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
Latitude/longitude grid fully explained
Prime Meridian
North and south poles
East and west longitude
North and south latitude
Latitude/longitude coordinates
Measurement of coordinates from maps
By eye on Canadian maps
Preparing a USGS 7.5' map
Using a minute/second calibrated ruler
demonstrated
A Kayak Trip
A sample trip in a kayak
Coordinates measured from a 1:63,360 scale USGS
map
Route formed to guide kayak during trip
GPS receiver screens for trip shown
Finding the faster route to return to the
straight-line path demonstrated
Forming a new route when significantly off
course
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