FAQs
Hardware
YES!... SA has been off since 12:04AM
EDT May 2, 2000. Read about it HERE.
-
Battery-drain measurements for several GPS
receivers (13 AUG 06)
-
Batteries -Should
I use Alkaline, Lithium, NiCad, or NiMH batteries in my GPS? (12 NOV 00)
-
Batteries:
NiMH are probably the lowest cost long term solution for GPS use. (Link)
-
Cars
which may require external GPS antenna due to metallization
in windscreen (Link)
-
Comparisons of Hand-held Screen Sizes, Pixels,
and Resolution -by Matthew Birch (10 OCT 03)
-
EOW fix for older model Garmin GPS Receivers
-Quick fix to get your G45/G40/G38 working again
-
Garmin Active Powered
Antennas - A look at the different models (4 JAN 98)
-
Garmin Data Cables:
What are the Pinouts? (3 JUL 01)
-
Garmin's diagnostic
features - Mess with these and you may lose your data -by Dale (4 JAN 99)
-
Garmin FAQs Including a LINK to the Garmin
FAQ site
-
Garmin
Firmware Archives, Allory Deiss' Cache of Older GPS firmware
-
Garmin
Firmware Revisions, Features, and Update/Upgrade costs and policy
(Allory Deiss)
-
Garmin GPS Receiver
Feature Comparisons with comments by Dale DePriest updated frequently
-
Garmin G-III PLUS (and others) shut off when
I "hit a bump": How can I fix this problem (1 MAR 00)
-
Garmin Icons for
G-III+ in Graphic Form and Icon Number (Link)
-
Garmin Internal Datum Storage -What Datum
is output in GRMN and NMEA modes? (18 JUL 00)
-
Garmin's
official GPS Receiver MANUALS - Download yours
from here (Link)
-
Garmin
GPS Receiver Manual: Dale's version tells you more in simple
language.
-
Garmin SP-III and G-V: How
do I use MANUALLY generated routes: Courtesy GPS-Garmin.nl
-
Garmin Signal Strength
Bars -What do they tell me? (12 JUL 99)
-
Garmin Simulator Mode
-How to Initialize the Starting Point in the Garmin G-III and III+? (3
JAN 99)
-
Garmin's
WorldWide Warranty Policy -Explained (20 JAN
99)
-
Garmin WAAS
-Steps a Receiver Performs to Acquire the Geo-Stationary Satellites (23
JUL 02)
-
Garmin Waypoints -Why don't they increment
by filling in the holes in a sequence? (15 JUL 98)
-
Garmin Waypoint Averaging
-What is it and how does it work? (23 MAY 98)
-
GPS Antenna and
Sensitivity Comparisons How NOT to make the
wrong conclusions. (4 JUL 98)
-
GPS locks Quickly when my car is stopped
and takes much longer when I am moving -Why?
(5 AUG 99)
-
GPS
Maps: The maps in my GPS are not accurate.
Why is that? (NOV 05)
-
GPS signal strength bars -What do they mean
when they are "hollow" or all black? (12 JUL 99)
-
GPS won't lock,
Signals look OK -What's wrong? (4 JUL 98)
-
MAC computers and GPS
receivers -How can I get them to communicate? (DEC 01)
-
Magellan FAQ,
version 2.0 (PDF) by Dan Surratt (OCT 03)
-
Magellan
Firmware Revisions, Features, and Updates (Allory Deiss)
-
Magellan
Firmware Revisions, Features, and Updates (Link)
-
Magellan
GPS Manuals: Where can I find them?Older
units, Aussie Mgln
(Links)
-
Magellan 330: How do I update the software
in my M330 GPS? (8 OCT 00)
-
Magellan
Undocumented Control Codes and Data Explanations
(2 JUN 02)
-
Memory Backup Battery
problems in some Garmin GPS receivers (4 JUL 98)
-
Map Memory -How
much and how many segments do I need to load a whole CD worth? (Links)
-
MEMORY -How much
do I need in my new GPS receiver (9 JUL 02)
-
MGRS -Which handheld
GPS receivers have MGRS? (2 AUG 04)
-
Multipath: My GPS position
(or speed) "jump around" and are not stable at times. WHY?
