'ExpertGPS Uses' Category

  • Building Waypoint Grids on a Map

    Building Waypoint Grids on a Map

    Dan Foster talks about the development of the new Grid Builder feature in ExpertGPS Pro, which allows foresters, biologists, and other professionals to set up regularly-spaced sampling survey grids which can be sent to a GPS receiver for use in the field. The Grid Builder command allows you to build fishnet grids or sub-divide [...]


  • Calculating the coverage of a central-pivot irrigator

    Calculating the coverage of a central-pivot irrigator

    Tom H. needs to draw a circle on a map and determine how many acres are covered by that circle. Dan Foster shows how to use the Waypoint Proximity feature in ExpertGPS to draw circles and how to calculate the area covered by center-pivot irrigators and other circular objects.


  • Calculating the Area of a Farm Field

    Calculating the Area of a Farm Field

    Dan M. from Indianapolis asks how he can use ExpertGPS to calculate the area of his farm fields.
    ExpertGPS author Dan Foster shows how to use ExpertGPS to calculate the acreage of an irregularly-shaped farm field using the mapping and GPS tools in ExpertGPS, and gives three different methods for calculating area depending on whether or [...]