Determining Your Location

A GPS unit is the most accurate way to pinpoint your location.

What is GPS? Developed by the U.S. Department of Defense to provide high accuracy positional information using satellite location technology, Global Positioning Systems is now available to the public.

Hand-held GPS units allow us to know our location and to deliver information to a GIS study for analysis. Data acquisition in the field is then faster, easier and eliminates errors.

But lacking a GPS unit, it is possible to determine your location using a topographic map.

While we prefer to receive the information in UTM's (Universal Transverse Mercator), latitude and longitude is also acceptable.

GO TO the Location page for more information on how to determine your location.