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Title: GPS Made Easy : Using Global Positioning Systems in the Outdoors by Lawrence Letham ISBN: 0-89886-802-5 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.77 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Good Introduction to Using a GPS Receiver
Comment: This book was a useful introduction for someone who just got a GPS receiver. The first part of the book was a simple treatment of how the GPS system works. The second part dealt with how to work a receiver, something that is probably better handled by the user manual. Most of the book covered how to use GPS in the outdoors, going through several different examples as the pedagogical method. Perhaps the most useful aspect of the book was in understanding different grid systems, particularly UTM and longitute/lattitude.
Rating: 4
Summary: Early guide to the facts of GPS and mapping
Comment: This book is the book I bought along with my Garmin etrex vista. The book covers the original generation of GPS systems and gives a thorough overview of the common (and not so common) systems adopted around the world for mapping locations.
It is invaluable as a reference and for anybody who wants to know more than how to push a button.
I would never, ever, travel to any remote area without at least two good compasses and the requisite topos. Yes, I love my GPS - but I have to replace it because it was lost (along with a daypack) in a self-arrest on Mt. Moran last summer. Batteries run down and wars may make the system less accurate (or unavailable). All of these issues are covered in this fine little book.
GPS technology is wonderful and the EU plans to launch yet another system in the next decade. The devices will become more affordable -- but the fundamental aspects of mapping and how these devices work is well explained by this fine reference and it will remain the reference for years to come.
Rating: 5
Summary: What Do You Expect
Comment: Great book, does exactly what the title says it will do
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Title: Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter, & Gps by Bob Burns, Mike Burns, Paul Hughes ISBN: 0898866294 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title:Garmin eTrex Legend 8 MB GPS with PC Cable ASIN: B000058BCQ Publisher: Garmin List Price(USD): $214.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $164.94 |
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Title: Using GPS: GPS Simplified for Outdoor Adventurers by Bruce Grubbs ISBN: 1560448210 Publisher: Falcon Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title:Garmin eTrex Vista 24 MB GPS with Compass, Altimeter and PC Cable ASIN: B000058BCR Publisher: Garmin List Price(USD): $321.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $233.94 |
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Title: BASIC ESSENTIALS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS (Basic Essentials) by Scottie Barnes ISBN: 076270635X Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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