Trimble Nomad question

[vivo]

Is GPS a requirement to run FFS? If not what would the benefit be to having GPS(other than the obvious basic navigation)?

 

[LawnMM]

If you read about FFS you will understand the benefit, I doubt it's required to run it but you will hamstring the program without it.

 

[CoryT]

It's not required, it's just nice to have. You can locate and range targets by coordinates, you can have targets groups and FFP's connected to load at a tap and with the LRF slaved you can ping targets and derive the coordinates.

 

[Abq-Defense]

The GPS function is also nice when shooting long range. When we went out to shoot at a mile. our rangefinders could not range the distance. So we just used the GPS to mark the Target and Shooting positions. FFS, then told us the distance, bearing, and slope.

 

[vivo]

Thanks for the replies.
So after reading the FFS manual, I gathered that the GPS will allow you to save target co-ordinates and group them so that you can re-visit that location and bring up a firing solution without ranging them again. I don't see this as any major benefit right now as I can range with my 15C and get that info(including slope) anyway.
Thanks again!