-
Multiple Waypoint Messaging -Explained (4
APR 99)
-
Nearest 9 Waypoints on Garmin GPS Units
-Details (29 MAY 98)
-
OnStar>
Where is the GPS unit and how to I tap the NMEA signals? by Pete Carter
(Link)
-
Precision
Mapping Streets Mapping Software
-
Print Garmin
MetroGuide generated routes: How do
I do it? (29 JUN 02)
-
RAIN, CLOUDS, fog,
and snow: Do they affect my GPS signals? (28 DEC 01)
-
ROAD LOCK -Which GPS receivers have this feature?
(10 JUL 02)
-
Routes and Tracks: What is the difference?
(16 MAR 00)
-
Trip Log -Why is my GPS travel
log distance never exactly correct? (10 JAN 04)
-
USA purchased GPS
receivers Overseas -Can I buy in USA and use my GPS Overseas? (20
JUN 02)
-
WAAS and its Relation
to Enabled Hand-Held GPS Receivers (27 FEB 06)
-
WAAS Operation:
Your Questions Answered (3 JAN 02)
-
WAAS
Tutorial by Dale DePriest (4 JAN 02)
-
Warm Start/Cold Start? What does this mean?
-
WaterProofNess of Garmin Receivers -Garmin
Engineering (MAY 97)
-
WaterProofNess of Lowrance Receivers
-Lowrance Engineering (14 JUL 98)
-
What Happens when Diagnostics Page wipes
out all Garmin Stored Data (23 MAY 98)
-
Which GPS receivers can compute
AREA/acreage when I walk a closed loop?(SEP 04)
-
Windows XP -How do I get Win
XP to recognize my GPS? (16 MAY 02)
-
Why
Would I want a GPS Receiver and What Could
I Do With It?
Geography
-Maps, Datums, Waypoint Lists, Formulas
-
Address or Lon/Lat -Put in and get Map showing location using MapQuest
or TIGER maps
-
Airports
over the World: Where can I find the lon/latfor
the World's Airports? (Link)
-
Bitmaps
and Vector Maps: What is the difference? Dale DePriest tells
us all
-
Coast
Guard Lights List for the USA: Where can I find lists
of lights, buoys, etc. (Link)
-
Convert
Datums, File Formats, Tracks to Routes, using GeoConv software (Link)
-
Convert LORAN to GPS lon/lat coordinates
using this program (Link)
-
Convert
RASTER maps to VECTOR maps: Is there any software to do that? (Search)
-
Convert
between STATE PLANE, UTM, and Lat/Long courtesy of US Army (Link)
-
Convert between
State Plane, UTM, and Lat/Long plus other coordinate systems (Link)
-
Coordinate Conversion
Online Tool by oasisphoto.com (Link) and another tool
by GPS2CAD.com
-
Datums: A Brief
Description (14 JUN 99)
-
Datums:
How much error in my position if I fail to use the correct datum with my
Lat/Long reading? (Link)
-
Datums: My TOPO (or
other map) program does not accurately position my location on the
map. (Link)
-
Datums: New
Zealand Geodetic 2000 (LINZ) datum -Information About NZ's new datum (Link)
-
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds>
Where did the terms originate? by Sam Wormley (22 NOV 02)
-
DGPS datum
is NAD-83 and not WGS-84 as used internally by the GPS - Will this DGPS
signal be accurate?
-
DRG Maps -Digital
Raster Graphic Maps -What are they anyway? (Link)
-
Don Bartlett's GPS and UTM Tutorial
Site
-
Earth:
According to WGS-84 (Courtesy of Sigurd Humerfelt:
Link)
-
Garmin
MapSource Product Sizes -for 13 MapSource maps (link)
-
Garmin MapSource (MetroGuide
and USA Topo) -Data Source (23 OCT 00)
-
Garmin
StreetPilot MetroGuide Database descriptions (Link)
-
Garmin City Database Details (1 JUN 98)
-
GettyThesaurus
of City Names - Put in a City Name, get back a longitude/latitude
-
Geodetic Survey Markers(Worldwide
Listings) -How can I find one near where I am? (1 FEB 01)
-
GISCOVER
is the point where travelers, outdoor lovers and GPS enthusiasts meet.
