The document outlines a proposed week-long course for teenagers to learn about GPS and mobile devices. It includes topics such as how GPS works, using maps and coordinates, performing calculations with latitude and longitude, developing applications to find locations, and awarding an open badge upon completion.

1. Mobile Devices and Learning
Sussex University
Designing a GPS course
Richard Vahrman, LocoMatrix
7th March 2013

2. Object: to design a GPS course for
teenagers
• Week long course
• What is GPS?
• What is it used for?
• Where do you find it?
• What can you do with it?
• Creating games
• See Locomatrix Invisible Buildings esp. video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_
embedded&v=8U7L0YKi-bc

3. Maps
• Using maps with GPS
• Use for SatNav
• Available resources – Google, Open Streetmap
• APIs
• Tiling

4. GPS: where else?
• Apps like 4Square
• Twitter – e.g. #UKSnow
• Trip Advisor
• Where else?

5. Coordinates and Haversine
• Any point on earth described with 2 coords –
lat/long – what do these look like
• Calculations=Haversine
http://www.movable-
type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
• Calculate distance/bearing/midpoint from 2
lat/longs
• Destination given distance and bearing
• Intersection of paths

6. Where am I?
• Working out the dimensions of your playing
area
• Creating a simple metal detector program
• Creating a grid in a field
• Other ideas
• Use of other phone features

7. Assessing the Work
• How to do it?
• Awarding an Open Badge (Mozilla)
http://openbadges.org/en-US/
• How this might fit in with other modules