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<p>Milla,</p>
<p>I don't have a direct source for loaner GPS units, but have some
other places you might look, plus some teaching resource ideas. <br>
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<p><i>Orienteering </i>as a sport appeals to a lot of students.
Dovetails nicely with natural resources and environmental
sciences. Perhaps set up an un-timed, 5 station "event" for your
students? Perhaps set the markers near some notable natural
resource "feature" they are to observe?<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://orienteeringusa.org/clubs">https://orienteeringusa.org/clubs</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://orienteeringusa.org/mappers/resources/software/hardware">https://orienteeringusa.org/mappers/resources/software/hardware</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.floridaorienteering.org/">http://www.floridaorienteering.org/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gaorienteering.org/">http://www.gaorienteering.org/</a></p>
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<p>Recommend that you do NOT run a timed orienteering event in the
wild unless you get full medical releases. Unfortunately
inexperienced youthful exuberance and competitiveness sometimes
results in scrapes, bruises and the occasional twisted ankle. <br>
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<p>For really basic instruction, including "map and compass" look no
further than the Boy Scouts. Orienteering Merit Badge (Get the
merit badge book - a great teaching resource! Age appropriate from
11-18 so very easy/introductory, yet covers quite a bit.)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Orienteering">https://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Orienteering</a> You can "dial
it up a notch" for college students easily. Why "map and compass"
(vs. only GPS)? Residential and commercial building legal
descriptions and site maps are still expressed in "meets and
bounds", students should at least be introduced to both systems.
Give them a site map with a mistake in the "meets and bounds"
legal description, the plot map, and actual physical reality. Find
the error using only a compass and your measured pace. <br>
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<p>The local BSA counsel may have loaner GPS units? (or know where
they might be had?) <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.suwanneeriver.net/">https://www.suwanneeriver.net/</a> <br>
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<p>FL Disaster has TONS of resources and many experts inside Leon
county. Orienteering, disaster prep, and/or search and rescue
volunteering may capture the hearts and interest of some of your
students, potentially increasing the motivation to learn GIS. <br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://trac.floridadisaster.org">http://trac.floridadisaster.org</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.floridadisaster.org/dem/ITM/geographic-information-systems/">https://www.floridadisaster.org/dem/ITM/geographic-information-systems/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.floridadisaster.org/globalassets/importedpdfs/chapter10a-searchandrescue.pdf">https://www.floridadisaster.org/globalassets/importedpdfs/chapter10a-searchandrescue.pdf</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://trac.floridadisaster.org/trac/">https://trac.floridadisaster.org/trac/</a><b>trainingcalendar</b>.aspx<br>
(you don't need to be registered to cruse through their
SUBSTANTIAL course catalog and pop up information on individual
courses. You can limit to courses taught in Leon county,
identify the local teacher and syllabus. Excellent contacts!<br>
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<p>I've come to appreciate that this area has some amazing resources
for GIS.<br>
</p>
<p>Rick Labs</p>
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CL&B Capital Management, LLC
Phone: 315-637-0915
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