GPS for Dummies.pdf - Engineering Surveyor

Index379Elevation buttons, 267glasses, 3-D, 260graphics card compatibility, 263help, online, 261Map Overlay View, 271Movement Control buttons, 267OpenGL library usage, 260Operation menu, 264, 271Overhead View, 271printing, 267–268Rotate or Shift Scene dialog box, 266Rotation buttons, 267saving file, 267–268scene, 264–268Terrain Colors dialog box, 264Terrain Projection Parameters dialogbox, 264Translation buttons, 267troubleshooting, 263View tool, 263Web site, 260zooming, 267tick mark, 28, 29TIFF (Tagged Image File Format), 12, 41, 43TIGER (Topologically IntegratedGeographic Encoding andReferencing), 39, 185time for activity, choosing optimal, 97Times New Roman font, 283Timex Speed + Distance system, 350–351timing error in receiver clock, 57title, map, 22TNLN (Took Nothing, Left Nothing), 132TNLNSL (Took Nothing, Left Nothing,Logged), 132Tomahawk cruise missile, 50TomTom Navigator software, 115topo map. See topographic mapTOPO software (Garmin), 179TOPO! software (National Geographic),18–19, 225–226, 274Topo USA software, 222–223, 274TopoBird Web site, 44TopoFusion software, 241, 242, 345,355–356topographic mapBar Harbor (Maine), 303–305color, 151contour interval, 23contour line, 23, 217coordinate system, 29cost, 18, 302, 311–312The Dalles (Oregon), 23datum, 28DEM image, overlaying with DRGtopographic map, 268–271DRG, 42–43, 185, 268–271Fuji Mountain (Oregon), 212–213,215–216, 218–219magnetic declination error in older, 24PDA display, 115, 116printing, 302, 304, 311, 313quad sheet, 23quadrangle, 23range mark, 29scale, 37, 306searching using GNIS, 1837.5 minute map, 23software, topographic mapping, 15,175, 209steepness, indication on, 23symbol overview, 383-D display, 217–221, 222, 223, 268–271Township mark, 29training course, discovering newusing, 344Web-based, advantages/disadvantages of,301–302topoGraphix GPX data format, 81Topologically Integrated GeographicEncoding and Referencing (TIGER),39, 185TopoScout software, 210. See alsoMapTech Terrain Navigator softwareTopoVista Web site, 261TopoZone Web site, 19, 185, 312Township and Range coordinate system,29, 34–35, 71trackcolor, 216computer, transferring to/from, 163, 164,171, 238–239GPS Visualizer Web site, using in, 310MapTech Terrain Navigator, using in, 216PDA, logging by, 114receiver, logging by, 59, 79–81, 102,114, 344route, converting to, 216