DeLorme Earthmate GPS PN-20, Руководство пользователя

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Scenarios
You can use your Earthmate GPS PN-20 for a variety of activities, including:
• Geocaching
• Bird watching
• Biking
• Managing GIS data
• And much more!
Below are some scenarios for using the Earthmate GPS PN-20 in these situations.
Seeking a Geocache
Geocaching is a popular hide-and-seek sport for GPS users. Hiders place a cache (prizes and/or log
book) at an approved location and seekers use the hiders’ clues (coordinate information and clues that
are shared via the Internet—for some geocache locations, visit www.geocaching.com) to find the
cache. The cache usually contains a variety of prizes for the successful seeker (seekers are encour-
aged to observe the “take one, leave one” policy on prizes in the cache).
Mike and his family are looking for a fun weekend activity that they can enjoy in the great outdoors.
A coworker tells Mike about geocaching and they decide to try the activity with their new Earthmate
GPS PN-20.
Before they leave for their adventure, they visit www.geocaching.com to find a cache in their area.
Once they find a cache, they use their compatible DeLorme mapping program to see the geocache
on the map and then download a map package of the area.
1. Visit www.geocaching.com and select the geocache you want to try to find.
2. Save the geocache’s .loc file to your computer.
3. Open your DeLorme program and click the
Draw
tab.
4. Click File to open the draw file editing area.
5. Click Import . The Import Draw File dialog box displays.
6. From the
Files of type
drop-down list, select LOC file (*.loc).