GPS Training

Memory-Map and your Adventurer GPS made Easy (10 Online Lessons)
Memory-Map has been the mapping software of choice for most GPS Training clients over the last seven years. GPS Training have used the experience gained in running hands-on GPS and Digital Mapping training courses to create this resource as after course support for their clients and for all Memory-Map PS software, Mobile and Adventurer users who can't make it to one of our hands-on courses.

This course is packed with all the information you will need to learn how to get the best from your Memory-Map PC mapping software, how to install & copy maps & data to a mobile device like a new Smartphone, plus you can learn how to copy Maps & data and navigate confidently & safely with your Adventurer GPS. The resource contains 10 lessons, 60 plus web pages and over 16 comprehensive instructional step by step guides & how to video clips, in addition there are indoor and outdoor exercises and activities to reinforce learning.:

• Getting started and how to activate and update your Memory-Map software
• Finding your way around - Menus and Commands
• Learn to use, save and open overlay files
• Working with Waypoints
• Working with Routes, Route planning and Send to Mobile Device
• Working with Tracks and area calculation
• How to import routes, biking trails and geocaches from the Internet to Memory-Map
• Memory-Map Mobile - install Memory-Map Mobile to your device/phone - learn how to copy data & maps to Memory-Map Mobile in your device
• Adventurer 2800 & 3500 - menus & extended menus - copy data & maps to your GPS - learn to navigate with your new GPS. Support - find out where you can get support when you need it
• Use the Digital Map Shop to download just the maps you need

This course/resource is packed with useful GPS information and contains 15 lessons, 90 plus web pages and over 30 instructional step by step guides & how to video clips, in addition there are indoor and outdoor exercises and activities to reinforce learning.

The step by step instructions and guides are based on the best selling Garmin GPS the eTrex colour, GPS 60 & 62 colour; Dakota & Oregon ranges however the general principals are applicable to almost any GPS unit.

New & updated lessons show you how to get the very best from your Garmin GPS & OS Discoverer mapping using BaseCamp PC software. Learn how to access & use BirdeEye Select 25k & 50k mapping at home & abroad, Garmin Custom maps and Mountain Dynamics SnowRanger Ski maps for Europe & North America.

Find out how you can plan routes & trails, manage data, save to your PC, and send to GPS. We show you how to access both OS premium maps & international maps using BirdsEye Imagery and how to create your own digital maps using Custom Maps.

Learning how to navigate with a GPS is just one part of the equation; the combination of GPS and maps is key to making the best of your GPS. Learn how you can have Maps on your PC and Maps in your GPS, find out how you can plan routes & trails on your PC, find walks and more on the Internet, edit & save them for use later in the field, print off paper maps and transfer waypoints, routes and tracks to and from your GPS

Extend your knowledge and get the best from your Garmin GPS & OS mapping with this easy to follow online course from GPST. Lessons include :

• How the GPS System Works
• Maps for your GPS - Maps for your PC
• A walk though pages, buttons, keys, menus
• GPS set up for use at home and abroad
• Using GPS at a basic level - locate your position coordinates and mark your position
• About Waypoints - Create, Save, Find, and Edit, Delete.
• Create and Navigate to a GoTo and all about Routes
• All about Tracks, Tracklogs, and how to use them
• The Trip Computer - Reset and Change Information
• Update your unit software
• About Garmin software MapSource, Basecamp and Connect
• Using BaseCamp & OS Discoverer - detailed GPST instructions & exercises
• Using your Garmin GPS & Mountain Dynamics Ski Maps
• Getting a GPS and your PC Talking - Data Transfer, Cables, Update your mapping software
• Map Reading skills for GPS Navigation