Basic Essentials® Using GPS (Basic Essentials Series)

By Bruce Grubbs

This pack-sized book is a guide to practical field use of the Global Positioning System for anyone whose play or work takes them to remote areas. Written in simple language, with each new term... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762734213
• ISBN13: 9780762734214
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Falcon Guides
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Clear, Concise and Helpful

This is a terrific practical guide for hikers and backpackers who know how to use a map and compass and want to employ a GPS receiver as an additional helping tool. If you are looking for a book about the glamors of using a GPS for geocaching, this is probably not the book for you. But if you are looking for a practical, short guide to land navigation using a combination of map, compass and GPS, read this book. It taught me that a GPS does not replace map and compass, but rather is a different tool altogether that is to be used in conjunction with a map and compass. This book contains great practical information about when to turn your GPS on, when to leave it off to save battery power, and how to use a GPS with a topo map.

Short and To-The-Point

I don't have a GPS but intend to buy one in the near future. This inexpensive little book provided me with the basic information that I will need in order to make an informed purchasing decision. This book also includes several examples on the different uses of a GPS, i.e., different circumstances. These examples will likely prove more useful to me when I actually have a GPS in my possession to play with. I believe that the less knowledgeable a person is in this field, the more useful this book will be. The writing is clear and the information is well presented.