 Event notes
| Approved AT hours for this meeting:
1.5 hour for the class session
0.5 hour for the outdoor adventure |
Introduction to GPS
Presented by John Boettiger and John Thayer
Texas Master Naturalist
Cradle of Texas Chapter
John Boettiger | 
John Thayer |
Please bring your GPS (IF you have a GPS) regardless of your current skill level.
Agenda:
....8:30 - Social Time
....9:00 - General Meeting
....9:30 - Advanced Training | TRAINING SCHEDULE | This segment will be at the Texas AgriLife Extension Building in Angleton.
Part 1 of 2 --- One-Hour AT --- The Classroom segment of this Advance Training will answer these question:
How do I relocate the "cactus patch" that I am monitoring in Barron Rector's Cactus Moth Study?
Where did I leave the car?
Where am I at now?
Where is the restroom?
How do I get to the _______ (car, restroom, cactus patch...) from where I am at now?
and, Oops! my buddy just fell down and sprained his/her ankle ... I have my cell phone but when I make a call for help ( e.g., 911 ) how do I tell them where we are?
Note: this way YOU can stay with the injured person while waiting for help to arrive!
| Part 2 of 2 --- One-Hour AT --- The Practical segment of this Advance Training will show GPS usage.
This segment will be at Bates Park in Angleton: Southside of Hwy-35, 1/2-mile East of Hwy-288
Note: We will have GPS-Coordinates ( and, a Map showing how to get there ) in the Classroom segment
IF you plan to attend this GPS program please send me an e-mail John Boettiger at (johnb731@comcast.net) with these pieces of information:
(1) Your ... NAME
(2) Your ... GPS Skill-level [choices include: None, Some, Pretty Good, Really Good]
(3) Will you bring a GPS to the class? |
Today's refreshments assignments:
Barbara & Ellis Burkhardt
John Boettiger
Kirby Rapstein
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