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Coastal navigation using GPS: for Sail and Power


Year: 2003
Language: english
Author: Larkin F.J.
Genre: Manual
Publisher: Sheridan House
ISBN: 1574091697
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 299
Description: We are living in an age where a single idea can change traditional methods, transform whole industries overnight, and open the door to possibilities that were beyond our dreams only a short time ago. Such is the case with the Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS has trans-lormed navigation. Today, with an inexpensive little black box, in just a few seconds, you can determine your exact position on the earth’s surface to within 35 feet or less. Sailors who navigated the seas over the centuries with only a few mechanical instruments and some crude charts would have perceived GPS as nothing less than a miracle. The tedious calculations associated with navigation are now reduced to the press of a button — and all of this power is available to every boat operator.
Currently, many boat operators are switching to GPS navigation. The available GPS systems range from large integrated setups costing in the thousands of dollars down to a simple handheld set for only a few hundred dollars. In Chapter 12, you will find criteria that will help you evaluate all of the different types of available GPS sets and options and make the best selection for your particular boating needs.
One of the unfortunate aspects of this GPS navigational trend is that few boat operators actually know how to use their sets safely and accurately. If you are one of these GPS owners, this book was written for you. It will help dispel much of the technical jargon and confusion that surrounds GPS. Most GPS sets come bundled with so many “bells and whistles” that it could take years to learn how to use all of them effectively — especially for users who have no prior experience with electronic navigation systems and basic navigation techniques.
Fortunately, only a few significant GPS functions provide 95 percent of the navigational benefits. By focusing on these basic navigation functions, you can learn to navigate your boat with GPS like an old pro in a very short time. Those other nice-to-have capabilities of your GPS can then be learned at your leisure at a later time.
GPS operating manuals can easily confuse a user because they assume so much prior knowledge of navigation. GPS manuals are not intended to be navigation texts. They show you how to press the right button, but not how to put the GPS functions together into a working navigational process. This book provides the necessary coastal navigation background information to help you quickly understand how to use a GPS set to navigate your boat effectively.
Written in an easy-to-understand style with many illustrations and examples that enhance your learning process, this book is a valuable text. Many chapters provide questions and answers that test your comprehension and progress, and a multiple-leg navigational exercise is threaded throughout various chapters to build up your navigational skills and confidence as you are exposed to each practical navigation technique and new GPS topic.
To get the maximum benefit, read this book chapter by chapter from the beginning. Don’t jump ahead. Perform each requested task in sequence. Don’t move on to the next chapter until you fully understand all of the information that has already been presented. (This is also true of your GPS operating manual. Stay focused on the one topic that you are directed to read in the manual.) Each chapter of this text is formulated to build on previous subject matter to form the steps for navigating safely and effectively with a GPS system. Complete all of the navigation practice exercises. Use the worksheets and logs for all of your computations. In doing so, in a short while, you will become a competent GPS navigator.

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