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358GPS For DummiesAdventure Paper waterproof paper, 339Aerial Images (company), 323. See alsoTerraServer.com Web siteaerial photograph. See photograph, aerialaeronauticalchart, 26, 38, 304software, 26AirphotoUSA Web site, 44ALK Technologies Bluetooth receiver, 113almanac, 53, 96altimeter, 62–63, 88American Paper Optics Web site(3dglassesonline.com), 260animation, 3-D mapping, 268, 272antenna, receiver, 64–65, 88, 353Appalachian Trail software, 218APRS (Automated Position ReportingSystem), 56Aquaseal Map Seal (paper waterproofingproduct), 339Arc software, 20area, mapping, 22armband, carrying receiver on, 346–347ArmyEngineer School at Fort LeonardWood, 273GPS, role in creating, 50Map Reading and Land Navigation onlinefield manual, 70receiver specification, 55ascent rate, 62–63Atlanta (Georgia) Olympics SavannahYachting Venue map, 41atlasdescribed, 25road atlas, 24, 29atmosphere condition affecting signalreception, 57, 58authoring map, 177Autodesk software, 20Automated Position Reporting System(APRS), 56automobile GPS. See vehicle GPSAutoRoute software, 79autoroutingMapCreate, 176MapSend DirectRoute, 175PDA navigation software, 114printing autorouting direction, 203–205receiver support, 79, 178route versus, 79street, 201–205Web-based, 290, 292, 294, 296, 299availability, selective. See SA (SelectiveAvailability)AvantGo software, 295aviationtoolbox.org Web site, 26• B •Back Roads Explorer software, 224–225Backpacker Magazine Web maprecommendation, 313Backpacking.net Web site, 122Bar Harbor (Maine) topographic map,303–305barometer, 63, 88baseline, 34basemap, 61batteryalkaline, 92, 93compass drain, 62cost, 93environmental considerations, 94life gauge, 94lithium, 68, 92mAh rating, 91memory, 92NiCad, 92NiMH, 68, 92, 93, 94PDA battery, 107, 112receiver drain rate, comparing, 85, 91, 94rechargeable, 91, 92–93saver mode, 93, 344screen drain, 59system default, changing, 100WAAS drain, 63Battleship Grid System, 28baud rate, 157, 158, 159, 165Bell, John (Cockpit GPS), 90belt, carrying receiver on, 347–348benchmark hunting, 141bicycling, using GPS in, 101, 352–353BigJpeg software, 237