Category Archives: ExpertGPS Uses

ExpertGPS uses and user types

Building Waypoint Grids on a Map

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Dan Foster

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 … Continue reading →

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Calculating the coverage of a central-pivot irrigator

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Dan Foster

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 … Continue reading →

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Calculating the Area of a Farm Field

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Dan Foster

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 … Continue reading →

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