A perfectly timed question Boys to which there is a longer answer and a shorter answer:
Longer answer
A combination of events has led to me deciding to shoot a complete series of videos, aimed at both introducing satnav to complete beginners to the technology and establishing best practice for those already familiar with it.
Hugh made a fascinating post in the OS Maps & GPS thread in General Discussions, and of course is perfectly correct in his observation. Equally, your reply Callum was spot-on, in that for youngsters handheld computing technology, in the form of smart phones, has already become ubiquitous.
Your comments prompted me to see just how much I could access the full capabilities of satnav, using a rugged, reliable and well specified satnav model, including integration with Ordnance Survey digital mapping plus sharing waypoints, tracks and routes with friends and colleagues for.
I selected a model, worked out exactly the hardware required for it to interface with my computer and then bid for these on eBay – everything I needed cost me £41.27 delivered to my door and I used free on-line digital mapping programs; remarkable value!
I have written a large seven page article for Trail Magazine (June 2012 issue) detailing all of this and to augment the feature I am filming series videos to help people, in small bite-sized chunks of information, become proficient users of this technology.
I must say it has been a really exciting challenge and reaffirms my conviction that this multi-billion navigational technology can be very accessable and immensely useful to everybody.
I will be posting the entire article on the website 1 month after publication in the magazine. (Plus I have now obtained permission from Trail and other journals I have written articles for to reproduce them on this website).
Shorter answer
A series 7 satnav videos will be uploaded May 18 this year.