Meet fellow cachers and learn all about your GPS Receiver
Operations from experienced cachers on Thursday, April 14,
beginning at 6:45 p.m., at the BP Energy Center, 900 E. Benson
Blvd. (Click for
map.)
Tonight's speaker is Scott Aleckson (SSO
JOAT) who will be broadcasting live from his secret
lair just outside of Soldotna. Scott started using GPS during the
era of the Garmin GPS40 and the Magellan Trailblazer of the early
1990's. They didn't have "maps" and you were astounded when you
could find your way back to within a quarter mile of where you
parked your truck. SA was the law and you needed to know about
Almanac Data and EPE when you could only use 8 satellites at a
time. Scott will pour his GPS experience into a fast-paced and
informative presentation so that you might better use your own GPSr
to its fullest on your next geocaching adventure.
Some of the topics to be discussed at this EduVent include:
- How GPS Works
- Types of GPS Recievers (GPSr)
- GPSr Basemaps, Topo Maps, and Street Maps
- GPSr Settings, Datums, and Coordinates
- Loading Caches into a GPSr
- Navigating with your GPSr
- Marking Accurate Waypoints
- Getting the most out of Batteries
- GPSr Tips and Tricks
This event is a live link via WebEx of event sites in Anchorage, Soldotna, and Homer.
Please place a watch on this event page to stay appraised of the
final details. If you would like to host future presentations like
this one elsewhere in Alaska, please contact Education Committee
Chair, SSO JOAT.
Please arrive on time so upfront administrative details can be
handled and announcements made, allowing the course content to
start at 7:00 p.m. Adding a "Will Attend" log to this page will
assure enough hard copy handouts are printed for the event
participants. Also, please bring your favorite nonalcoholic
beverage and favorite dessert to share with your fellow
cachers.
There will be a free-will offering cache container at the event
to help defray the costs of hosting these FUNdamentals events.