Garmin ETrex Manual page 12

Collecting and working with gps data

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Right now you have very little in the way of a frame of reference, other than how the

points are positioned relative to each other, which direction is North, and how far

apart the points are from one another.

So let's add some base area information to put our points in context. QGIS has the

ability to display data from other sources, such as Open Street Map, which is an

organization of volunteers collecting spatial data and allowing it to be uploaded or

downloaded for free on a Wiki. This data is self-regulated, meaning it may not

always be accurate or complete, but it is often an easy way to get free local data that

has not been otherwise updated or made available by other organizations or

governments on the web.

NOTE: We'll need a Plugin for this called "OpenLayers". Please fetch and install

this plugin if it is not already available. (See Exercise 2 for more instructions.)

Go to the menus and choose Plugins > OpenLayers plugin > Add

OpenStreetMap Layer

GPS data: ETrexQGIS