GPS for Dummies.pdf - Engineering Surveyor

About the AuthorJoel McNamara first got involved with digital maps in the early 1980’s. At thetime he was studying archeology and instead of going out and playing IndianaJones, he found himself in front of a computer monitor trying to predictwhere archeological sites were located based on LANDSAT satellite data.The lure of computers ultimately led to his defection from academia to thesoftware industry, where he worked as a programmer, technical writer, andmanager; eventually ending up at a rather large software company based inRedmond, Washington. Joel now writes and consults on technology he findsinteresting, such as GPS and digital maps.Over the years he’s had practical experience using GPS and maps for wildlandfirefighting, search and rescue, and disaster response and planning. He’salso an avid user of the great outdoors (which means there’s way too muchgear in his garage), competes in adventure races and other endurance sports,and so far has always found his way back home. In his spare time he volunteersfor a federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team.This is his second book. The first was Secrets of Computer Espionage: Tactics& Countermeasures (also published by Wiley), a reference guide for computersecurity practitioners and anyone interested in stopping sneaky spies.