Fun With GPS
Every year my family goes out the day after Thanksgiving to cut a Christmas tree. This year I took along my shiny new GPS unit (courtesy of Jamie and pals). I set it to follow our tracks and then just let it run in my pocket. Now that I am done with class I took some time to play around with the data. I pulled the data down and pushed it into Google Earth. Here is the result:
The results are really fun. The long line on the bottom is us driving in. We went on foot starting at the south west corner and then walked about a mile total. It shows that we pretty much ended up where we started. It will be interesting to see after a couple of years if there is any trend to the time and distance it takes us to find a tree. It is really amazing to me how well the different technologies come together. I can’t wait to take the unit out skiing with me. It will be really fun to see how far I ski and how much I stay on particular runs.
2 Responses to “Fun With GPS”
Wow, that looks really fun. Please update if this works while skiing. I take a yearly snowboard trip to the Mountains and might have to get a toy like this.
I will for sure. I am really excited to try it out.
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