GPS - A practical guide
Navigating with a GPS
Getting the best from your GPS
Published
24 Jun 2008
Availability
Published
Edition
First
ISBN (10)
1852844914
Size
15.5 x 10.0 x 1.0cm
Pages
112
Originally Published
24 Jun 2008
This practical guidebook explains how to get the best out of navigating with your GPS, and takes you through GPS navigation in a clear and structured way. It summarises how to navigate with a map and compass. The guide also looks at digital mapping, and how GPSs and mapping software can be used positively together.
In this practical guide to navigating with a GPS, navigation expert Pete Hawkins explains how to get the best from your GPS. He breaks down the jargon into understandable English and takes you through GPS navigation in a clear and structured way. He also recognises that strong traditional navigational skills are the basis for effective GPS navigation, and gives a potted summary of how to navigate with a map and compass. He also takes a look at digital mapping and how that can benefit the outdoor user and how GPSs and mapping software can be used positively together.





