GPS Tutorial – Garmin Etre Legend 分析和总结总结.docx

GPS Tutorial –Garmin Etrex Legend (or Venture) Objective This brief tutorial provides an outline of several basic GPS functions – recording waypoints, creating a track map, calculating area and transfer of GPS data to a PC to create a GIS format file. Outline The tutorial uses an agricultural plot as an example. Waypoints are recorded at each corner of the plot, a track map of the plot is created and area of the plot calculated. Requirements This tutorial has the following requirements (assuming no access to commercial GIS software such as ArcView or ArcGIS): Garmin Etrex Legend GPS unit (NB: basic principles apply to any unit in Etrex range, but no area calculation option is available for basic Etrex model) GPS download cable GPSTrackmaker (v13.x): / Wayp2SHP: /jt_taylor.geo/wayp2shpd2.html GPS Buttons Map Zoom Out Map Zoom in “Find” Button “Click Stick” Internal Antenna Page Button Power Button Fig. 1. GPS unit controls Exercise 1. GPS Data Capture Getting Started Go to your starting point – i.e., the first corner of the plot. Switch on GPS unit by pressing the Power button (lower button right hand side) Press the Page button (upper button right hand side) to see the Satellite page Fig. 2. Satellite page Wait until the unit is Ready to Navigate (Fig. 2) – this means that it is receiving signals from at least 4 satellites. A latitude longitude and elevation will be displayed. [Note 1: The first time you use a GPS in a completely new region it can take up to 5 minutes to receive satellite signals. After initial use, signal reception will be much faster – 1-2 mins or less]. [Note 2: The more satellites you receive signals from the more accurate will be the location. So it is worth waiting a short time before recording a location. However, the maximum accuracy possible with these units is +/- 4 or 5 meters and anything less than 10 meters is good enough]. Marking a Waypoint To Mark a Waypoint (record and store a location), there are 2 options: Option 1 – Using “