Garmin GPS Handheld Unit
T i i
Training
Additional information provided by:
Shannon Norwood and Amy Winstead
ACES Multi-County Agents for Precision Agriculture
Christian Brodbeck
Brodbeck, Precision Agriculture Team
Turn on the unit 5 minutes prior to usage.
It takes this time to locate satellite signals.
Press the power button
(second button on the right hand side of the unit)
Push the “page” button
(
(the
top
p button on the right
g hand side of the unit))
4 times to display the main menu page
Use the joystick to highlight the “setup” icon and
then press the joystick one time
time.
Use the joystick to highlight the “units” icon and
then press the joystick one time
time.
Use the joystick to highlight the first option
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and then press the joystick one
time.
This concludes the first time use changes.
Change to WAAS
• Use page button to navigate to the Main
Menu
• Use joystick to scroll down to ‘Setup’
Setup
• Use joystick to scroll to ‘System’
• Scroll down to ‘WAAS’, make sure it says
‘Enabled.’
Push the page button two times to return to the satellite
p g
page.
This is the screen you will see when you first turn on the
GPS Unit.
Marking A Waypoint
Press and hold the joystick (small black button at
th ttop left
the
l ft corner off the
th display
di l screen)) until
til th
the
“mark waypoint” screen appears.
Each waypoint is assigned a 3 digit number
The “ok” button is highlighted at the bottom of the
screen so press the joystick one time to save the
screen,
GPS location.
Change name of waypoint
• Use joystick to move down to ‘•’ that
appears above the waypoint number.
• Press joystick down
down, a list of options to
designate the point appear. Use joystick
to scroll down through the list
list. There are
some that may be of interest to the
group When the option you want is
group…When
highlighted press the joystick down.
Change name of waypoint
• Next
Next, use the joystick to move down to the
default 3 digit waypoint name. If you press
the joystick in
in, you have the option to
rename the waypoint. This may make
keeping up with multiple points easier
easier.
Return To A Saved Waypoint
• To return to a saved waypoint, press the “page
button” (the top button on the right hand side of
button
the unit) 4 times or until the main menu page
appears.
Use the joystick to move the highlighted area to
“Find”
Find and press the joystick one time
“waypoints” should be highlighted, so press the
joystick one time
Use the joystick to move up or down to highlight
“By
By Name
Name” and then press the joystick one time
Locate the 3 digit number of the location you are
trying to find by moving the highlighter up or
down using the joystick, then press the joystick
one time
The previously saved location will be listed for you.
U th
Use
the ““page”” b
button
tt (th
(the ttop button
b tt on the
th right
i ht
hand side of the unit) two times to return to the
satellite locator page
Delete A Saved Waypoint
To delete a saved
waypoint, first find the
saved waypoint as
explained above.
Then press up on the
j
joystick
ti k 5 ti
times. Th
The
“options” icon will be
highlighted (just to the
left of the X at the top
of the screen).
) Press
the joystick one time
to display the options.
Move the joystick down until the “delete
waypoint” icon is highlighted
waypoint
highlighted. Then press the
joystick once and then again to confirm the
deletion.
Remember…..
Remember
You can always go
back to the previous
screen by
yp
pressing
g
the “page” button
one time.
Calculate acreage
• Press page button (top button on right hand
side of unit) until the ‘main menu’ page
appears.
appears
• Use the joystick to navigate down to ‘tracks’
• Use
U th
the jjoystick
ti k tto hi
highlight
hli ht th
the word
d ‘‘on’’
next to ‘Track Log’ and press the joystick in
• Travel across the area you wish to measure
Calculate acreage
• When complete
complete, highlight ‘off’
off next to
‘Track Log’ and press the joystick in.
• Navigate down to ‘save’
save and press joystick
in.
• File
Fil will
ill b
be saved
d as d
date,
t b
butt you can reopen it and give it the name of your
choosing.
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i
Another option for Acreage
• Click the page button (top button on right
hand side of unit) until the main menu
appears.
appears
• Use joystick to navigate down to
Accessories,’ press joystick in
in.
‘Accessories
• Scroll to ‘Area Calc’
Accuracy of these units
• 15 feet is about as good as it gets
– You can always check the ‘Satellite’ page to
see what the accuracy of the unit is
• Great for waypoints, acreage calculations
• Elevation readings from the Garmins are
NOT accurate
• G
GPS
S units
u ts are
aea
available
a ab e tthat
at ca
can get within
t
one cm accuracy (horizontal) and two cm
(vertical). It’s not cheap…
Google Earth EC
Google Earth EC
• We are able to access because of
government agency
• Excellent imagery
• Need for more counties to cooperate/work
with
ith Alabama
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data
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– Chris Johnson at US Space and Rocket
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Center
i contact
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How to download
• http://www
http://www.virtu
virtu-al
al.org/account.html
org/account html
• Must request user name and password
first.
first
Google Earth EC
• Change location to decimals from decimal
degrees
• Go to
– Tools, Options, View
– In
I rendering
d i b
box, change
h
tto ‘d
‘decimals’
i l ’
Google Earth EC
• Can navigate to an area by entering an
address
Google Earth EC
• Demonstrate ability to import data
– This has been a useful tool for working with
yield data
data.
Google Earth EC
• Can download data from Garmin’s
Garmin s or
Magellan’s
Go to: Tools, GPS Device
With power off
off, connect Garmin
Garmin.
Power up, and data will be automatically
imported.
Æ Data will go to ‘My Places’ box on left
side of screen.
Google Earth EC
• Measure tools
– Tools, Measure
• Options: Line,
Line Path,
Path Area,
Area Circle
Questions
• What information can the Precision Ag
Team provide that will help the Animal
Science Team?
Links
• GPS Glossary
• http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/static/s
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taticHtml.jsp?id=8000
• Precision Ag Portal
• http://www.aces.edu/precisionag/
• GIS Data (free!!!)
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• http://www.aces.edu/waterquality/gis_data/
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