GPS for Mariners

Name: GPS for Mariners
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ISBN: 9780071425735

ISBN-10: 007142573X

ISBN-13: 9780071425735

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert J. Sweet

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GPS For Mariners is a comprehensive guide for recreational boaters to learn how to operate and effectively use today's GPS systems in everyday navigational situations. While all GPS products come with operational manuals and there are books on how to use your GPS for land or aerial navigation, there is very little information available to recreational boaters on how to best utilize their GPS for marine navigation. From learning the history of GPS, discovering the functions of the GPS, understanding basic and advance course-plotting, learning advance navigation with GPS, interfacing a GPS with an autopilot, to using a GPS with electronic charts on a PC, GPS For Mariners includes everything…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 1/1/2003
Binding: E-Book
Language: English

Acknowledgments How to Navigate This Book
Using Your GPS Receiver
History and Perspective
How GPS Works
The Native Language of Navigation
Your GPS Receiver
Using Your GPS Receiver
Start-Up: Simulation and Initialization
Buttons, Screens, and Menus
Data Entry and Options Selection
Using GPS to Navigate
GPS and Electronic Navigation
GPS Receiver Functions
Other GPS Functions
GPS Receiver Selection and Cost Considerations
The Handheld
The Chartplotter
Selecting a GPS Receiver
Advanced GPS Techniques
Advanced Simulation Techniques
Using your GPS Receiver to Navigate with Charts and Local Observations
Relating GPS to the Real World
GPS Navigation Techniques
Chartplotting
Integrated Chartplotters
Chartplotter Pages
Selecting a Chartplotter
Chartplotters Used with GPS Sensors
Chartplotting Using a GPS Receiver Connected to a Computer
Raster Versus Vector Charts
The Future in Charts
Connecting your GPS Receiver to a Computer
What Is Required?
Navigating with GPS Receivers, Computers, and Other Equipment on Your Boat
Using GPS with a Computer while Afloat
Improving Performance and the Future of GPS
GPS Receiver Accuracy
DGPS and Sources of GPS Receiver Error
WAAS
Is GPS More Accurate than Charts?
The Future of GPS
Appendix
Starting in the Simulator Mode
Button Configurations for Popular GPS Handhelds
Sample Exercise Using Waypoints and Routes
Glossary
Resources
Index
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