The Best GPS for Mapping
If you are mapping as a professional then you need a very expensive GPS unit, but sometimes it is handy to have a just a regular consumer grade gps around. I have worked with numerous consumer gps units and have found that the one i find the most useful is a Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx. [...]
How to Convert Google Earth kml to a shapefile
Working with non gis data formats can often add benefits to a GIS project. One of them is that there can be existing data in a consumer format such as Google Earths KML. Using existing data can help you become familiar with the area of the project and also cut down on [...]
Setup a Garmin GPSmap60 for mapping
If you are going to use your Garmin GPSmap60 as a mapping reciever, here is a quick tutorial on how to set it up so that you can get the most accuracy out of it. This tutorial is to set up your track log to record a postition once every second, some might think [...]
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