GPS for Mariners

Acknowledgments How to Navigate This Book Part 1. Using Your GPS Receiver Chapter 1. History and Perspective Chapter 2. How GPS Works The Native Language of Navigation Chapter 3. Your GPS Receiver Using Your GPS Receiver Start-Up: Simulation and Initialization Buttons, Screens, and Menus Data Entry and Options Selection Chapter 4. Using GPS to Navigate GPS and Electronic Navigation GPS Receiver Functions Other GPS Functions Chapter 5. GPS Receiver Selection and Cost Considerations The Handheld The Chartplotter Selecting a GPS Receiver Part 2. Advanced GPS Techniques Advanced Simulation Techniques Chapter 6. Using your GPS Receiver to Navigate with Charts and Local Observations Relating GPS to the Real World GPS Navigation Techniques Chapter 7. Chartplotting Integrated Chartplotters Chartplotter Pages Selecting a Chartplotter Chartplotters Used with GPS Sensors Chartplotting Using a GPS Receiver Connected to a Computer Raster Versus Vector Charts The Future in Charts Chapter 8. Connecting your GPS Receiver to a Computer What Is Required? Chapter 9. Navigating with GPS Receivers, Computers, and Other Equipment on Your Boat Using GPS with a Computer while Afloat Chapter 10. Improving Performance and the Future of GPS GPS Receiver Accuracy DGPS and Sources of GPS Receiver Error WAAS Is GPS More Accurate than Charts? The Future of GPS Appendix 1. Starting in the Simulator Mode 2. Button Configurations for Popular GPS Handhelds 3. Sample Exercise Using Waypoints and Routes Glossary Resources Index