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Description of the GPS units available
    
    Through Student Technical Fee funding, Huxley College has acquired
    a variety of specialized equipment for use with the Global Positioning
    System (GPS) for determining your position or for naviagating to
    a desired location.  The following is available for use in the
    instructional and research activities of students, faculty and
    staff of WWU:

      Trimble GeoExplorer 3 handheld units  -  14 units

      Trimble XR backpack units  -  2 units

      Beacon on a Belt units -  used with the GeoExplorer 3 to use
        broadcast signals for real-time correction of coordinates.
        four units

      Laser rangefinder and compass for obtaining coordinates of
        remote, visible objects while occupying a known position

Description of the GPS software loaded into the Spatial Lab workstations 


     General purpose software:
       Pathfinder Office (version 2.90)
         used for uploading map data and data dictionaries, and for the
         downloading of acquired coordinate and attribute data gathered
         in the field.  This software can also convert among a variety
         of coordinate systems and output various file formats for later
         use in mapping and GIS

      


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