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Author: Joel McNamara Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0470156236 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 422
Book Description
Need directions? Are you good at getting lost? Then GPS is just the technology you’ve dreamed of, and GPS For Dummies is what you need to help you make the most of it. If you have a GPS unit or plan to buy one, GPS For Dummies, 2nd Edition helps you compare GPS technologies, units, and uses. You’ll find out how to create and use digital maps and learn about waypoints, tracks, coordinate systems, and other key point to using GPS technology. Get more from your GPS device by learning to use Web-hosted mapping services and even how to turn your cell phone or PDA into a GPS receiver. You’ll also discover: Up-to-date information on the capabilities of popular handheld and automotive Global Positioning Systems How to read a map and how to get more from the free maps available online The capabilities and limitations of GPS technology, and how satellites and radio systems make GPS work How to interface your GPS receiver with your computer and what digital mapping software can offer Why a cell phone with GPS capability isn’t the same as a GPS unit What can affect your GPS reading and how accurate it will be How to use Street Atlas USA, TopoFusion, Google Earth, and other tools Fun things to do with GPS, such as exploring topographical maps, aerial imagery, and the sport of geocaching Most GPS receivers do much more than their owners realize. With GPS For Dummies, 2nd Edition in hand, you’ll venture forth with confidence!
Author: Joel McNamara Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0470156236 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 422
Book Description
Need directions? Are you good at getting lost? Then GPS is just the technology you’ve dreamed of, and GPS For Dummies is what you need to help you make the most of it. If you have a GPS unit or plan to buy one, GPS For Dummies, 2nd Edition helps you compare GPS technologies, units, and uses. You’ll find out how to create and use digital maps and learn about waypoints, tracks, coordinate systems, and other key point to using GPS technology. Get more from your GPS device by learning to use Web-hosted mapping services and even how to turn your cell phone or PDA into a GPS receiver. You’ll also discover: Up-to-date information on the capabilities of popular handheld and automotive Global Positioning Systems How to read a map and how to get more from the free maps available online The capabilities and limitations of GPS technology, and how satellites and radio systems make GPS work How to interface your GPS receiver with your computer and what digital mapping software can offer Why a cell phone with GPS capability isn’t the same as a GPS unit What can affect your GPS reading and how accurate it will be How to use Street Atlas USA, TopoFusion, Google Earth, and other tools Fun things to do with GPS, such as exploring topographical maps, aerial imagery, and the sport of geocaching Most GPS receivers do much more than their owners realize. With GPS For Dummies, 2nd Edition in hand, you’ll venture forth with confidence!
Author: Bruce Grubbs Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1493016903 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 99
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Richly illustrated and information-packed tools for anyone whose play or work takes them to remote areas. Basic Illustrated Using GPS, 3rd is a guide to practical field use of the Global Positioning System, written in simple language, with each new term explained as it's used. This book is a wealth of useful backcountry navigation advice for beginners and experts alike. It also includes information on using GPS with the latest mapping software. Disocver how to: Pick the best GPS receiver for your specific needs Read and pregrid topographic maps Identify waypoints with various coordinate systems Use GPS to navigate on land and water Create your own maps with GPS software
Author: Delio Tortosa Publisher: Sault Ste Marie, Ont. : Great Lakes Forestry Centre ISBN: Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 40
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Describes a project conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a user-friendly, portable, low-cost global positioning system (GPS) receiver, as well as a notebook-based desktop mapping system, to facilitate rapid updating, inventory, and analysis of forest fires on a near real-time basis. Field trials of the GPS/desktop mapping system consisted of using aerial GPS to determine fire perimeter, to locate hot spots and lightning strikes, and to identify values at risk. Ground GPS was used to survey logging roads, values at risk, and prescribed burn perimeters, and to access certain locations using helicopter-borne GPS. Traditional mapping methods were then compared with the GPS/desktop mapping system. Operational testing of the GPS/desktop system was completed in 1993 by a fire crew in the Sault Ste. Marie district of Ontario.
