GPS for Dummies.pdf - Engineering Surveyor

Index373cost, 1, 54, 68, 85DAGR, 55data, cumulative, 59data logger mode, 344datum, 27–28, 72–73, 100descent rate returned by, 62–63direction of travel returned by, 58display, 59–60, 85, 86dog, attaching to, 102elevation returned by, 54, 58, 62–63EPE, 98, 128ephemeris data received by, 54firmware, updating, 166–167, 174fishing calendar feature, 89floating, 89flow control when interfacing withcomputer, 158geocaching, for, 84, 120, 132handheld, 108–109handshaking when interfacing withcomputer, 158heart-rate monitor, integrating with, 349,350–351holding properly, 98initializing, 95–98language, changing, 100latitude returned by, 54, 58, 71learning to use, 90–91location, saving, 58, 74–75longitude, returned by, 54, 58, 71manual, user, 84, 90manufacturers, major, 54map, built-in, 60–61, 86map, uploading to, 61, 87, 172–173,217, 221map, using with external, 69–71mapping model, 55, 86–87MapTech Terrain Navigator, transferringdata to/from, 217measurement unit, 99memory, 66, 86, 154, 160–162, 165memory card, interfacing with computerusing, 154, 161, 165metric measurement conversion, 32MOB function, 74motorcycle, mounting on, 352mouse receiver, 59, 108, 109–110navigation simulator, 102OziExplorer, interfacing with, 245pack, carrying in, 347–348parallel, 54parity when interfacing withcomputer, 158PDA, interfacing with, 59, 108–113PDA receiver card, 110–111PDA synchronization, closing beforeinterfacing with computer, 165PDA, using as receiver, 105–108, 110–113PLGR, 55plugger, 55pocket, carrying in, 347–348POI display, 87–88, 114power supply, external, 85, 88, 89processing speed, 54protocol, communication, 160, 165reception, optimizing, 98resource model, 55road navigation, 87–88, 175route, activating, 78route, transferring to/from computer, 163,164, 171, 238ruggedness, 107satellite data needed, 95satellite distance calculation, 54satellite status page, 96screen, 59–60, 70, 86, 100, 170simulator, 102, 103size, 1, 68, 86snowmobile, mounting on, 352software role when interfacing withcomputer, 162–164, 171spoofing, 52sport, using in, 343–348start, cold/warm, 96storage, external, 66survey model, 55, 58system setting, changing default, 98–100timing error, 57Township and Range coordinate support,36, 71track, logging, 59, 79–81, 102, 114, 344