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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 621 EAN: 9780470156230 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0470156236 Label: For Dummies Manufacturer: For Dummies Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 408 Publication Date: October 13, 2008 Publisher: For Dummies Studio: For Dummies Editorial Review: Product Description: Need directions? Are you good at getting lost? Then GPS is just the technology you’ve dreamed of, and GPS For Dummies is what you need to help you make the most of it. If you have a GPS unit or plan to buy one, GPS For Dummies, 2nd Edition helps you compare GPS technologies, units, and uses. You’ll find out how to create and use digital maps and learn about waypoints, tracks, coordinate systems, and other key point to using GPS technology. Get more from your GPS device by learning to use Web-hosted mapping services and even how to turn your cell phone or PDA into a GPS receiver. You’ll also discover:
Most GPS receivers do much more than their owners realize. With GPS For Dummies, 2nd Edition in hand, you’ll venture forth with confidence! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good Helpful BookThis is a very helpful resource for those of us who are new to GPS. Rating: - All the information you would ever want or need.This is a great font of GPS information. You can get the basics of a GPS and begin to enjoy It. Then as you get more proficient with your GPS, you can return again and again to the book for in-depth information about the many different uses for a GPS and of course, a chapter on geocaching. Rating: - Great Place to StartI have had a GPS unit for almost a year now with no hope of understanding just what it can do or how to use it due to the arcane nature of the owner's manual.I have no clue as to why the manufacturer's write such poor manuals but they do. In response to my frustrations I decided to try Joel's book as a means of understanding what this small device could do and just how to get it to do what the promotional materials say it does. After reading most of Joel's book I was able to go to work using my GPS ... Read More Rating:  - Interesting but...I bought this book because I had recently purchased a GPS and was frustrated by the techno speak in the manual. I was looking for something to help me through the jargon. Only about 1/3 of the book is specificallly about your GPS. A small section is about cartography and the rest deals with "digital mapping" (more jargon for computer software dealing with maps). All of the information is at least loosely tied to a GPS. There is no glossary section but the author does embed many clarifications ... Read More Rating: - Good for entry into GPS useCopywrite date was 2004. Seems a little outdated in some places. Other than that, it was very helpful and full of useful Websites. |
