You can use a GPS unit not only to find where you are going, but also to estimate the time it will take to get there and the fuel cost of doing so. Most… read more

• The Best GPS Units for Europe

  Whether you're visiting Europe for a short time or plan to be doing extensive travel back and forth between the U.S. and Europe, it is important to get a GPS that can handle both regions of the world. Luckily, many GPS devices today ca… read more

• What Three Parts Make Up a GPS System?

  Many people have no idea how their global positioning system (GPS) really works. Despite the sophistication of the technology, the setup is actually rather simple. There are three main parts of the GPS system. read more

• How to Compare Hiking GPS Systems

  Getting lost out in the wilderness can turn your fun hiking adventure into a potentially dangerous ordeal. With a global positioning system (GPS) you don't need to worry about forgetting where the trail is or how to get back home. GPS… read more

• How to Use GPS for Fishing

  Before electronic navigation aids, finding offshore fishing locations was strictly a matter of trial and error, especially once an angler was out of view of the coast. With the advent of affordable GPS units for the consumer market, an… read more

• How Do Handheld GPS Systems Work?

  The Global Positioning System technology uses signals from satellites to pinpoint the latitude, longitude and altitude of any point on Earth. Hikers and backpackers use a handheld GPS unit to help them navigate in the wilderness. read more

• How to Use Handheld GPS Units to Measure Acreage

  Determining the acreage of a given outdoor area can be a tough nut to crack, as it requires some precise measurements. Fortunately, most handheld GPS devices have a distance-traveled meter included among their features. This makes it p… read more

• What Is Track Smoothing on a GPS?

  Found in many applications, from cell phones to automobiles, GPS units have become a familiar piece of equipment in daily life. With myriad features and functions, GPS units can seem like a greek textbook. Track smoothing, however, is… read more

• About GPS Route Planning

  Route planning for backpacking or other wilderness adventures used to mean poring over topo maps, reading countless guide books and tracking down hard-to-find trail maps. Now, with GPS technology, route planning is a fairly simple affa… read more

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