GPS for Mariners

by Robert J. Sweet

Overview

GPS For Mariners is a comprehensive guide for recreational boaters to learn how to operate and effectively use today's GPS systems in everyday navigational situations. While all GPS products come with operational manuals and there are books on how to use your GPS for land or aerial navigation, there is very little information available to recreational boaters on how to best utilize their GPS for marine navigation. From learning the history of GPS, discovering the functions of the GPS, understanding basic and advance course-plotting, learning advance navigation with GPS, interfacing a GPS with an autopilot, to using a GPS with electronic charts on a PC, GPS For Mariners includes everything the novice to the more experienced boater should know about their GPS system. GPS For Mariners is the ultimate how-to guide and ready reference leading to GPS proficiency.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071425735
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date:	03/22/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Bob Sweet has more than 30 years of experience in the technology and electronics markets and 30 years of boating experience. He has held engineering and senior executive management positions with a number of companies including GTE, Harris, ABA Industries, Inframetrics and Elbit Systems - the last three at the President and CEO level. He has both BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Penn State. He started his career as a radar and communications system engineer and, throughout his career, gained extensive experience with GPS including managing a corporate business unit that developed major portions of GPS for the Air Force. More recently, Bob was instrumental in the boating education for the Power Squadrons in Southeastern New England.HOMETOWN: East Falmouth, MA

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments How to Navigate This Book Part 1. Using Your GPS Receiver Chapter 1. History and Perspective Chapter 2. How GPS Works The Native Language of Navigation Chapter 3. Your GPS Receiver Using Your GPS Receiver Start-Up: Simulation and Initialization Buttons, Screens, and Menus Data Entry and Options Selection Chapter 4. Using GPS to Navigate GPS and Electronic Navigation GPS Receiver Functions Other GPS Functions Chapter 5. GPS Receiver Selection and Cost Considerations The Handheld The Chartplotter Selecting a GPS Receiver Part 2. Advanced GPS Techniques Advanced Simulation Techniques Chapter 6. Using your GPS Receiver to Navigate with Charts and Local Observations Relating GPS to the Real World GPS Navigation Techniques Chapter 7. Chartplotting Integrated Chartplotters Chartplotter Pages Selecting a Chartplotter Chartplotters Used with GPS Sensors Chartplotting Using a GPS Receiver Connected to a Computer Raster Versus Vector Charts The Future in Charts Chapter 8. Connecting your GPS Receiver to a Computer What Is Required? Chapter 9. Navigating with GPS Receivers, Computers, and Other Equipment on Your Boat Using GPS with a Computer while Afloat Chapter 10. Improving Performance and the Future of GPS GPS Receiver Accuracy DGPS and Sources of GPS Receiver Error WAAS Is GPS More Accurate than Charts? The Future of GPS Appendix 1. Starting in the Simulator Mode 2. Button Configurations for Popular GPS Handhelds 3. Sample Exercise Using Waypoints and Routes Glossary Resources Index