Product Details
Format: Paperback Book
Pages: 374
Language: English
Size: 7.5" x 8.5"
Author: Rich Owings
Comments: GPS Mapping: Make your Own Maps is the only comprehensive guide to mapping software that answers this question, and more, where to find free software and maps, how to us aerial photos and satellite imagery, and how to view your favorite back country locations in 3D. The sophisticated features once available only to professional cartographers are now within reach, at low cost or even free, to everyone who loves maps!
You will discover how to:
*Make maps for free
*Download aerial photos and even create 3D maps
*Create and customize your own maps
*Use hidden tips and tricks
*Reduce your learning curve and get mapping right away
*Locate trailheads using a real-time moving maps on a laptop or
PDA
*Transfer information between your GPS, computer, and electronic
maps
This book helps you identify which of more than a dozen popular software programs best fit your map making needs, and includes chapters about free software that allows you to download free maps from the government Web sites.
About the Author: Rich Owings has been an avid outdoorsman for 30 years. An experienced explorer of the wilderness, he resides on California's wild and rugged north coast. He is Executive Director of Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.
Publication Details
Publisher: Ten Mile Press
Date of Publication: 2005
Published in Country: USA
Product Number: ISBN # 9780976092636
