Why buy and use a GPS receiver ?
"Many people look and ask why?, I look and ask why not?"
GPS receivers will become as commonplace as cell phones - very soon !
Why should you use a GPS receiver?
* No more getting lost - Get to your destination on time.
* Have confidence when traveling - no more wondering which way, left or right.
* Ease of use - It is easier to use a GPS receiver than to navigate by using a map. On the GPS screen you can see where you want to go (as in a map) but also where you are!
* GPS receivers are going to replace traveling maps - GPS receivers are smaller to carry, easier to handle, much more versatile and updateable.
* Personal navigation with a GPS also means you can customize maps as you go along - plotting points of interest and marking all those wonderful places in an easy, neat and ordered manner.
* GPS receivers will also provide you with traveling support information, such as your :
* Estimated time of arrival (ETA) at your selected destination,
* How much fuel you have left (much more accurate than your fuel gauge in the car or truck)
* Your true speed (with an accuracy of +/- 0.1 km/h).
* Log your route as you travel to keep an accurate record of your traveling in case you need to trace back your steps. This is true for walking distances of a few meters to routes of many hundreds of kilometres.
* GPS maps are scaleable with scales ranging from 30 meters to many hundreds of kilometres.
* Time information on all GPS receivers are continuously adjusted from the atomic clocks used in the GPS system - the most accurate time and timing sources available today.
* Use, for your own personal benefit, technology worth billions of dollars - for free with the compliments of the USA !
All these benefits and much, much more!
Who use GPS receivers ?
Although the GPS system was initially created as a means of supporting the navigational and positioning requirements of the military, it has entered our personal lives and will become a more and more indispensable aid to personal navigation.
GPS receivers are currently used by:
1. Company personnel to get to appointments, customers, suppliers:
Representatives,
Managers,
Technical staff ,
Customer support,
Buyers,
etc.
2. Companies to track assets, vehicles and personnel.
3. Off-road travelers in:
desert areas (e.g.. Namib) ,
in the bushveld,
swamp areas (e.g.. the Okavango),
mountainous areas (e.g.. Drakensberg),
ice and snow fields (e.g.. Antarctica)
unknown or newly visited areas.
4. All those in aviation and shipping, from pleasure trips to all commercial and military cruising, sailing and flying
5. Tourists to:
locate their own positions in unknown areas,
find the position of their destinations,
Get route from where they are to where they want to go
avoid identified ",dangerous or hazardous", areas
let them enjoy the scenery instead of worrying where they are.
6. To mark and find all those special:
Fishing spots
Diving spots
Look-out points
Game-viewing spots
Adventure sport venues
etc.
7. Rescuers in search-and-rescue operations
8. New vehicle owners with the built-in GPS receivers
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