The world is so big, I want to see!! Most people
would like to go traveling around. But as it’s known to all that most people
especially the girls are direction idiots that have no sense of direction when
they are outside. That could be a difficulty for those who want to go
travelling. Luckily, people can reach a GPS from GPS shield with them so that they can find the
direction and place quicker and improve the accuracy at the same time. With the
GPS, you can go anywhere you want to.
Global Positioning
System is a navigational aid and a GPS can be of great help in finding the direction
and what are other benefits of a GPS and what’s the main material of it? The
GPS shield has a GPS antenna connected. This is very important as you can't get
a location fix if you don't have an antenna. Actually. You can also DIY GPS if
you have spare time, it is quite easy. First you should set the voltage switch
on your GPS shield to 5v before you power it on and connect it up. There is
also a 3.3v setting.
Next you need to
set the jumpers for Rx (receive) and Tx (transmit) on the GPS shield. You can set
the GPS Rx to pin 6 and GPS Tx to pin 5. If you want to receive the output of
this circuit on computer, you needed the default hardware serial interface for
that. To communicate with the GPS shield, use the mega hardware serial
interface. If used outside with a clear view of the sky it will get a GPS fix
even faster.
Benefits
of using a GPS can be many. The first one is that utilizing a GPS system will
give you accurate directions for travel. Weather you are travelling locally,
across country, or globally, you will get accurate direction and constant
monitoring of your current position. Weather you are camping, or hiking, a hand
held GPS unit will benefit you. A GPS unit is the answer for these people may
not be able to find the way in desert or anywhere .
GPS
tracking can be one of the most important benefits of a GPS. If you run a
courier business, rental business, or just plain delivery service, and need to
keep track of several vehicles, then GPS is what you need. Keeping track of
your vehicles will keep your overhead down. The other end of tracking is
keeping track of a family member or child, a GPS tracking system will aid in
your efforts.
Besides,
if you have ever watched one of the popular fishing shows on T.V., or are a
fisherman or sailor yourself, then you know how a GPS unit will benefit you.
Getting lost at sea or on a large lake would not be fun. The other side of the
coin is the fisherman, say there is a great hot spot on any given lake in the
world, that specific spot can be saved in your GPS system and found again at
any time. This could be beneficial to the recreational or professional
fisherman.
However,
a GPS can maximize your fuel economy, so you'll need a good GPS system. Saving
money at the pump as well as wear and tear on your vehicle should be one of the
main reasons why you would want a good GPS system in your vehicle. Accurate
driving directions not only will save you time in your daily travels, but also
will save you substantial gas money when travelling from place to place. This
is especially important for delivery and courier services.
Anyway,
you can choose elecrow GPS shield to help you make a GPS, it is base on the
ublox's NEO-6M receiver module and it's very easy to use. You just need read
SerialPort and then you will get the GPS data. The GPS Shield module interfaces
to the customer and application via one serial port and Arduino wifi shield you
may need too. What’s more, it’s 100% all Arduino mainboard compatible.
