Episode 14: GPS 101 with Jeff McBeth

Eric and Sheila are back tonight with Jeff McBeth the tech guru of the #TrailsRoc board as we celebrate National First Contact day! Jeff and his family have been a fixture at our events since our inception and they thankfully loan him to us for all of our tech related questions.

We spend time tonight talking some nerd talk, but breaking it down so everyone can get a good handle on how running tech works.

We barely scratch the surface, which means we might bring Jeff back for some tech 101 in the future. Tonight we discuss how your GPS watch works, why it sometimes doesn't work and what is the dreaded Strava tax. After the break we dove into the #TrailsRoc app and why you should download it today!

There are some really interesting topics we touched on that we will dive deeper into later, but you can find some links below to do some research after you listen!

First Contact Day

Our App - Download it now

App Designer Mike Mertsock

GPS Drift

Strava Tax

SRTM

Dual Frequency

Apple Satellite Text

Iridium Launch

Amazing women of our tech:

1. Virginia Norwood (Landsat)

   
   



2. Hedy Lamar (frequency hopping)

   
   



3. Gladys West (geodesy egm)