The manual you wish had come with your GPS receiver. "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 receiver's performance with WAAS, DGPS, and proper antenna placement; master advanced techniques.'A must-buy for both experienced and novice boaters who want to get the most from their GPS navigation systems' - Kenneth J. Cirillo, vice president, C-Map/USA. 'Great book! "GPS for Mariners" shows boaters how to use GPS with charts and even how to use digital charts for planning and navigating with your GPS' - Edward D. Markham, president, Maptech Inc. 'A must-read for anyone planning to navigate with GPS' - Robert P.David, past president, National Boating Federation, former national education officer, U.S. Power Squadrons.
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The manual you wish had come with your GPS receiver
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 receiver's performance with WAAS, DGPS, and proper antenna placement
- Master advanced techniques
"A must-buy for both experienced and novice boaters who want to get the most from their GPS navigation systems."--Kenneth J. Cirillo, vice president, C-Map/USA
"Great book! GPS for Mariners shows boaters how to use GPS with charts and even how to use digital charts for planning and navigating with your GPS."--Edward D. Markham, president, Maptech Inc.
"A must-read for anyone planning to navigate with GPS."--Robert P. David, past president, National Boating Federation, former national education officer, U.S. Power Squadrons
About the Author
Robert J. Sweet is a former radar and communications system engineer and executive manager of a corporate business unit that helped develop GPS for the U.S. Air Force. Now a business advisor to high-tech companies, he is also a navigation instructor and an avid boater with more than thirty years' experience on the water.
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I am a novice boater and I recently joined USPS and completed several courses including Seamanship, Piloting and am currently enrolled in Advanced Piloting which includes a section on GPS. This book certainly helped me with this course. I highly recommend it
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Not as detailed as I hoped - thought it would be more beneficial in learning more about my GPS -- very good for the basics but spent too much explaing how it works and not enough of how you can use it daily -- Still good to own
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This was a most disappointing book. It was not at all helpful and basically a waste of money.
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NAVSTAR GPS (Navigation Satellite Timing And Ranging-Global Positioning System) began in the mid-1970s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chartplotter display, original course line, waypoint screen, raster charts, crosstrack error, navigation software packages, chart chips, vector charts, destination waypoint, entering waypoints, course over ground, map datum, digital charts, danger bearing, navigation programs, visual bearings, speed over ground, setup menu, next waypoint, paper charts, relative bearing, electronic charts, magnetic heading, chart data Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Main Menu, Route Definition, Local Notice, Trip Computer, Wide Area Augmentation System, Depth Gyro, New England, Standard Horizon, United States New!
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NAVSTAR GPS (Navigation Satellite Timing And Ranging-Global Positioning System) began in the mid-1970s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chartplotter display, original course line, waypoint screen, raster charts, crosstrack error, navigation software packages, chart chips, vector charts, destination waypoint, entering waypoints, course over ground, map datum, digital charts, danger bearing, navigation programs, visual bearings, speed over ground, setup menu, next waypoint, paper charts, relative bearing, electronic charts, magnetic heading, chart data Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Main Menu, Route Definition, Local Notice, Trip Computer, Wide Area Augmentation System, Depth Gyro, New England, Standard Horizon, United States New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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