Aviator's Guide to GPS [Hardcover]

Bill Clarke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0070094926 | ISBN-13: 978-0070094925 | Edition: 3

Teachs pilots how to tap the full potential of the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System. The third edition features a GPS equipment showcase chapter.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

GPS (the Global Positioning System) can locate an airplane "accurately within a few feet in three dimensions--latitude, longitude and altitude." This is an introduction and guide to GPS. Clarke, who says the system is so simple a child could use it, explains GPS's history and theory, the "hardware user receivers and government-provided space-based and land-based equipment needed to utilize" it, and GPS applications for both civilian and military purposes. He also discusses the system's incredible accuracy, which "exceeds that to which most maps can be read," and the national defense security system that is in place to protect GPS. Parts of the book are technical, so that reader familiarity with aeronautic and navigation terminology will be helpful. Its historical component, however, makes this an engaging book for those interested in the history and development of aeronautics and navigation as well as those who fly. Mike Tribby --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

No other guide helps you navigate the Global Positioning System [GPS]like this one--with the latest applications for air, surface, and marine travel. This third edition of the Aviator's Guide to GPS is the essential sourcebook of current equipment and applications for the world's most precise, satellite-driven navigation system. Instrumentation, positioning accuracy, regulations, and the latest forms of alternative radio navigation are discussed--as is the fascinating history of the system's development by the Pentagon. The book covers this global navigational system in an easy-to-read, fully illustrated format that gives practical, hands-on pointers on: familiarizing yourself with NAVSTAR, LORAN-C, and all civilian applications of GPS; consumer advice on purchasing GPS-friendly equipment such as specialized receivers and digital instrumentation; marine navigation, land positioning, surveying, mapping, and personal safety. The author also outlines the continually evolving improvements GPS brings to modern aviation: more direct routing, precision airport apporaches, decreased congestion, and safely increasing the number of aircraft that can use a given airspace. No other book on the market handles GPS as thoroughly and practically as this one. Tap the full potential of the world's premier positioning system with the Aviator's Guide to GPS!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 3 edition (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070094926
• ISBN-13: 978-0070094925
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,898,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great book, April 27, 2000

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zaher hulays - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aviator's Guide to Gps (Tab Practical Flying Series) (Paperback)

I am working on my private license, and i got to teel you that i was the dumpest navigator in the whole world befor reading this book. it is just the best book ever writtenin this subject