The Adlard Coles Book of Electronic Navigation | LIBROS NÁUTICOS | Navegación Electrónica, Radiocomunicaciones | Librería Náutica cartamar. Libros Náuticos. Cartas Náuticas | Libreria nautica Cartamar. Libros nauticos. Cartas nauticas.

Contenido:

In this book Tim Bartlett not only explains how to use radar, GPS, chart plotters and electronic instrumentation in everyday small boat navigation, but he uses plain English to strip away the jargon and acronyms, and reveals how the various systems work, as well as examining their practical strengths and weaknesses

- What is the point of waypoints?
- Is a GPS more accurate in 2D or 3D mode?
- What is the most dangerous control on a radar set?
- Why does my GPS say that my boat is at an altitude of 57 metres?
- Are you likely to find more information on a raster chart or a vector chart?
- What is ETRS89, and does it have anything to do with EBL and VRM or NMEA0183?



Índice:

1. ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION. DOWE NEED IT?
Case history 1. Kishmul of Ayr
Case history 2. Wahkuna

2. NEW SOLUTIONS, NEW PROBLEMS
The shape of the Earth
Horizontal datums
An error? What error
...and different kinds of accuracy
Dilution of precision
Measuring error

3. HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND DATA
Man/machine interface
Controls
Menus and soft keys
Displays
Machine/machine interface
PC serial ports
NMEA 0183

4. WHAT IS GPS?
How it works
The satellites
Errors and accuracy
Improving the accuracy of GPS
Differential GPS
Other Satnavs

5. USING GPS
Initialising
Set-up options
Basic displays
Waypoints navigation
Route navigation
Routes and waypoints under way
Using waypoints to monitor position
Upwind sailing
GPS pilotage

6. CHART PLOTTERS
Raster charts
Vector charts
Passage planning on a plotter
Overlays

7. PCs ON BOARD
Laptops
Built-in PCs
Power supplies
Displays and controls
A look to the future

8. ECHO SOUNDERS
How they work
Digital echo sounders
Forward-looking echo sounders
Installing an echo sounder
Calibrating an echo sounder

9. LOGS
How it works
Installing a log
Calibrating a log

10. ELECTRONIC COMPASSES
How a fluxgate
Installation
Self-correction

11. RADAR-HOW IT WORKS
First principles
Main components
Display
Power consumption and safety

12. RADAR - GETTING A PICTURE
Switching on and setting up
Improving the picture
Stabilisation
Measuring tools

13. RADAR - WHAT SHOWS UP?
Blind arcs and shadow sectors
What shows up?
Radar reflectors
Radar transponders
False echoes
Weather effects

14. USING RADAR FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Radar and the Colregs
Assessing the risk
Closest point of approach
Finding course and speed
Advanced radar plotting
Guard zones
ARPA and MARPA

15. USING RADAR FOR NAVIGATION AND PILOTAGE
Fix by radar bearings
Fix by radar ranges
Mixed fixes
Pilotage

INDEX