Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Global Positioning System (GPS)

Chapter 2 - Why Buy a Receiver?

Chapter 3 - Backing up Your GPS Receiver

Chapter 4 - About GPS Receivers

Chapter 5 - U sing UTM Coordinates on a Hiking Trip

Chapter 6 - More UTM and Collecting Water Samples in the Desert

Chapter 7 - GPS Navigation in a Whiteout

Chapter 8 - Latitude, Longitude and a Kayaking Trip

Chapter 9 - More Latitude, Longitude and a Sailboat Rally

Chapter 10 - Small Scale Maps and a Road Trip
    Use of small scale maps for road travel explored
    Grid used on DeLorme Atlas and Gazetteer maps explained
        Drawing a 1' X 1' grid for eye only coordinate measurement
        Drawing a 15' X 15' grid for use with a latitude/longitude ruler
        Drawing a 15' X 15' adjust grid for more convenient use with a latitude/longitude ruler
        How to cope with grids slightly short of 15'
    Road Trip
        An example of a trip in a car using waypoints measured from a small scale map
        Coordinates measured from a map
        Only important intersections are marked
        GPS receiver screens show progress along the trip
    Metric USGS Maps
        Use of USGS 1:100,000 metric maps for road use demonstrated
        Use of the 10 km grid shown
        Measuring coordinates with a UTM ruler demonstrated

Chapter 11 - Recovering from Disaster

Chapter 12 - GPS Receivers and Personal Computers

Chapter 13 - Another Input Device

Chapter 14 - Other Grids

Chapter 15 - Differential GPS

Chapter 16 - Degrees, Minutes, Seconds and Mils