garmin nuvi 370 gps Blog - Everything You Need To Know Blog: May 21, 2008

Use GPS Mapping For The Ultimate Fishing Experience

By S. Johnson

GPS or Global Positioning System is a sophisticated technology that accurately locates your position anywhere on earth. Especially helpful in navigation, this system works everywhere - 24 hours a day, free of cost. GPS data is collected by 24 satellites located about 11,000 miles above the earth's surface. A GPS receiver can pinpoint any location on earth with the help of data transmitted by the satellites.

GPS and fishing

Navigational activities like fishing requires accurate positioning on water bodies, such as seas and oceans. It is beneficies to a great extent from the GPS technology, to be precise, from the superior devices that employ the GPS technology for routing anglers to their desired locations. These devices come with GPS receivers in them, and can gather the positioning data from the satellites, and inform you about your current location, as well as the destination. The rising curve of the GPS technology is making its presence felt in portable GPS receivers, which feature amazing accuracy and have become quite inexpensive.

Handheld GPS fishing devices

GPS fishing devices use GPS for auto routing facilities in the water to help anglers select the shortest and fastest route. Sometimes turn-by-turn directions are also provided along with the estimated time for reaching the fishing destinations. In case you made a wrong turn the device warns you with a beep; the visual LED display help in nighttime use. Resistant to water, these handheld GPS fishing devices are equipped with flash memory for downloading data from the MapSource. The device offers an inbuilt receiver to catch satellite updates, which are renewed in extremely short intervals.

While choosing a handheld GPS unit for yourself consider the variety of ways in which you might put it into use. Apart from fishing, you should also be able to use it during hiking, bicycling and traveling. It can also point out important locations, such as gas stations and supermarkets on road trips. Ensure that your handheld GPS device provides good mapping quality in the fishing expeditions.

GPS navigation system

GPS navigation system works on the Ethernet based network, which connects a number of marine components especially helpful in locating your accurate position, charting your course, providing weather updates while you are on a fishing trip. This plug-and-play system is resistant to water. It also features multifunctional displays, which can detect the addition of peripherals like GPS antenna and sensors. Some devices can be connected with a number of display units and sensors to the same network.

Quite a number of attractive accessories are available for the safekeeping of these GPS devices. If you are a fishing freak get your own GPS system immediately and watch how your fishing experience becomes a pleasant and hassle free pastime.

About The Author

S. Johnson runs a website about GPS watches, as well as a popular free image host.

Global Positioning Systems offer everything from hole overviews to Internet access "Shortgrass Technologies' Internet-based sports information system and financial ticker enables golfers to check college football scores on a Saturday afternoon or the price of stocks any weekday. Global positioning systems can track golf cars no matter where they are on the course, thus discovering bottlenecks and slower play. Golfers can order beverages and food en route to the turn, so golf clubs can offer more than a quick hot dog - a higher priced chicken sandwich, for instance...."

I always thought that GPS would go mainstream in automobiles first, and in a way I suppose it has, but maybe golfers will lead the real charge. I could have used a portable, library-centered GPS system myself to navigate the Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington Library when I was there last fall!

Lots of interesting articles from today's PC World. First up, Microsoft Takes on MapQuest: "MSN launches MapPoint online mapping service, offering maps, directions, and more."

Apparently this is going to be yet another component of MS' push for .Net services with hooks into other MSN services. MapPoint is XML-based, which makes it interesting in other ways, and there it launches with a phone-based direction service. The articles notes that this is another step towards location-based services. "For example, you might someday be able to click on a Windows Messenger buddy's name and retrieve a map showing the location of his or her home."

Good or bad? You make the call. I like parts of this, but I'm incredibly wary of .Net.