Navigating with a GPS Cicerone | 9781852844912

Effective skills for the outdoors. In this practical guide to navigating with a GPS, navigation expert Pete Hawkins explains how to get the best from your GPS. The book breaks down the jargon into understandable English and takes you through GPS navigation in a clear and structured way. It also gives a potted summary of how to navigate with a map and compass, recognizing that strong traditional navigational skills are the basis for effective GPS navigation. Finally the guide takes a look at digital mapping and how that can benefit the outdoor user, and how GPSs and mapping software can be used positively together. -What a GPS shows you -Building traditional navigational skills -Basic and advanced navigation with a GPS -Getting out of trouble -Computer mapping software -Practising your GPS skills