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