GPS APPROCH?

[Bruce]

Top of the day to all. can some one point me to a tutoral or help me to understand how to do a GPS approch and landing. last night i flew into kingston jamaica and atc instruction were a gps approch to runway 12 due to the fact it was very low visibility heavy fogg. any help please?

[wji]

I placed the Using the GPS icon which came with Fs9 on my desktop: C:\Documents and Settings\NAME\My Documents\garmin500gpsmanual\Using the GPS.htm
Anytime I want GPS information, I just click it.

Here's what it states in part about GPS Approaches in FS9:
Note: Not all approaches in the database are approved for GPS use. As you select an approach, a GPS designation to the right of the procedure name indicates the procedure can be flown using the GPS receiver. Some procedures will not have this designation, meaning the GPS receiver may be used for supplemental navigation guidance only. ILS approaches, for example, must be flown by tuning the external VOR/ILS receiver to the proper frequency and using the external CDI (or HSI) for guidance.

"If you're flying a GPS approach, or a nonprecision approach approved for GPS, and you plan on using the aircraft's VOR 1 indicator to fly the approach, make sure the Nav/GPS switch on the aircraft instrument panel is set to GPS. If, however, you want to fly the approach using data from the Nav 1 radio, and plan to use the GPS only for situational awareness, then make sure the Nav/GPS switch is set to NAV."

There's more helpful info in the GPS500 manual.