GPS for Dummies.pdf - Engineering Surveyor

374GPS For Dummiesreceivertrack, transferring to/from computer, 163,164, 171, 238–239transportation model, commercial, 56travel time display, 76type overview, 54–56U.S. military/government model, 55USAPhotoMaps, interfacing with, 238–239USB support, 151–152, 156, 159–160, 167user interface, 59–60, 66–67, 68, 86, 100UTM coordinate usage, 32vehicle receiver, mounting, 67, 110vehicle receiver, running from cigarettelighter adapter, 85, 88, 94voice support, 67, 114WAAS support, 63, 85watch, integration with, 350–351, 354water bottle hand strap, carrying on, 348water resistance, 90, 354–355waypoint storage, 58–59, 73–77, 101waypoint, transferring to/from computer,138, 163, 164, 171, 238–239wearing, 346–348weather resistance, 90Web site, uploading receiver data to, 348weight, 86wireless connection to computer, 68, 108,112–113rectifying image, 273registering map, 17relief, shaded, 259, 262, 269, 271, 273resolutiondpi, 151map, digital, 151, 234, 249photograph, aerial, 44, 234, 321–322printing, for, 151raster map, 41, 42satellite image, 45, 317Rite Concepts OnCourse GPS product, 353Rite in the Rain (company), 339road atlas, 24, 29RoadMate navigation system, 206Rotate or Shift Scene dialog box(3DEM), 266Rotation buttons (3DEM), 267Route button (Street Atlas USA), 203route (course between waypoints)activating, 78autorouting versus, 79computer, transferring to/from, 163, 164,171, 238distance, tracking, 78duration, calculating, 78introduced, 58–59leg, 77planning tool, as, 78–79software for managing, 174track, converting to route, 216rowing, using GPS in, 354–355Royal Observatory, 99ruler, mapscale display, 36–37transparency overlay, 29Run dialog box (Windows), 285running speed, tracking, 101, 351• S •SA (Selective Availability), 55, 57, 117–118safetyaerial photograph navigation, 316compass backup, 7geocaching, 121, 122, 127paper map backup, 7vehicle GPS, 207sample_calif.gpx file, 308San Francisco (California)downtown map created from TIGERdata, 39marine chart of San Francisco Bay, 25Sam Wo’s restaurant, 199, 202, 205sans serif font, 283satellitealmanac data sent by, 53, 96atmosphere condition affecting signal,57, 58C/A-code signal, 52, 55clock, atomic, 51computer, onboard, 51control of, 53coverage, error caused by poor, 57