Acknowledgments How to Navigate This BookPart 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