(Link)
-
GPSy's Internet Digital
Map listings: An extensive list of digital maps available on the
Internet (Link)
-
Grid Conversions,
Distance Formulas, Coordinate Transformations,
and Map Translation Software (Links)
-
Longitude/Latitude
Formulas for GPS and Navigation (Link)
-
MacGPS
Pro provides a current digital map library for most PC GPS and Mac programs
(Link)
-
MapRef
Website -Datum conversions, Projections, Map
References for EUROPE
-
Map Vendors
USA -Who makes GPS maps for the USA and are they accurate? by Dale DePriest
(FEB 03)
-
Mapping
Agencies Around the World -Also Latest City Maps of Iraq from NIMA (Link)
-
Maps -From Around
the World -Includes Maps from the CIA (Links)
-
Maps: Supposedly the largest
selection of maps in the world (Link) (click on MAP)
-
Maps: Why are the
GPS maps in my part of the world so poor and what can I do about it? (Link)
-
Mercator
Projections -Norris Weimer tells us about the Projections and the MAN (Link)
-
Mexico
Maps -Detailed Mexico and Baja
Street-level MapSource and Topo DRG GPS maps (links)
-
Miscellaneous GPS Related
Software Links -Courtesy of HEI
-
Navigation BEFORE
GPS -How did we do it? (Link)
-
NIMA publications on datums,
geodesy, and geophysics (Link)
-
Nima2GPS - Convert
information from NIMA´s GEOnet Names
Server into waypoint files (Link)
-
NGS Survey Marker
Accuracy -Texts by Dave Doyle and Ed McKay (NGS)
-
NMEA Datums as regard to use with Ozi
Explorer and Garmin Receivers (21 FEB 02)
-
OSGB
-What is it? How do I set up my GPS? Convert to Lat/Long? Where to buy
UK maps? (Link)
-
PetraStudio-Maps
for GPS: Raster to Vector Conversion, AutoCAD Drafting, Custom Vector Maps
-
Place,
-Enter and Get Waypoint -Sam Wormley's Waypoint Site (Link)
-
Prime Meridian
-History of its Past and Present at Greenwich (1 NOV 99)
-
Sunrise/Sunset/Moonrise/Moonset
-Give your location and find out for your area (Link)
-
TatukGIS Develops and Licenses GIS
Software Products with Visual Basic and Visual C++
(Link)
-
TatukGIS Datum
and Projection Conversion Calculator (free download) -Instructions
(20 MAY 02)
-
TOPO and 3-D Maps
to download to your GPS or Laptop Computer (Links)
-
Topo
Maps, aerial photos, and other GIS info for USA
Free, Courtesy Doyle's GIS (Link)
-
State Plane Coordinate
Systems (all) and their use with Magellan Receivers
-
State Plane Coordinate
Systems (some) and their use with Garmin Receivers
-
Scottish
Mountaineering Club -Provides information about available free Garmin
uploadable contour maps
-
User Grids
and Datums in Hand-Held Receivers -A Small Collection (4 FEB 99)
-
USGS
DRG Alaska maps on CD for sale by GPS Trails
-
USGS DRG Topographical Maps
-Where to get them -Other Sources (Link)
-
UTM: A Brief
Description (4 JUL 98)
-
UTM: Which UTM Zone am I in? (Map)
-
UTM and Datum Information Web Sites (Links)
-
UTM and MGRS:
What are the differences? How do I convert from one to the other?
-
View
your home (probably) from the Russian Spin-4 Satellite or from a
USGS Aerial view
-
ViTo
Technology -Maps from Around the World for your Windows Mobile Pocket
PC / GPS Navigation
-
Waypoints: A very extensive worldwide
listing of Waypoint LISTS (Links)
Tutorial:
How Does GPS Work
GPS
Information
-
Airliners and GPS
- Is it Safe for me to use my GPS on a Passenger Airliner?
-
Antenna
Pattern of your GPS antenna -Measure
and Plot yours using this program. (Link)
-
Antennas
for GPS Receivers- Patch and Helix typical
Specification Sheets (10Oct02)
-
Antenna for GPS
Receivers- A Turnstile Antenna you can build,
from ARRL (4 NOV 02)
-
Averaging
Waypoints -How long do I have to average to improve accuracy of
my GPS fix?
