Handheld GPS reciver

Handheld GPS reciver, or "receiver" as it is normally spelled, is one of the more common aids for all outdoor activities. Being global (GPS stands for "global positioning system"), the GPS receivers have the same accuracy all over the globe.

Handheld GPS Hunting

GPS Voice: Coming up on your right... [Springfield is removed from the map] nothing.

In The Simpson's Movie, the authorities remove the entire city of Springfield by taking it off the GPS map.

GPS receivers have become so common that many people relate to the world through a GPS receiver and its built-in map.

Privately owned GPS receivers started to emerge right after president Clinton improved the civilian global positioning system on May 1st, 2000. (For more information, see this link about president Clinton improving the civilian Global Position System).

Since this date, millions of handheld GPS devices have been sold throughout the entire planet.

In 2000, privately owned GPS receivers were pretty expensive, and the few commercially available units were bought by enthusiasts and die-hard outdoor enthusiasts.

Fortunately, GPS receivers have gotten cheaper and more available to the public.

Imagine how it's like to know exactly where you are, when you are in the woods, in the mountains or on the sea. At all times! Imagine how it is to be in complete control. To know that every step, every second is being logged and is retrieveable when you get back home. Imagine the relief it is to know for sure that finding the cabin, the car or the way back home is a breeze.

This way, you can concentrate on the variety of smells, sounds and vivid colours of the wild while your GPS receiver does all the tracking.

GPS are used for a whole variety of services, including cars, boats, air planes and hikers, hunters and other outdoors activities.

Combined with a walkie-talkie, the GPS can give great benefits to a hunter og to a whole team of hunters.

A GPS receiver delivers accurate positioning information to the hiker once a second. The position is normally accurate within 10 meters, which is more than sufficient for most hunters.

This is some of the benefits a GPS receiver can bring to a single hunter or a team of hunters:

Before the hunt begins, the planning can be done on an ordinary computer and the locations can be transferred to the GPS receivers. When the hunt is in progress, the hunter's team mates can read the hunter's position in real-time, which decreases the risk of accidents. When the prey is shot, the exact location can be registered and shared immideately with the other hunters. And when the hunt is over, the movements of all the hunters can be simulated and re-played on a computer or over the internet, either in real-time or in slow motion.

Here's an example on how to use a GPS receiver in a hunting situation:

1. Turn the GPS receiver on.
2. Wait for a couple of minutes for the GPS receiver to adjust.
3. Read the screen.
4. Keep the GPS receiver away from bodies that might block the satellite signal.

Related sites:

• Tiger GPS (reseller of GPS receivers, located in New York, USA)
• Garmin GPS (the World's largest manufacturer of GPS receivers

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