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Garmin GPS and software for tracking, navigation and forest machinery

Groupe Système Forêt is a distributor of Garmin products, whether it be for professionnal or personnal use. Extremely affordable and easy to use, Garmin products are indispensable for GPS tracking on the field and navigation.

The GSF team will help you with any questions and will advise you on the best products to meet your specific needs.

 
GPS for Tracking (Top)

Whether it be for professionnal or personnal use, Garmin receivers are a low-cost solution for positionning in forest, agricultural or urban environments.

Amongst the vast array of Garmin GPS receivers, two series have distinguished themselves for their user-friendly design and their great information storage capacity for professionnal use. The GPSMAP 60 and GPSMAP 76 receivers are offered with monochrome or color screens (C models) and the possibility of including an electronic compass and a pressure altimeter (S models). Cordless and needed only two AA batteries for 20 hours of autonomy, these devices are light weight , compact, rugged and waterproof. Thanks to WAAS technology, they achieve a precision of under 3 meters with real-time differential correction.

Many accessories like automobile mounts and brackets, power and data cables, external antennas are available to maximise the use of the GPS system.

GSF also distributes all other moels of hand held GPS receivers from Garmin (eTrex, Rino, ForeRunner, etc.).

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GPS for Machinery (Top)

GSF is always actively working to develop new solutions in machinery navigation. In addition to our navigational system, GSFNAV, GSF distributes, installs and offers support for Garmin models made for navigation.

The solutions implemented by GSF allow for monitoring of change of location, navigation in planning sectors and of production of reports area covered by the machinery.

The GPSMAP 276C is an all-in-one mobile navigator combining an antenna, a receiver and a color screen for GPS positioning and navigation.

Accepts standard Garmin data cards and pre-programmed data cards, like with your annual intervention plan, via its USB-PC interface.

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Rugged, the device can be installed in any type of machinery (forestry, agricultural, etc.) for GPS tracking. Its built-in memory stores up to 3000 user waypoints, 50 routes, 10000 point automatic track log on up to 15 saved tracks. Its 12 parallel channel, real-time differential correction WAAS-enabled receiver allows for 3 meter precision for quality data recording.

Waterproof, the GPSMAP 276C can also be installed on an all-terrain vehicle for a safe ride or in a boat to identify all the fishing hot spots..

 

the GPSMAP 3005C is similar to the 276C but bigger!!! It allows for more autonomy by making it possible for the user to record positioning data an external and removable map.

This model has proven itself amongst many satisfied users.

Only mildly more expensive than the 276C model, the GPSMAP 3005 is a cost-effective investment!!!

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GPS combined with handheld computers (PDA) (Top)

Garmin also offers an apparatus combining a receiver GPS and a computer of the type Pocket PC functioning under the operating system Windows Mobile of Microsoft: the iQue M5.

Delivered with the integrated basic chart of North America and the South, the iQue M5 is ideal for automatic creation and the follow-up of routes with its color screen high definition and its support for windshield including a charger and a loudspeaker.

Many popular Microsoft software are included such Outlook, Internet Explorer, Word and Excel, the iQue M5 is the ideal companion for the planning of your displacements and the follow-up of your files.

The iQue M5 is the tools ideal for the Seized seizure ground of the forest inventories with IPS Saisie!!!

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MapSource software and MetroGuide and TopoCanada datasets (Top)

The MapSource software makes it possible to consult detailed geographical data, management of waypoints, tracks and routes already carried out by the GPS system and trajectory search. All this data is sold separately but can be imported into the software.

The available data is :

  • TopoCanada
  • MetroGuide 6
  • CitySelect North America

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Update Guide for Garmin GPS models "x"
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