-
Battery
Operational Durations for Lithium, Alkaline, and NiMH AA Cells in the SporTrak
Color (Link)
-
Batteries:
Technical information on Lithium, Alkaline, Mn and other battery
types (Link)
-
Airlines which
Approve or Disapprove GPS use during flights
(Undated Frequently)
-
Boeing Service Letter -Consumer electronic
equipment use on Boeing Aircraft (3 MAR 01)
-
Buoy
Database: You can find links to various marine Buoy Databases
via this link
-
Coastline
Profile Extractor for use with OziExplorer and GPSUtility (Link)
-
Consumer vs Military
GPS Receivers in a JAMMING
Environment (DEC 04)
-
Dale DePriest's Index
of GPS Information -A must see section of our website
-
DATUM
parameter conversion: 7 parameter to 3 parameter conversion by Eino Uikkanen
(FEB 03)
-
DGPS Services -Worldwide
Listing of Available Services, Additional input Solicited (5 NOV 02)
-
Error Measures:
1 sigma, 2 sigma, 3 sigma, 50%CEP, 2DRMS, 95% confidence? What does this
mean?
-
European Global Navigation
Satellite System, Go-Ahead Announce (18 JUN 98)
-
FAA's
Modernization Plans -WAAS, GPS and other Safety and Efficiency Technology
plans (Link)
-
French
speaking GPS news group: Where can I find one? (Link)
-
Garmin CitySelect
and CityNavigator- Where can I buy a USA version new or replacement?
-
Garmin Data Field definitions:
GPS data display definitions for Garmin GPS (25 MAR 00)
-
Garmin eTrex: User Manual, Load
additional Icons, Interface with OziExplorer and more (25 AUG 00)
-
Garmin's European Map Coverage Detail
Information (15 MAY 00)
-
Garmin'sMap
Error reporting form- Send Garmin info on any errors you find in
their maps
-
Garmin MapSource,
Features Summary of R&R, USA Topo, and WorldMap CDs -Link (10 SEP 99)
-
Garmin's Official
Upload/Download Protocol in *.pdf [Adobe] format (Link)
-
Garmin's
Upload/Download Protocol: Definitions and Explanations (Link)
-
Garmin's Out-of-Warranty
Repair Policy -Explained (17 SEP 98)
-
Garmin FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) (23
JAN 99)
-
Garmin R&R file index: Enables you
to select which files to load onto your hard drive -by Gary McMeekin
-
Garmin
SP MEMORY CHIP: Samsung NAND FLASH chip. Where can I find data sheets?(Link)
-
Garmin
Tracklogs - Which is Best for You? (15 SEP 00)
-
Glossary
of GPS and GIS Terms and other GPS Tutorial Information (Link)
-
GPS Altitude
-How Accurate? (10 FEB 01)
-
GPS Cartoons -Do you have any to contribute?!
(2 MAR 06)
-
GPS -Flying on Commercial
Airlines -Can I make my GPS work from a passenger seat? (11 NOV
98)
-
GPS Navigation Message> Binary files
let you test your decode algorithm by Craig Bailey (20 FEB 03)
-
GPS Operation in Foreign
Countries -Will I be Arrested? (12 OCT 98)
-
GPS
Receiver Accuracy -How accurate should I expect them to be? -A study
by David Wilson (Link)
-
GPS Receiver
Accuracy -Scatter Plots by DLR (German) show error plots (Horiz/Vert)
(Link)
-
GPS Receivers:
What does it take to make a typical model
like the G-76S? EETimes tells us (LINK)
-
GPS
Sales Projections: Yearly sales history and projections (15
May 05)
-
GPS Satellite
RF Power Output? How many watts is it? (18
FEB 99)
-
GPS Satellite ORBITS
- How often are the satellites in exactly the same position? (19 FEB 99)
-
GPS Speed:
How fast can I go? How accurate is the speed readout? (17 OCT 99)
-
GPS Time -Is
it locked to UTC? How do they do that? (18 APR 99)
-
GPS
Voltage Input: What is the Input Voltage range for common GPS receivers?
