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Tag: navigation

GPS vs. Paper Maps

By Michael Coyle Posted on 14/04/2010 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with GPS, map, navigation, opinion, technology
GPS vs. Paper Maps

Ever since I saw my  first mapping GPS I’ve been pretty critical of them (well, those that know me know I’m pretty critical about everything). To be clear I’m not critical about the basic utility of plotting your position on …

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SAR Day 8: GPS Navigation

By Michael Coyle Posted on 10/04/2010 Posted in Blog Entry, SAR Day Tagged with GPS, how-to, map, navigation, SAR, SARDay, training
SAR Day 8: GPS Navigation

GPS Navigation training

SAR Day 6: Navigation part 2

By Michael Coyle Posted on 24/03/2010 Posted in Blog Entry, SAR Day Tagged with GPS, map, navigation, SAR, SARDay, training
SAR Day 6: Navigation part 2

Regular training day with navigation on the schedule. Map and compass. In the past 10 years, the biggest errors in navigation I’ve seen have all been variations on transcription errors. What happens is this: people will report their position using …

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