Class from 8:00am until about 5:40pm. The class meets in Cilker 116.

We will be outside on campus for several hours. Wear clothing appropriate for the day's weather and "off sidewalk" travel.

Topics

• Thoughts on Buying a GPS
• Digital Maps
• Google Earth Demo
• Download tracks and waypoints from GPSr
• kml & kmz files
• Show eTrex as flash drive, where are the GPX files
• GeoTIFF & GeoPDF files
• USGS National Map - https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/
• National Geographic PDF Quads - http://www.natgeomaps.com/trail-maps/pdf-quads
• CalTopo - https://caltopo.com
• David Rumsey Historical Maps Georeferencer - http://www.davidrumsey.com/view/georeferencer
• Old Maps Online - http://www.oldmapsonline.org/
• Large Format Printing - PosterBrain.com - http://www.posterbrain.com/
• West Valley College Parks Management - Geospatial Program
• Smart Phone Apps
• Theodolite - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/theodolite/id339393884?mt=8
• Avenza PDF Maps - http://www.avenza.com/pdf-maps
• Gaia GPS - https://www.gaiagps.com/
• Blackrock Desert Trip - Testing the digital stuff in the outback
• Maps - BLM 100k maps not digital, To many 7.5 mins, all had to be loaded in advance
• Power - Hard to stay charged
• Know your charging cords
• Temperature impacts charging and operation
• Mostly successful having iPad displaying moving map
• Lunch Time
• Take the Quiz
• Eat lunch
• Continue with the "Great Wilderness Navigation Game"
• Try a harder "low visibility" route
• More work with the Bearing and Distance Exercise in Lot 2
• Grade and Review the Quiz
• Just because it's on your map…
• What can go wrong
• Emigrant Wilderness Orienteering Rally – Classroom Exercise

Handouts

Slides

Weekend 2 - Sunday

Every year there are topics that I'd like to cove but we run out of time. The slides are presented here, even if we don't cove the material in class.Extra Topics

More Resources

• Map Scale Calculator at MapTools.com