Author: Geocaching Com Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9781592578771 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 382
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The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Geocaching, Second Editionis a comprehensive yet entertaining and easy-to-understand book for getting started and having fun with geocaching, a high-tech version of hide and seek for global positioning system (GPS) users. The basic idea is individuals and organizations setting up caches all over the world and sharing the locations of these caches on the Internet. GPS users then use the location coordinates to find the caches hidden in city and state parks, outside buildings, alongside hiking trails, and even in local neighborhoods. In this edition, Waymarking and Wherigo (pronounced 'where I go') are also covered. Waymarking enables GPS users to catalog and record their favorite locations and share them with others, build communities around categories of interesting and unique places or things. Wherigo, which works with Geocaching, is a Beta platform that enables users to create basic tour guides or complicated interactive adventure games using the real world as a backdrop. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Geocaching, Second Edition, readers will find- A complete explanation of the game, along with Waymarking and Wherigo, two new GPS games. Expert tips from the founders and operators of the most popular geocaching website. Solid advice on purchasing and using a GPS unit to locate treasures (caches) Valuable information on how to create your own online geocaching profile. Basic rules and game variations. Practical guidance on safety and accessibility issues, along with commonly accepted do's and don'ts. Helpful ideas on finding or starting a local geocaching group, forum, and competition Tricks for geocaching without a GPS unit (using a map and compass) The future of geocaching and GPS gaming.
Author: Raymond Bridge Publisher: Catapult ISBN: 1578051851 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 352
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First published in 1979, Bike Touring introduced tens of thousands of riders to the joys of bicycle travel, and quickly became the go–to reference for an entire generation of bike–touring enthusiasts. But much has changed in the last three decades—and this fully revamped edition provides authoritative information on both the latest equipment and the ever–expanding universe of touring options for a whole new generation of riders. Readers learn how to train, equip, plan, and pack for tours of any length and difficulty, from overnight trips near home to multiweek journeys abroad. Author Raymond Bridge surveys the wide range of touring options, which now include extensive commercial offerings and roof–to–roof (or "credit card") tours, as well as independent, self–contained travel. Chapters covering bike styles—road, mountain, and world–touring models—along with bike frames and fit, drive trains, wheels, brakes, saddles and handlebars, and accessories, offer up–to–date guidance on the myriad equipment choices from the booming bike industry. And chapters on camping, transporting bikes, and roadside repairs are full of expert advice to help both novice and experienced bike travelers get maximum pleasure from any journey while saving money and staying safe.
Author: The Editors of Stackpole Books Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal ISBN: 1603762736 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 2053
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Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the ultimate all-in-one survival guide; filled to the brim with information on every aspect of outdoor life and adventure, from orienteering to campfire cooking to ice climbing and more. Culled from dozens of respected books from Stackpole -- the industry's leader in outdoor adventure -- this massive collection of wilderness know-how leaves absolutely nothing to chance when it comes to surviving and thriving outdoors. Topics include: Orienteering Building an Outdoor Shelter Hunting and Tracking Animals Tying Knots Identifying Edible Plants and Berries Surviving in the Desert Fishing and Ice Fishing Canoeing, Kayaking, and White Water Rafting And so much more! Useful illustrations and photos throughout make it easy to browse and use. With contributions by the experts at the National Outdoor Leadership School as well as the editors of Stackpole's Discover Nature series, this book is the definitive, must-have reference for the great outdoors.
Author: V. Cappellini Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 1483290255 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 444
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In the area of Digital Image Processing the new area of "Time-Varying Image Processing and Moving Oject Recognition" is contributing to impressive advances in several fields. Presented in this volume are new digital image processing and recognition methods, implementation techniques and advanced applications such as television, remote sensing, biomedicine, traffic, inspection, and robotics. New approaches (such as digital transforms, neural networks) for solving 2-D and 3-D problems are described. Many papers concentrate on motion estimation and recognition i.e. tracking of moving objects. Overall, the book describes the state-of-the-art (theory, implementation, applications) of this developing area, together with future trends. The work will be of interest not only to researchers, professors and students in university departments of engineering, communications, computers and automatic control, but also to engineers and managers of industries concerned with computer vision, manufacturing, automation, robotics and quality control.
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