Using the GPS Football

Objectives

This activity will introduce you to several ways that you can use a GPS receiver and software. You will exercise your skills by doing some practice activities.

• Finding locations with known coordinates.
• Tracking a path.
• Marking a location.
• Downloading location and track data.
• Using downloaded data with Google Earth.

General Outline of Activities

The following are squad activities.

Finding Locations

• Go to the following locations. Record the characteristics of the destination.
• [coordinate locations]

Tracking a Path

• Go from

Marking Locations

Dowloading Data

Visualizing on Google Earth