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EClicker Audience By Big Nerd Ranch, Inc. Day 5  GPS stands for … ◦ Global Positioning System  What’s the history of GPS? ◦ Military purposes  How.

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1 eClicker Audience By Big Nerd Ranch, Inc

2 Day 5

3  GPS stands for … ◦ Global Positioning System  What’s the history of GPS? ◦ Military purposes  How many Earth-orbiting satellites are in operation? ◦ 27 (24 in operation / 3 in case one fails)

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7  Handheld, non-mapping GPS unit  High sensitive GPS receiver / waterproof  Memory stores up to 500 “waypoints”  Can create your own routes / maps with location landmarks (idea: fitness running routes, running/hiking route, geocache)

8  Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices.  Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location. Source: http://www.geocaching.comhttp://www.geocaching.com

9  If you take something from the geocache (or "cache"), leave something of equal or greater value.  Write about your find in the cache logbook. Source: http://www.geocaching.comhttp://www.geocaching.com

10  Comfort with buttons & Screens  Marking waypoints (“marks” or “bread crumbs”)  Keeping track of waypoints  “Go to” waypoints  Creating a route  Typing in a waypoint (cache location)

11  http://campustour.wvu.edu/tours/detail http://campustour.wvu.edu/tours/detail


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