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When you start using a GPS Tracking Devices , you’ll soon discover that it’s pretty numbers-oriented. There’s time, speed, distance, altitude, and (of course) the location coordinates. But quite often you’ll want names to go with those numbers. Or you might need to convert those coordinate numbers into another format. Read here to discover how to locate places by their names and get their coordinates (and other information) and how to easily convert coordinates from one coordinate system to another. Finding Your Way with Online Gazetteers Sometimes you need a little bit more information about a location. You know a place name, but you don’t know exactly where the place is  located. You’ve heard about a place but don’t know whether it’s a mountain peak,  a river, or a town. You generally know where a place is, but you need the exact latitude and longitude or Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates. In these cases, you can turn to a gazett...

Just like software vendors, GPS Tracking Devices manufacturers find bugs and add enhancements to their products. New versions of a GPS receiver’s operating system can be upgraded through the receiver’s firmware (the updateable, read-only software that’s embedded in a hardware device). Check that your GPS receiver’s firmware is current every few months or so, especially if your receiver is a newly released model. GPS manufacturers offer free downloads of firmware upgrades on their Web sites, and these bug-fixes or new features can definitely make your GPS receiver perform better. To upgrade your firmware 1. Check the current version of your GPS receiver firmware. Sometimes this is displayed when the GPS receiver is turned on, or it might be shown on an information page. Consult your user’s guide or the manufacturer’s Web site for specific instructions on how to get this information for your model. 2. Visit the manufacturers’s Web site and go to the software updates sec...