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The manual you wish had come with your GPS receiver! GPS for Mariners summarizes essential global positioning system concepts, explains the buttons, screens, and menus of your GPS receiver, and answers all your questions. Filled with helpful illustrations and hands on examples, this complete and practical guide shows you how to Become an informed GPS buyer and user. Connect GPS to your computer, autopilot, and radar. Navigate with GPS using waypoints and routes. Use an electronic chartplotter or navigation software to plan and monitor your course. Utilize the many functions in your GPS to safely and enjoyably reach your destination whether under sail or power. Enhance your receivers performance with WAAS, DGPS, and proper antenna placement. Master advanced techniques. Table of Contents Acknowledgments How to Navigate This Book. PART 1. USING YOUR GPS RECEIVER History and Perspective How GPS Works The Native Language of Navigation Your GPS Receiver Using Your GPS Receiver Start UpSimulation and Initialization Buttons, Screens, and Menus Data Entry and Options Selection Using GPS to Navigate GPS and Electronic Navigation GPS Receiver Functions Other GPS Functions GPS Receiver Selection and Cost Considerations The Handheld The Chartplotter Selecting a GPS Receiver. PART 2. ADVANCED GPS TECHNIQUES About the Author Robert J. Sweet is a former radar and communications system engineer and executive manager of a corporate business unit that helped develop GPS for the U.S. Air Force. Now a business advisor to high tech companies, he is also a navigation instructor and an avid boater with more than thirty years experience on the water.
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