AY Honors/Orienteering with GPS/Answer Key

Orienteering with GPS

Skill Level

2

Year

2012

Version

14.11.2024

Approval authority

South American Division

1

Have the Orienteering honor.

For tips and instruction see Orienteering.

2

What do the acronyms GPS and DGPS stand for?

3

Know the history of the emergence of GPS and describe it briefly.

4

What are the factors that can interfere with a GPS signal?

5

What is the margin of error for GPS?

6

What is the purpose of a GPS receiver? What types of GPS receivers currently exist? Describe the usefulness of each one.

7

Know how to appropriately handle a GPS. What is the care we should use when handling it?

8

What are the applications of a GPS receiver and what are its limitations?

9

Use a file transfer software and connect it correctly to the GPS.

10

Install maps in the GPS and in the map transfer software.

11

What are the types of maps that we can use in a GPS? Give examples.

12

Demonstrate your ability to:

12a

Turn on a GPS

12b

Find a point in the GPS

12c

Enter a point in the GPS

12d

Calculate a route

12e

Enter a marked trail

12f

Walk a trail and map it out

12g

Transfer maps and data from the GPS

12h

Transfer maps and data to the GPS

12i

Select maps to be used

13

Follow a trail that you have not walked, at least 15 km and map out the path. Do the following:

13a

Mark at least ten important points or of interest in this trail in your GPS.

13b

Make a field report that contains:

i

A printed copy of the map

ii

A route of the trail

iii

Notes and coordinates of the marked points

14

Make a comparison between the signal sent to the GPS device and the omniscience of God acting on a person. What spiritual lessons can you draw from this?

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