Product Details
- Paperback: 400 pages ;
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
- Publisher: For Dummies (May 24, 2004)
- ISBN: 0764569333
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Book Info
Provides a basic understanding of how GPS works and shows how to select and use
GPS receivers. Features step-by-step instructions and abundant halftone illustrations.
Soft cover.
Product Description:
- Offers down-to-earth guidance for hikers, cross-country skiers,
ATV'ers, and other outdoor enthusiasts who own or are thinking of
buying a GPS receiver, as well as people interested in digital map-making
- GPS (global positioning system) receivers draw on satellite
signals to precisely determine a person's geographic position; as
prices for these devices have gone down-entry-level models now sell
for $100-sales have risen dramatically
- Provides coverage of the increasingly popular sport of "Geocaching,"
in which people hunt for a canister hidden at precise geographic
coordinates
- Explains how to turn cell phones and PDA's into GPS receivers
and what hardware is required for connecting a GPS receiver to a
PC
- Shows how to use popular, inexpensive software packages to create
topographic, aerial photographs, and three-dimensional maps, and
discusses free Web-hosted map services
- The author's diverse background in archeology, outdoor rescue,
adventure racing navigation, and dis aster response set him apart
from other people writing about this topic
