Navigating with GPS
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SPRING 2008 COURSE DATES AND INFORMATION
Course Price: $55.00 for CPS members and $100.00 for non-members. We will accept Online Registration and First Night registration only. A minimum of 6 students is needed to run the course. Payment may be made by Cash, Cheque, Visa or MasterCard. Please make cheques payable to "Ottawa Power and Sail Squadron".
- Registration: 19:00 to 20:00 Monday 3 March 2008, or use our Online Registration form
- Navigating with GPS: Mondays,
14 April to 28 April 2008
Course Price: $55.00 for CPS members and $100.00 for non-members. We will accept Online Registration and First Night registration only. A minimum of 6 students is needed to run the course. Payment may be made by Cash, Cheque, Visa or MasterCard. Please make cheques payable to "Ottawa Power and Sail Squadron".
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Duration: 3 two-hour weekly sessions with "hands-on" demonstrations.
The objective of this manual/seminar is enable the operator of a recreational small craft to navigate safely and efficiently to any destination, using primarily a GPS receiver and conventional charts. It is restricted to only the navigational aspects of GPS, and may suggest when additional skills are required as a backup.
To select a route to follow , utilizing a GPS receiver, requires a knowledge of basic navigation principles. Without such knowledge, the navigator must place complete reliance and blind trust upon complex equipment and the ability to use it properly, under all circumstances. When properly installed and operated, modern electronic navigation systems are generally very reliable. These inexpensive and portable hand held systems are available to serve as primary, backup, or lifeboat navigation systems.
Although the controlling authorities go to great lengths to ensure reliability and accuracy; the signals upon which all such systems depend are not always available. A more common cause of navigation failure is human error. Many mistakes are made in entering and in sequencing of data. Incorrect positions or commands are often inserted and wrong waypoints selected, sometimes with disastrous results, as the computer does precisely what it is commanded to do.
This course outlines procedures designed to minimize the possibility of human error in the operation of electronic navigation equipment.
Course Content: includes a CD with sample exams and a GPS simulator
Duration: 3 two-hour weekly sessions with "hands-on" demonstrations.
The objective of this manual/seminar is enable the operator of a recreational small craft to navigate safely and efficiently to any destination, using primarily a GPS receiver and conventional charts. It is restricted to only the navigational aspects of GPS, and may suggest when additional skills are required as a backup.
To select a route to follow , utilizing a GPS receiver, requires a knowledge of basic navigation principles. Without such knowledge, the navigator must place complete reliance and blind trust upon complex equipment and the ability to use it properly, under all circumstances. When properly installed and operated, modern electronic navigation systems are generally very reliable. These inexpensive and portable hand held systems are available to serve as primary, backup, or lifeboat navigation systems.
Although the controlling authorities go to great lengths to ensure reliability and accuracy; the signals upon which all such systems depend are not always available. A more common cause of navigation failure is human error. Many mistakes are made in entering and in sequencing of data. Incorrect positions or commands are often inserted and wrong waypoints selected, sometimes with disastrous results, as the computer does precisely what it is commanded to do.
This course outlines procedures designed to minimize the possibility of human error in the operation of electronic navigation equipment.
Course Content: includes a CD with sample exams and a GPS simulator
- Introduction
- How to use a GPS
- The Basics of GPS
- Navigation
- Limits of Accuracy
- Other uses for GPS
- Appendix 1 Latitude and Longitude
- Appendix 2 Buying a GPS
- Appendix 3 Mapping / Chartplotters
- Appendix 4 Acronyms
- Appendix 5 Useful References
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