Creating Recreational Guides Using GPS; Present and Future

Scott Deuty, Dayna Talley, Daryl Pritchard

Abstract:	The lack of suitable landmarks resulted in boaters being the first recreation market to embrace GPS/GIS technology. As systems become less expensive and interest grows among the general public, GPS receivers are becoming popular with land recreationalists as well. GPS systems and digital maps have great potential for recreationalists. The lack of GIS data for these users creates an opportunity for an entire new industry. A recent book titled The Four Wheel Drive Trails of Arizona, Volume 1, has created a revolutionary breakthrough in guide books. This publication incorporates overlay of GPS data and GIS information on both USGS topographical maps and USGS Digital Elevation Models (DEM). The information makes navigation by the general public easy. The popularity of the book opens the door for further publications in outdoor recreation and creates an industry opportunity for generation of GIS information for use in conjunction with GPS receivers. The methodologies that make the book unique are used to suggest a standard for similar guidebooks. These methodologies are presented in flow chart form and the end results are shown on the accurate maps. This writing also discusses the GIS recreationalist opportunity in terms of markets and user needs. Equipment requirements, data gathering methods and software manipulation flow charts for producing usable data are presented. Examples of present day overlay maps are given and demonstrations of future possibilities such as virtual 3D imaging of travel are shown. Short comings of raster images such as scanned topo maps are overcome through the use of DEMs. An evaluation of the performance and advantages offered by the Motorola OncoreÔ evaluation kit with the new Oncore chip set are presented and discussed.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 10th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1997) September 16 - 19, 1997 Kansas City, MO
Pages:	125 - 137
Cite this article:	Deuty, Scott, Talley, Dayna, Pritchard, Daryl, "Creating Recreational Guides Using GPS; Present and Future," Proceedings of the 10th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1997), Kansas City, MO, September 1997, pp. 125-137.
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