GPS for Dummies.pdf - Engineering Surveyor

6 GPS For Dummieshints on printing maps, and if you’re a competitive or recreational athlete,how to use a GPS receiver in your outdoor workouts.Icons Used in This BookMaps use symbols to quickly convey information, and this book does thesame by using icons to help you navigate your way around. They include:Just a gentle little reminder about something of importance, and because Ican’t be there to mention it in person and give you a friendly but stern lookwhile wagging my finger, this icon will have to do.I’ve tried to keep the real geeky, nerdy things to a bare minimum, but becausethis is a book about cool electronic gadgets and computer mapping, sometimesthe technical stuff does creep in. I’ll either give you a plain-Englishexplanation or point you off to a Web site where you can get additional details.This is good stuff designed to make your life easier; usually gained frompractical experience and typically never found in manufacturer user guidesand product documentation; or if it is there, it’s buried in some obscureparagraph.The little bomb icon looks like it should signify some pretty bad juju, but inreality it could represent something as minor as potentially causes a hangnail.The key here is to pay attention, because there might be something lurkingthat causes mental, physical, emotional, or monetary suffering of somedegree. Who would have thought reading GPS and Maps for Dummies couldbe an extreme sport?Some Opening ThoughtsBefore you jump into the exciting world of GPS and digital maps, and I knowyou can’t wait, there are a couple final things I’d like to mention: There are lots of references to Web sites in this book. Unfortunately Websites change just about as fast as street maps in a city experiencing a lotof growth. If for some reason a link doesn’t work, you should haveenough information to find what you’re looking for by using a searchengine such as Google. You’re not going to find every GPS and map software title in existencementioned in the book. I’ve tried to list and describe many of the morepopular programs, but the realities of page count constraints prevents