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Get help choosing a GPS workshop

Choose the combination that best describes you

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GPS skill level	Training goal	Workshops
New to GPS	gain basic GPS skills	[start here]
Some GPS experience	solidify GPS skill set	[start here]
Proficient at GPS	gain additional GPS skills	[start here]
Various GPS skill levels	apply GPS for a specific project	[start here]
Various GPS skill levels	GPS course for academic credit	[start here]

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What type of GPS user are you?

New to GPS - looking to gain basic GPS skills

If you are new to GPS, the best workshop to start with is GPS Basics (3 hours).

This workshop will spell out the basics of GPS, provide hands-on practice with handheld GPS units, and will allow you to select additional GPS skills for you to pursue.

Depending on your interests, the three other workshops would be the logical next step(s):

Relevant workshops:

Basic GPS concepts and skills:

GPS Basics (3 hours)

Interactive maps with digital pictures:
Pictures, Points & Places (3 hours)

Trail Mapping:
Trail Mapping with GPS (3 hours)

GPS and Google mapping:
Google Puts the "G" in GPS (3 hours)

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Some experience with GPS - looking to solidify your GPS skill set

If you have some experience with GPS, you could take GPS Basics (3 hours) as a refresher and a way to get lingering GPS questions answered.

If you don't think you need a basic intro, select from one or more of the options shown below:

Relevant workshops:

Interactive maps with digital pictures:
Pictures, Points & Places (3 hours)

Trail Mapping:
Trail Mapping with GPS (3 hours)

GPS and Google mapping:
Google Puts the "G" in GPS (3 hours)

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Proficient at GPS - looking to gain additional GPS skills

Depending on your level of experience, you may want to take some of the Fundamental level courses as refreshers or to expand your core GPS skills (Pictures, Points & Places (3 hours) or Trail Mapping with GPS (3 hours).

Most likely, you are looking to gain new GPS skills to ehance your abilities. The workshops shown below will provide additional GPS experience and skills:

Relevant workshops:

Mapping quality GPS data collection:

GPS for GIS (1 day)

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Various GPS skill levels - looking for project-based course for applied GPS work

Four of our workshops focus on applied GPS and provide an opportunity for participants to develop their own mapping projects.

Relevant workshops:

Community Mapping is a 10-day workshop offered for 2 credits (undergraduate and gradute) each summer at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH. A mapping project plan is developed with instructor during during the first week, and the second week is spent developing the project.

GIS/GPS Boot Camp is a 5-day workshop offered for each summer at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH. Participants have the opportunity to apply what they learn throughout the week on short mapping project.

GIS for Community Decision Makers is a 12-week workshop offered during selected years in the fall or spring. A mapping project plan is developed with instructor during during the first month, and the remainder of the course is spent developing the project.

GIS for Field Scientists is a 7-day workshop offered for 2 credits (undergraduate and graduate) during selected summers at the Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island off the coast of NH. For the mapping project, participants are paired with on-going faculty and student research projects taking place on the island.

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Various GPS skill levels - looking for a course with academic credit

Two of our workshops are currently available for academic credit through the University of New Hampshire.

Relevant workshops:

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