GPS for Dummies.pdf - Engineering Surveyor

Index381topographic map, magnetic declinationerror in older, 24topographic map, MapTech TerrainNavigator use of, 211topographic map, searchingusing GNIS, 183topographic map, symbol overview, 38topographic map, viewing using MapTechMapServer Web site, 304topographic map, viewing using MyTopoWeb site, 313topographic map, viewing usingTerraServer-USA Web site, 227,320–322topographic map, viewing usingTopoZone Web site, 312UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), 99UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator)accuracy, 32converting to/from, 71Easting value, 33introduced, 29latitude/longitude conversion, 190location coordinate, finding usingMapTech MapServer Web site, 305metric conversion, 32Northing value, 33printing, including when, 338zone system, 33, 34• V •vector format, 40–41, 170, 225, 273vehicle GPSintegrated, 68laptop computer, using, 207PDA, using, 110, 115receiver, mounting, 67, 110receiver, running from cigarette lighteradapter, 85, 88, 94safety, 207speed sensor, 206windshield, signal blocking by heated, 88Vertical Exaggeration buttons (MapTechTerrain Navigator), 219VFR (Visual Flight Rules) aeronauticalchart, 26ViaMichelin Web site, 300View menu (OziExplorer), 258view shed, 273View tool (3DEM), 263Virtual Terrain Project, 272Visualization Software Web site, 260voicePDA support, 114receiver voice support, 67, 114Street Atlas USA support, 194Voyageur receiver bag, 354, 355• W •WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System),56–57, 63–64, 85walking speed, tracking, 101watch, receiver integration with,350–351, 354water bottle hand strap, carrying receiveron, 348water resistancePDA, 107receiver, 90, 354–355watermark, image, 316, 326Wayhoo.com Web site, 188waypointcompass pointing to, 76computer, transferring to/from, 138, 163,164, 171, 238–239date/time information, 73geocaching, 124, 126, 127, 135, 140GPS Visualizer Web site, using in, 308, 310HOME waypoint, saving, 101icon, 73leg, 77location information, 73MapTech Terrain Navigator, marking in,215–216name, 73, 126receiver, storage by, 58–59, 73–77, 101software for waypoint management, 174track versus, 79Web map, using in, 308, 310Web site repository overview, 188wearing receiver, 346–348