Ask Captain Paul By: Paul Titus Captain Paul has studied and used GPS since 1994. He has established an ever-growing database that currently has more than 8,000 waypoints in and around Louisiana. He has conducted over 30 seminars, instructing anglers and hunters how to make better use of their GPS units. To ask Captian Paul a GPS Question, Click here
New GPS features include improved mapping software
June 2009
GPS has been heralded as the best-yet man-made navigation system, but the internal features have been lacking when compared to current technology in cellular phones, iPods, Blackberry devices, computers, wireless laptops, satellite phones and televisions. These shortcomings are new being addressed for the GPS user by a variety of manufacturers.
I like to find potential spots on Google Earth. I have heard that the coordinates from Google Earth can be off a good bit from what a GPS unit says if you are not using the right datum.
Can you give me any coordinates for reefs in Big Lake? I’ve only been fishing there a short amount of time and I only seem to catch trout when the birds are working. I would like to be able to catch trout anytime.
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