GPS for Dummies.pdf - Engineering Surveyor

Index361printing, 151, 341receiver, 1, 54, 68, 85software, 14, 18, 171topographic map, 18, 302, 311–312Web map, 291, 302, 311–312Creating Background Maps for Garmin GPStutorial, 177cropping digital map, 281–282cruise missile, 50Cryptome Web site, 323CSOC (Consolidated Space OperationsCenter), 53currencyCensus Bureau data, 18paper versus digital map, 11photograph, aerial, 317satellite image, 317street map, 11, 194, 199, 291TerraServer-USA Web site, 229Web map, 291cycling, using GPS in, 101, 352–353• D •DAGR (Defense Advanced GlobalPositioning System Receiver), 55The Dalles (Oregon)planimetric map, 24topographic map, 23Darth Vader cache, 131. See alsogeocachingdata formatbitmap, 12, 41, 249, 278, 286choosing appropriate, 286–287compression, 41, 43, 185, 287converting to another, 81file size considerations, 225, 231, 286Garmin data format hack, 61, 177GeoTIFF, 12, 43GIF, 41, 287GPX, 81JPG, 12, 287MrSID, 43OziExplorer support, 246PNG, 287proprietary, 18, 61, 177, 221software requirement, 16, 18TIFF, 12, 41, 43vector, 40–41, 170, 225, 273Date Line, International, 30datumconverting to another, 28, 189–190, 191MapTech Terrain Navigator,specifying in, 216OziExplorer, specifying in, 255receiver, 27–28, 72–73, 100TerraServer-USA map, 231topographic map, 28Datums And Projections: A Brief GuideWeb site, 27DDR (Double Data Rate) memory, 147declination, magnetic, 24Defense Advanced Global PositioningSystem Receiver (DAGR), 55Degree Confluence Project, 141degree measurementcompass, 23decimal notation, 31latitude, 30–31longitude, 30minute, 31second, 31DeLorme. See also Street Atlas USAsoftwareBluetooth support, 113Earthmate receiver, 59, 205–207mouse receiver, 110mural map printing, 222satellite data available from, 45, 222Spot 10 collection, 453-D TopoQuads software, 223, 274Topo USA software, 222–223, 274TopoBird Web site, 44Deluo receiver card, 111DEM (digital elevation map), 16, 42,260–262, 272DEM File Type dialog box (3DEM), 261Department of Defense (DoD), 50, 189DePriest, Dale (writer on navigation andGPS), 116