GPS for Mariners

Author(s): Robert J. Sweet

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GPS for Mariners summarizes essential global positioning system concepts, explains the buttons, screens, and menus of your GPS receiver, and answers all your questions. Filled with helpful illustrations and hands-on examples, this complete and practical guide shows you how to:

  • Become an informed GPS buyer and user
  • Connect GPS to your computer, autopilot, and radar
  • Navigate with GPS using waypoints and routes
  • Use an electronic chartplotter or navigation software to plan and monitor your course
  • Utilize the many functions in your GPS to safely and enjoyably reach your destination whether under sail or power
  • Enhance your receivers performance with WAAS, DGPS, and proper antenna placement
  • Master advanced techniques

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AcknowledgmentsHow to Navigate This Book Part 1. Using Your GPS ReceiverChapter 1. History and PerspectiveChapter 2. How GPS Works The Native Language of NavigationChapter 3. Your GPS Receiver Using Your GPS Receiver Start-Up: Simulation and Initialization Buttons, Screens, and Menus Data Entry and Options Selection Chapter 4. Using GPS to Navigate GPS and Electronic Navigation GPS Receiver Functions Other GPS Functions Chapter 5. GPS Receiver Selection and Cost Considerations The Handheld The Chartplotter Selecting a GPS Receiver Part 2. Advanced GPS Techniques Advanced Simulation Techniques Chapter 6. Using your GPS Receiver to Navigate with Charts and Local Observations Relating GPS to the Real World GPS Navigation Techniques Chapter 7. 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 Chapter 8. Connecting your GPS Receiver to a Computer What Is Required? Chapter 9. Navigating with GPS Receivers, Computers, and Other Equipment on Your Boat Using GPS with a Computer while Afloat Chapter 10. 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 Appendix1. Starting in the Simulator Mode2. Button Configurations for Popular GPS Handhelds3. Sample Exercise Using Waypoints and RoutesGlossaryResourcesIndex

General Fields

  • : 9780071410755
  • : mcgraw
  • : mcgraw
  • : 0.352
  • : 01 April 2003
  • : 228mm X 182mm X 8mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Robert J. Sweet
  • : Paperback
  • : 623.893
  • : 176
  • : 110ill.