| Outdoor Navigation With GPS: Hiking, Geocaching, Canoeing, Kayaking, Fishing, Outdoor Photography, Backpacking, Mountain Biking |  | Author: Stephen W. Hinch
Publisher: Wilderness Press
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 39,409
Media: Paperback
Edition: Second Edition
Pages: 208
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0899974457
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.58
EAN: 9780899974453
ASIN: 0899974457
Publication Date: October 3, 2007
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Product Description
Whether you're hiking, fishing, kayaking, cross-country skiing, or taking a mountain bike ride in the backcountry, a GPS receiver can help you reach your destination and return safely--but only if you know how to use it! Outdoor Navigation with GPS, the most complete, easy-to-use GPS book available, is your guide to getting the most out of a receiver, from basic consumer advice to advanced techniques. Starting with essential definitions such as UTM coordinate systems, position formats, and map datums, and moving on to creating "waypoints," and using your GPS with a computer, long-time GPS instructor Stephen W. Hinch breaks down the jargon and teaches you what you really need to know. - An emphasis on practical applications over technical theory.
- Examples include illustrative screenshots from the newest receivers--from top companies like Garmin, Magellan, and DeLorme.
- Lists up-to-date Web resources for the rapidly changing technology of GPS and its uses.
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 Outstanding Guide February 11, 2010
JimC (Knoxville, TN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This guide is well organized and simple to follow. If you are not already familiar with using a mapping GPS receiver, then this guide is essential. It clearly states what the receiver is doing and why it is doing it to identify where you are. Using a mapping GPS off-road in the deep woods is far different from using a GPS to follow well mapped roads to a destination. This book gives straightforward guidance on essentially every feature of a modern, comprehensive GPS receiver.
New to GPS? Get this! August 20, 2009
Itsmeagain! (Nobamaburg)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Being new to GPS, I considered myself a 'dummy' on the subject, so I purchased 'GPS for Dummies' and was disappointed. After researching more books on the subject, I chose this book, and realized I should have purchased it initially. This is the second edition, published in 2007, and is the most up to date book I have found. It not only covers using a GPS receiver (GPSr), but many other facets of wilderness navigation as well. There is a chapter titled 'Highway Navigation with GPS', but this book is geared toward using a handheld receiver in the wild. In-depth explanations with photos and drawings help to get the points across. In addition to the (excellent) GPS and map and compass navigation instruction I was looking for, there are sections on 'Recovering from Disaster' (lost in the wild with a dead GPS), 'Primitive Navigation Techniques' (no map, no compass, no GPS), 'More Fun and Games' (including GPS golf, orienteering, etc.) and MUCH MORE! Geocaching has its own chapter. Dead Reckoning and Altimeter Navigation are even addressed. In the few somewhat technical areas (plotting latitude and longitude on a map, for example), the author thoroughly explains the 'why and how', then takes the reader through a step-by-step example, as if he was actually doing the procedure; very effective instruction, and it makes for an interesting read. You can view several pages on Amazon, but Google Books shows more, so check it out before you buy. This is the best all-around instructional book on the subject that I have found and I highly recommend it. It would make a perfect gift for the budding adventurer (alongside his or her first hand held GPS unit), or just good reading material for someone interested in the subject.
This is the guide to get. June 27, 2009
C. Paterson (Orange County, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought a Garmin eTrex but the instructions it came with were very vague. I checked out two books from the local library on outdoor navigation with a GPS. Although both books gave me an idea on how to use the GPS, they were also VERY confusing...and also somewhat vague. I went to Amazon and saw "Outdoor Navigation with GPS," and saw it had some pretty good reviews. The book was written in such a way to make a complex subject, outdoor navigation, much easier. It also helped me understand the functions on my GPS and how to use them in a real world situation. If an outdoor GPS confuses you like mine did, then this is DEFINITELY the book to get that will guide you on how it functions.
Great service! May 19, 2009
A. Shilhanek (Iowa USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I received this book in quick fashion. It was just as described on the website! I would order from them again.
PERFECT FOR THE NOVICE OR INTERMEDIATE USER March 24, 2009
JEP (LOVELAND, OH USA)
WRITTEN IN EASY TERMS AND TO THE POINT. COVERS EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE BASICS OF GPS, THE MOST RECENT TYPES AND BRANDS OF EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE, AND FIELD USAGE.
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