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Wilderness GPS
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$14.95
- Thousands have learned compass and map skills with the help of father-and-son team Bob and Mike Burns and their straightforward, simply explained book, Wilderness Navigation. Now theyve written a book for everyone who has bought a backcountry GPS device and found it inexplicably complicated to use (which includes most of us). Wilderness GPS is an easy-to-use guide to get you navigating the outdoors with your handheld GPS device. Wondering how to choose from the variety of gear and computer programs, or how to use a GPS with your map and compass effectively? Wilderness GPS details this and more Features:
- Simple, focused, and accessible, Wilderness GPS is for anyone using GPS in an outdoor setting
- Trust us: first-timers need help to use their new backcountry GPS devices
- From the authors of the bestselling Wilderness Navigation (65,000 copies sold)
- How to select your GPS gear
- Getting started and practice routines
- Different coordinate systems: latitude and longitude vs. Universal transverse Mercator (UTM)
- Routefinding in wilderness settings, including common scenarios
- GPS vs. map and compass routefinding
- Using GPS on water
- Using your GPS with a home computer or mobile smart device
- Author: Mike Burns and Robert Burns
- Pages: 144 pages
- ISBN: 978-1-59485-762-1
