SAR Fundamentals/GPS practical
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Subject
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Authors
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Scope
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- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"
Objectives
At the conclusion of this lesson Students will
- know how to read their current location on a specific model of GPS
- choose how long to wait for their current GPS location to settle
- build a visual/spacial sense of how the UTM grid overlays real land
- choose appropriate direction to walk to achieve intended changes to their current UTM
Advanced students will
- know how to enter waypoints into their GPS
- know how to get distance and bearing from their GPS
- for GPS's without magnetic sensors, get a sense of how far they need to travel for the GPS to know their current heading
Time Plan
Total Time: 75 minutes
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Aids
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- GPS exercise sheet with answer key
- Pincher Creek (odt) (pdf)
- Image:Members:2011-03-25 23 21 03u-scan.pdf and corrections
- Pincher Creek Street Map (with features highlighted)
- Lethbridge (odt) (pdf)
- Pincher Creek (odt) (pdf)
more material. See ~/sar/pc/training/subject/sar-fundamentals/components/subject/19-navigation-GPS
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License
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Copyright © 2011, Brett Wuth.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Canada License.
To view a copy of this license, visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/
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