[TriLUG] Don't shoot!

[Newcomb, Doug via TriLUG]

>The new Garmin instrumentation purchased in 2014 ties into the nav
>station. It includes wind speed and angle, hull speed, and depth. A
>separate Garmin 540 GPS/plotter sits atop the helm, There is also radar
>at the nav station. The Garmin autopilot ties into the B&G hydraulics.
>So, setting the radar to alarm mode will alert you if something big
>enough to notice comes your way. Meanwhile she will pilot herself! Ric

Just to throw in the geospatial possibilities :-).

You can feed the feed from the GPS to track yourself on a laptop using
QGIS  with OpenStreetMap Data as a basemap,  or you can set something more
automated up with a combination of gdal, postgis, and mapserver to get a
constantly updated local website with your position in context.

If you have an inexpensive depth gauge you can use pyhum ,
http://dbuscombe-usgs.github.io/PyHum/  , to map the bottom texture  as you
go to add to the pool of scientific knowledge.


Doug
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Doug Newcomb - Cartographer
USFWS
551F Pylon Dr
Raleigh, NC
919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newcomb at fws.gov
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