-
Hiking using
your GPS: Cass Lewart tells how to do it (18
SEP 99)
-
How Far North will my GPS operate? -Bill
Straka gives us his experiences (26 MAR 99)
-
Jack's
'Museum' Collection of 18 (working) Hand-held GPS Receivers
from 1994 to 2005 (1.4MB)
-
Jack and Joe - Why do they write all this
stuff anyway? (11 JAN 99)
-
Kalman Filters
-Make your own by Andy La Varre (PDF) -Bring
your Matrix Algebra Book (19 AUG 98)
-
Kalman Filters-Sam
Wormley's references and a simple explanation
(28 SEP 98)
-
Longitude
1 minute, Latitude 1 minute: How many meters is that?
Sigurd Humerfelt tells us. (Link)
-
Magellan (Official) Data
Transmission Protocol v2.11 in WORD
format or PDF
format (MAR 03)
-
Map
Reading and Land Navigation Manual, US Army
FM 3-25.26 (Link)
-
MicroSoft
AutoRoute (and other MS Mapping programs) won't connect
to my GPS. What do I do?
-
NMEA FAQ and
Sentence Definitions -Links to multiple sources
(4 OCT 98)
-
NMEA
checksums, sentence logger and other programming
subroutines for GPS (Link)
-
RS232C Voltage-Levels
Standard (2 AUG 98)
-
Rubber Banding
Routes: What does this mean? Why would I want it? What GPS has it?
(12 JAN 00)
-
Selective Availability -View tracks when
it was turned off on April 20, 1997 (4 JUN 02)
-
StreetPilot Map Updates -What is Garmin's
Policy and Price? (7 JUL 98)
-
Surveying and
GIS information news group -Go there (Link)
-
Time Synchronization
-Set your PC's Time-of-Day Clock using GPS and other Standards (1 AUG 98)
-
Topo Maps Worldwide
-Why are they so hard to find? (5 JAN 99)
-
Waypoint
Averaging: How much does this feature of a GPS improve accuracy
of a waypoint? (Link)
-
WHY don't you JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION??
GPS
Instructions
GPS hardware and
PDA mapping software
-
General
Index to PDAs that support GPS.
-
Cetus GPS
software for Palm Computers: Present position,
tracklogging, GIS (Link)
-
Delorme Street Atlas
Vector and 3-D GPS Maps (Link)
-
Destinator 3 Personal
Navigation System -by Crile Carvey
-
Garmin
iQue 3600-Palm OS5 Based GPS plus PDA system
-Review (OCT 03) by Dale
-
Navio
-Access to all the information from your GPS receiver on your Pocket PC
-
Nobeltec (Marine
navigation software (Link)
-
PalmFLYING.com
-The One-stop Site for Handheld Aviation Solutions
-
Palm
OS Palm OS Navigation Topics -Information,
Links, and Reviews by Dale DePriest
-
PocketPC
and WinCE Hardware and Software -Links, Information, and Reviews
by Dale DePriest
-
Psion Software
-Links to Multiple Sites, Moving Map, Garmin Protocol,
NMEA (APR 99)
-
Recreational Grade GPS Receivers
and Digital Topo Software for PDAs -by Fryar
-
Vista (Scanned,
Vector, and Flight Sectional Charts (Link)
Links to
Third-Party GPS Intermediate Software
-
3-D
Plots by Height -Both 2-D Profiles and Complete Rotateable 3-D Plots
for Viewing at Different Angles
-
3-D Plots of GPS
Tracks -A few Pointers (14 MAY 04)
-
APRS -Automatic Packet
Reporting System -Reports your position automatically via Radio
-
Aviation
Data Base Management software for Garmin Units
-
Aviation Data Base for Magellan
315/320 puts FAA data in Consumer GPS -by Brian Wade
-
Cetus GPS
software for Palm Computers: Present position,
tracklogging, GIS (no maps)
-
CUESoft GPS .NET Control MicroSoft
*.NET interface for GPS receivers to NET software
-
DSH electronics (Software program
that controls any map with GPS; incl. speech)
-
EasyGPS (free) is an easy
way to create, edit, and transfer waypoints and routes
-
ExpertGPS displays your waypoints,
routes, and tracks on Terraserver USGS topo maps and aerial photos
-
Fugawi
(Scanned, DRG, and BSB Charts)
-
G7TO
Programs (DOS/Win95/NT) -Up/Downloads for Garmin and Lowrance data
to Street Atlas 4 thru 9
-
Garmin
GPS Extension - Provides Ability to Transfer Data
Between ArcView GIS and a Garmin GPS
-
GARTrip -Upload/download to Garmin
Receivers, convert GPS data formats, prints waypoints,
routes, tracks
-
GPSS -GPS Software from Sunninghill,
Maps for 110 Countries, Speaks in 11 languages
-
GPS Altitude
Chart -Create elevation profiles from tracklogs,
save them as PDF/PNG.
