• Turn in lab 3. Put your name, perm number and lab section on your answer sheet.

Lab 4: Global Positioning System

Yingjie Hu

Objective

In this lab, you will learn:•The components and functions of a GPS receiver.•How to use a GPS receiver to find your location, to navigate, to calculate distance.

GPS receiver

Find Button

GPS receiver

• Five pages.

GPS receiver

• Satellite page

Set the screen contrast

GPS receiver

• Map page

GPS receiver

• Navigation page

GPS receiver

• Trip page

GPS receiver

• Menu page.

How to find your location?

How to navigate?

• Step 1: Mark the location in your GPS receiver

How to navigate?

• Step 2: Find the route to your destination

How to navigate?

• Step 3: Follow the direction of the route

Map page Navigation page

How to calculate distance?

• Step 1: Change the position format from into UTM /UPS.

How to calculate distance?

• Step 2: Acquire the coordinates of two points.• Step 3: Calculate the distance between the

two points.

Assignment

• Answer all the questions in Lab 4. • Due date: Next Thursday (Nov. 3rd).• Please return the GPS receiver after the class.

(please pull out the battery from the GPS)