GPS for Dummies.pdf - Engineering Surveyor

382GPS Navigation For DummiesweatherPDA weather resistance, 107receiver weather resistance, 90signal, weather condition affecting, 58Web Cartography (Kraak and Brown), 287Web map. See also specific Web siteaccuracy, 291autorouting, 290, 292, 294, 296, 299availability, 291, 301Backpacker Magazinerecommendation, 313color, 283connection considerations, 146cookie, 308copying using screen capture, 280copyright, 281cost, 291, 302, 311–312currency, 291customizing, 292data format, appropriate, 287data source, 290ease of use, 291, 302geocoding, 290introduced, 19–20Java/JavaScript requirement, 19loading speed, 292PDA, loading to, 295POI display, 291–292printing, 290searching, 290, 293–294, 295size, 302software mapping versus, 146,290–292, 302subscription-based service, 311symbol display, 284text, 281, 283topographic Web map advantages/disadvantages, 301–302track, 310waypoint, 308, 310zooming, 294, 306Web site, uploading receiver data to, 348Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principlesfor Creating Web Sites (Lynch andHorton), 287Web-hosted mapping service. See Web mapWestern Front Association Web site, 250Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS),56–57, 63–64, 85WindowsAdd/Remove Programs utility, 286Character Map, 285–286Clipboard, copying image to using screencapture, 237, 278–280Clipboard, copying symbol to, 285Control Panel, 286Display dialog box, 263Display Properties dialog box, 150Run dialog box, 285Save Picture As command, 278windsurfing, using GPS in, 354wireless receiver, 68, 108, 112–113, 295World War I trench discovery, GPSrole in, 250WorldMap software, 178• Y •Yahoo!Forerunner receiver Group, 352GPS map authoring Group, 177Maps Web site, 300Meridian Group, 334OziExplorer Group, 247Y-code signal, 53, 55• Z •zone system, UTM, 33, 34Zoner Draw 3 software, 282zoomingGlobeXplorer Web site, 327–328MapTech Terrain Navigator, 215, 219Street Atlas USA, 196–197TerraServer.com Web site, 325–326TerraServer-USA Web site, 318, 321–3223DEM, 267USAPhotoMaps, 234Web map, 294, 306