The GPS Handbook

A Guide for the Outdoors

Robert I. Egbert, Joseph E. King

• Publisher: Burford Books
• eBook ISBN:
  9781580805100
• Year: 2012

Updated with information on the latest models of GPS and new technology such as sophisticated downloadable maps, this new edition provides all the information needed to work any GPS unit in the outdoors.

Table of contents

• Introduction to the Revised Edition
• Preface
• CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to GPS
• CHAPTER 2 Equipment Options
• CHAPTER 3 Maps: Reducing a Sphere to a Flat Surface
• CHAPTER 4 Land Navigation
• CHAPTER 5 Using a GPS on the Road
• CHAPTER 6 Using a GPS in the Field
• CHAPTER 7 Geocaching
• CHAPTER 8 Mapping and Related Software
• CHAPTER 9 Paper Maps and Map Sources
• CHAPTER 10 Other Things to Think About
• CHAPTER 11 Other Useful Tools for Finding Your Way
• CHAPTER 12 Don’t Forget Your Compass
• CHAPTER 13 What to Do If You’re Really Lost
• APPENDIX A Bibliography
• APPENDIX B Useful Web Sites