A good friend has given you the coordinates to his favorite fishing spot at Elk Lake. He was genuinely excited and pleased to give you this treasured location. Now you can enter this information into you GPS and you will be all set.
Well maybe not.
A GPS is a very versatile backcountry computer and satellite receiver. Today’s receiver can be taken anywhere around the world and when setup properly will provide accurate position information. Coordinate information can be uploaded/downloaded to a PC and edited.
It is the setup process that our fisherman needs to be aware of.
There are two setup features that I’d recommend the user become familiar with. These two features are the coordinate system used and map datum.
In my GPS classes these are topics of frequently lengthy discussions.
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