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

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
    The mathematics of working with degrees, minutes, seconds and mils explained.
    Examples given of converting from one to the other