GPS for Dummies.pdf - Engineering Surveyor

Index371synchronization, closing beforeinterfacing receiver with computer, 165topographic map display, 115, 116track, logging, 114user interface, 106vehicle, using in, 110, 115voice support, 114water resistance, 107weather resistance, 107Web map, loading, 295Perry-Castañeda Library Map CollectionWeb site, 335personal digital assistant. See PDApet location using GPS, 102Pfranc cabling, 156Pharos receiver card, 111photograph, aerialcolor, 327commercial, 316contrast, changing, 234–235copying, 237currency, 317DEM data, overlaying with, 272GlobeXplorer Web site, 328–329government-provided, 316MapTech MapServer Web site, 304MyTopo Web site, 313National Map Web site, 322panning, 325resolution, 44, 234, 321–322safety considerations when using fornavigation, 316satellite image, 315–318, 323–324, 326–327saving, 237security considerations, 323street map, overlaying, 328–329TerraServer.com Web site, 323–326TerraServer-USA Web site, 227–231, 233,235, 318–322text, adding, 235–236TopoZone Web site, 312training course, discovering newusing, 344USAPhotoMaps, working with in, 228–232,234, 237use, suggested, 315–316USGS, 227–228, 231, 313, 318–322, 323, 327watermark, 316, 326Web-based, overview of, 316–318pixel, 234planimetric map, 24–25Planning software, 97PLGR (Precision Lightweight GPSReceiver), 55PLS (Public Land Rectangular Survey), 34plugger (receiver type), 55PNG (Portable Network Graphics)format, 287pocket, carrying receiver in, 347–348Pocket GPS World Web site, 116Pocket Streets software, 115, 208POI (Point of Interest)introduced, 18PDA display, 114receiver display, 87–88software viewing functionality, 171street map display, 194, 198–199, 292Web map display, 291–292point, initial, 34port, communication, 151–152, 156–160Port Townsend (Washington) street map,19, 20Portable Network Graphics format (PNGformat), 287portrait page orientation, 341ppm (pages per minute), 151Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver(PLGR), 55prime meridian, 30Print Screen key, 237, 278–279printingarea printed, adding more thanneeded, 340autorouting direction, 203–205color, 151, 338cost, 151, 341mural map, 222north, putting at top, 340page orientation, 340–341paper, size, 337–338paper, waterproof, 338–340ppm, 151