Gps for Everyone: How the Global Positioning System Can Work for You

By L. Casey Larijani

This volume is complete with an extensive glossary of terms, acronyms and phrases to promote the readers understanding of how GPS is being used in emergency-rescue operations, farm management,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965966755
• ISBN13: 9780965966757
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Wow! One great book about one great system. Essential.

This book makes it all simple. And sexy. Well, sexy as technology goes. Almost everyone by now has seen or heard about GPS receivers and moving maps that pinpoint your location to within several feet. Anywhere on the globe. Something so spooky sounds impossible to understand, but Larijani covers it clearly and completely. ... The author even covers new and emerging job opportunities using the slick new capabilities. ... Larijani starts with the basics (such as how to navigate), tells how it works, who's involved, how to choose the right gear, what to do if signals degrade. She examines current uses in defense, mapping, environmental projects, earthquake prediction, utilities. And, since "our system" is usable world-wide, the overseas implications. One great book about one great system. Essential.

finally, something thorough and simple--a rare combination!

Anyone interested in this topic surely knows that most books on GPS are either oversimplified and incomplete or are far too technical for an on-the-bus read. Ms. Larijani has avoided those unappealing tendencies in her thorough, readable text. Everything seems to be covered, and for those areas that do need explaining, a complete glossary is there to help. A considerate effort by the author to bring this technology "down-to-earth," tangible to any who want to know. Strongly recommended.

If you are interested in GPS, this is the book for you!

What I liked most about this book was that it was so readable. As a non-technical person who was interested in learning more about how GPS works, I found this to be the perfect book. The author does a great job of writing for the layman. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in GPS.

"Quo Vadis?" -- this book gives you the answer!

An elegantly written intro to the history, technology and future of Global Positioning Systems. Ms Larijani covers all the bases in this excellent, readable introduction to a topic of steadily increasing importance. Recommended.

This is the best and most important book on the topic.

If there is a book in your arsonal, it should be this book. Thoroughly explores the realm of GPS and its impact on our lives. Everthing you need to !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!