STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Map the location of natural and man-made features using a GPS unit and a topographic map. (I-VI)

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      What is a Global Positioning System (GPS)?

         A.      History of GPS

         B.      Uses of GPS

 II.     How a GPS works

         A.      Navigation satellites

         B.      Triangulation

 III.    Coordinate systems

         A.      Latitude/longitude grid

         B.      Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid

 IV.     Using a hand-held GPS receiver

         A.      Initializing the receiver

         B.      Taking a position fix

         C.      Defining waypoints

         D.      Navigation using a GPS

         E.      Backtracking

 V.      Coordinating a GPS with a topographic map

         A.      Plotting coordinates on a map

         B.      Using a UTM grid template to locate points

         C.      Establishing routes by entering map locations into a GPS receiver

 VI.     Mapping with a GPS

 VII.    Using Digitized Topographic Maps

         A.      Establishing waypoints in latitude/longitude and UTM coordinates

         B.      Plotting real-time locations by linking a GPS with a laptop

         C.      Uploading and downloading GPS data

         D.      Using the tracking function in mapping