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Video series: Beginner's Guide to GPS

Beginners' Guide to GPS

Too embarrassed to ask the basic questions about GPS receivers? Afraid the world's left you behind when it comes to satellite navigation? Don't know where to begin? This series of videos is for you...

GPS receivers are technical marvels but it's their very sophistication which can daunt the navigational newcomer. In the first chapter of our online guide to GPS useage, we aim to clear the small but significant hurdles which stand between the brand-new user and a satisfying and empowering ont-the-hill life with your new space-age tool.

 

 

Choosing the right GPS


Independent GPS expert Simon Brown, (co-founder of GPS Training) lifts the lid on the technically exciting but often dauntingly complicated world of the GPS receiver for the beginner user, in our new series. In this part, Simon offers ways to whittle down the glamorous and often expensive GPS market to the choices that’ll really matter to you.

 


 

your new GPS


Independent GPS expert Simon Brown (co-founder of GPS Training) gives you a quick-start guide to the contents of your newly-purchased GPS. What’s it all for?

 


 

Switching On


Independent GPS expert Simon Brown (co-founder of GPS Training) explains what your GPS goes through in order to orient itself and begin serving you, and how best you can power it to supply your needs.

 


 

Setting Up


Independent GPS expert Simon Brown, (co-founder of GPS Training) on the little-understood art of optimising your GPS set up, and how a simple step can boosts its accuracy by five times.

 


 

Carrying your GPS


 

 

Independent GPS expert Simon Brown (co-founder of GPS Training) on the practicalities of carrying your GPS to make sure you extract maximum usefulness from the device.