Trying to figure out where you are and where you're going is probably one of man's oldest pastimes. Navigation and positioning are crucial to so many activities and yet the process has always been quite cumbersome. Over the years all kinds of technologies have tried to simplify the task but every one has had some disadvantage. Finally, the U.S. Department of Defense decided that the military had to have a super precise form of worldwide positioning. And fortunately they had the kind of money ($12 billion!) it took to build something really good. The result is the Global Positioning System (GPS), a system that's changed navigation forever.

A GPS is being used as part of this exercise and the findings will be accessible via this page in the near future.

Go to Garmin and learn about the Etrex GPS Monitor.