-
GPS TrackMaker -Edits
Tracklogs, and Waypoints for Magellan, Garmin, Lowrance, & MLR
Receivers
-
GPS
Utilities -Edit Garmin MapSource Maps (Part
1) (Part
2) by Newham (Jul 03)
-
GPS Utility -Up/download
to Garmin,Magellan,& Lowrance, datum conversion, data management,
and mapping
-
GPS Visualizer
-Plots Profiles and Scalable Vector Graphics
(SVG) plots from GPS tracklogs and waypoints
-
GPS Watch by iNTERCHAIN Solutions -Turn
your cell phone into a professional GPS Receiver
-
GPSy (Macintosh)
-
Karen's GPS Software
Listings (MAC/PC/Newton/etc)
-
MacGPS Pro
Software from L.W. James Associates
-
MAC upload and download
software for Garmin GPS receivers -GPS CONNECT
-
MapToasterTopo
-Complete New Zealand Topographic and Air Photo Mapping Solution for GPS
-
MyGPS -Freeware, Manage Waypoints,
Track Profiles, and Routes on Scanned Maps
-
NEMA Simulator,
GPS Simulator and Dead Reckoning Software for GPS Developers> by Sailsoft.NL
-
Ozi Explorer
(Scanned, BSB, and DRG Maps) Now supports Area Calculations and Trackpoint
Editing
-
PanTerra Software:
Waypoint Management Software for Garmin/Magellan
GPS has 1.6 Million Waypoints
-
QuakeMap overlays GPS tacks,
waypoints, Digital Camera photos, on Terraserver
aerial and topo maps
-
PCWize
GPX Generator -Use for Geocaches or to Share files with Others
-
Tracks 4 Africa -Tracks and
waypoints for direct download in widely accepted fileformats.
-
USAPhotoMaps
-Download Aerial/Topo Images at Selected Waypoints -Instructions
-
WindmillData
Collection software Logs Data from GPS and Other Sensors to Computer
-
Wissenbach Map3D (free)
Rrecord your hiking and mountain bike trips on DRG maps
Links
to GPS Information Sites
Links
to GPS Hardware Manufacturers
Links
to Accessories
-
Automatic and Autonomous
control of flight for model aircraft, parafoils: Who makes
equipment?
-
Batteries -Who
sells them at good prices
-
Blue Hills Innovations
(Connectors and Cables for Garmin GPS units)
-
EarthMate
to NMEA data converter module -Makes EarthMate work with non-Delorme
map programs
-
Gilsson Technologies -Active Antennas,
Cables, GPS Cases, Data Cards, and GPS Auto Mounts
-
GPS Screen
protectors - Invisible Shield's thin sheets can protect GPS screens
from scratches
-
Jose Ramos (Garmin
GPS Cables), Good cables, reliable supply
-
Pfranc.com - Garmin connectors for
"make your own" Garmin cables
-
National Products Corp
(dba RAM) -Mounting Systems for GPS Receivers
-
SewellDirect.com,
USB-to-Serial Adapters plus other Accessiries for your Computer
-
Wolfe's (Ron) GPS Accessories -Antennas,
Cables, Mounting Brackets and such.
Links
to GPS Software Products
Links
to Vendors (Dealers)
Other (Non GPS)
Features
Internet And Networking Items
Questions on How to use your GPS or Software? Post your
question to the sci.geo.satellite-nav
news group
Website Comments? New Material Suggestions?
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