GPS for Dummies.pdf - Engineering Surveyor

116Part II: All About GPSIf your journeys take you off the beaten path, here are four products youshould be aware of: FUGAWI: FUGAWI was one of the first Windows desktop mapping programsand now works with Pocket PCs and Palms. The product comesbundled with U.S. street maps and nautical charts, or you can importmaps of your own, such as USGS Digital Raster Graphics topographicmaps. For additional product details, go to www.fugawi.com. Maptech Outdoor Navigator: The Maptech Outdoor Navigator is unique.Instead of being bundled with map data or requiring you to create yourown maps, (with purchase) you receive a year-long subscription todownload all the USGS topographic maps and NOAA nautical charts thatyou want from Maptech’s Internet servers. Nice. Versions of OutdoorNavigator are available for Pocket PCs and Palms. You can find moreabout the product at www.maptech.com. SkyEye: This is a slick shareware Pocket PC program that displays aerialphotographs and topographic maps that you can download from theInternet or create on your own. The program also interfaces with GarminGPS receivers to provide real-time mapping capabilities. For more aboutSkyEye’s features, visit www.etree.com/tech/notsofreestuff/skyeye/index.html. TeleType GPS: Although originally designed for street navigation,TeleType’s PDA mapping program supports importing aerial photographsand digital maps from the TerraServer-USA Web site. Formore information on the software, visit www.teletype.com. OziExplorerCE: OziExplorerCE is a Pocket PC version of the popularOziExplorer mapping program. The CE version allows you to importmaps that you’ve created with OziExplorer on your PC to your PDA. Seea review of the PC version OziExplorer in Chapter 15. For more informationon the CE edition, go to www.oziexplorer.com.Here are several excellent Internet resources that can provide you with moreinformation: Dale DePriest’s Navigation and GPS Articles: Dale DePriest is a longtimecontributor to the sci.geo.satellite-nav USENET newsgroup and thecomprehensive gpsinformation.net Web site. He has a considerableamount of practical information on using Palms, Pocket PCs, and GPS atwww.gpsinformation.org/dale. Pocket GPS World: Check out this European Web site for news, information,and forums devoted to mobile GPS products. The site has an extensivereview section of PDA GPS receivers and is located at www.pocketgpsworld.com. GpsPasSion: This European site is devoted to Pocket PCs and GPSwith forums, links, news, and more. To visit the site, go to www.gpspassion.com.