Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Adding Shapfiles to Garmin GPS unit using DNR Garmin

A little video on how to upload data from ArcMap onto a Garmin GPS unit using DNR Garmin

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

How to Use a Transit Compass

This is a great guide on how to use a Brunton Transit Compass, starting on page 11.



Basics of Field Geology
Basics of Field Geology Rex A. Crouch This paper addresses the basics of field geology for the amateur geologist, and prospector with the assumption that the reader has an introduction to earth systems, mineralogy, petrology, and structural geology. Observation and data collecting, using the transit compass, plotting features on a map, and the geologic report are addressed herein.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Data data data...GIS is all about data.


This is a great Mash-up called Shapefile Connection. The idea is to map locations of available GIS data using Google Map. It's a work in progress and if you can help add some push pins to the world with new data sources please contact the creator through the website.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Trimble's Terra Sync: Quick Tips

I created this field guide for those who don't go out in the field all that often and need a little help remembering how to collect data. I also created a smaller version and had it laminated...they turned out very cool.

Read this doc on Scribd: Terra Sync Quick Tips