Using GPS (This is)

by Conrad Dixon (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $4.37

  The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the first worldwide 24 hour, all-weather navigation system. This book aims to help yacht owners get the best from their sets and make full use of the facilities available, whether simply position fixing and course setting or interfacing with radar, Loran, autopilots, logs, chartplotters, video sounders and fishfinders. The author explains how to use and interpret the data received, test it for accuracy and correct it when necessary. He advises what to look for when buying a set, how to achieve optimum accuracy and unravels the jargon associated with instruction manuals.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.27

  Using GPS will help owners to get the best from their sets and make full use of the facilities available, whether simply position fixing and course setting, or interfacing with integrated navigation systems. Geoff Hales takes the reader through tricky sample passages which show how careful use of GPS can make the trip safer and quicker. The third edition includes: * advice on what to look for when buying a GPS set * how to achieve optimum accuracy and cope with signal interference * how to coax sulky hand-helds and starved receivers back to life * how to use and interpret the data received, test it for accuracy and troubleshoot The following sets are covered in detail: Garmin GPS128 * Garmin GPSMAP 162 * MLR FX412 PRO. * Navman TRACKER500 and 500i * Navman TRACKER900 * Raytheon 300 GPS Plotter * SEIWA Oyster Plotter * Garmin GPS 12 * Lowrance GlobalMap 100 * Magellan 310 * Magellan 320 Using GPS will help users understand what their sets are capable of and will take them painlessly to the rich spread of data available at the press of a button, whether they have one of the eleven sets reviewed or another type.