Bespoke Navigation, GPS and GIS Training:
 | P4 Navigation can tailor make any bespoke navigation training package
for you, ranging from corporate team building days to expedition
planning across the globe. Staff and Instructors are all professional members of the RIN and hold numerous National Governing Body awards from MLT(UK) and other learned societies; whatever you need, we can prepare you for your adventures ahead. Three of the most common areas of bespoke training that we currently produce are for expedition planning outside the United Kingdom, along with GNSS (GPS) User Training based on Garmin's excellent range of hand-held units, so you can get the most out of your satellite navigation systems. Finally, we offer training in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) which allows the user to create their own mapping information based on 4-dimensional reference data. |
Expedition Planning:
 | The
planning of any expedition and it's navigational requirements can be a
very daunting task, especially for the inexperienced of new expedition
members. P4 Navigation can help you prepare for you expedition, including bespoke elements of Satellite Navigation systems and communications, along with training for expedition medics. We can produce exclusive Generic Information Sheets and even provide advice on dietary requirements and water purification. We can prepare you for whatever you need... |
GNSS (GPS) User Training:
| The Global Navigation Satellite System, more commonly referred to as 'Global Positioning System' is a space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. It is maintained by the United States government and is freely accessible by anyone with a GPS receiver. The system imposes some technical limitations which are only removed for authorised users. Their commonality and use today can be seen everywhere from mobile phones to in-car navigation systems. |  |
P4 Navigation offers a 1-day GNSS (GPS) Users course, which is designed to allow you to get the best use of your GNSS Unit and also teaches the fundamentals of GNSS/GPS use, as well as it's integration with digital mapping, and briefly introduces GIS, see below.
Geographical Information Systems (GIS):
 | A geographic information system is a system designed to capture, store,
manipulate, analyse, manage, and present all types of geographically
referenced data. The acronym GIS is sometimes used to mean geographical
information science or geospatial information studies; these latter
terms refer to the academic discipline or career of working with
geographic information systems. In the simplest terms, GIS is the
merging of cartography, statistical analysis, and database technology. One of the first examples of GIS was the recording of Cholera Victims and their relationshp with water supplies in London, click on the left image, by Dr. John Snow in 1854. |
P4 Navigation offers a 1-day Introduction and 2-day Masterclass, as well as bespoke training in GIS (Site Recorder4) Systems. This training, along with materials provided by 3H Consulting Ltd will provide you with some of the best GIS foundations for developing not only your navigation skills as a whole, but your appreciation of cartography and database management systems. Site Recorder 4 can be downloaded free from 3H Consulting Ltd's website.
A GIS can be thought of as a system—it digitally creates and "manipulates" spatial areas that may be jurisdictional, purpose, or application-oriented. Generally, a GIS is custom-designed for an organisation. Hence, a GIS developed for an application, jurisdiction, enterprise, or purpose may not be necessarily interoperable or compatible with a GIS that has been developed for some other application, jurisdiction, enterprise, or purpose. What goes beyond a GIS is a spatial data infrastructure (SDI), a concept that has no such restrictive boundaries. For all GIS training, we currently use the excellent Site Recorder 4 Package, developed and designed by Peter Holt of 3H Consulting Ltd. This GIS was originally designed for 4D mapping of maritime archaeological sites, and is one of the few systems that allows both depth positive and height positive mapping, meaning that data is not restricted to just land or sea, but can be incorporated in all mapping data entered into the system.
A GIS can be thought of as a system—it digitally creates and "manipulates" spatial areas that may be jurisdictional, purpose, or application-oriented. Generally, a GIS is custom-designed for an organisation. Hence, a GIS developed for an application, jurisdiction, enterprise, or purpose may not be necessarily interoperable or compatible with a GIS that has been developed for some other application, jurisdiction, enterprise, or purpose. What goes beyond a GIS is a spatial data infrastructure (SDI), a concept that has no such restrictive boundaries. For all GIS training, we currently use the excellent Site Recorder 4 Package, developed and designed by Peter Holt of 3H Consulting Ltd. This GIS was originally designed for 4D mapping of maritime archaeological sites, and is one of the few systems that allows both depth positive and height positive mapping, meaning that data is not restricted to just land or sea, but can be incorporated in all mapping data entered into the system.