Mapping And Navigation

Author : Cynthia Light Brown
Publisher : Nomad Press
ISBN 13 : 1619301962
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping and Navigation written by Cynthia Light Brown and published by Nomad Press. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did we get from 20-foot-long maps to GPS devices small enough to fit in the palm of our hands? How does GPS work and what can it tell us? How do ancient mapmaking techniques used by the Romans and Greeks influence the satellite technologies we use today? The history of mapmaking is full of remarkable characters who charted the unknown with an ever-changing set of tools. In Mapping and Navigation: The History and Science of Finding Your Way, kids ages 9–12 will learn the history and science behind the evolution of mapmaking, and how much is still out there for discovery. Readers will explore ideas through hands-on experiments while learning new terminology and interesting facts. Projects include using triangulation to measure distances, creating contour lines on a mini-mountain to understand elevation changes on a map, and inventing a sundial and compass to understand the basics of navigation. Whether mapping the solar system or mapping their own backyard, all readers will be able to understand mapping technologies and see the world in new and exciting ways.

Author : Bob Burns
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594852065
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wilderness Navigation written by Bob Burns and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * GPS chapter completely updated to reflect newer models and features of GPS receivers now available * Expanded to include a section on routefinding on glaciers, along with additional information on changing declination * Extensive illustrated examples of orientation and wilderness navigation Proceed with confidence when heading off-road or off-trail with the second edition of Wilderness Navigation. Whether you are climbing a glacier, orienteering in the backcountry, or on an easy day hike, Mike and Bob Burns cover all the latest technology and time-tested methods to help you learn to navigate-from how to read a map to compasses and geomagnetism. Bob Burns is a long-time member of The Mountaineers. He has taught classes in the use of map and compass since the late 1970s. Mike Burns is an avid climber. He has instructed climbing and navigation classes, and written articles for Climbing magazine. Part of the The Mountaineers Outdoor Basics series! Created for beginning-to-intermediate enthusiasts, this series includes everything anyone would need to know about staying safe and having fun in the backcountry.

Author : William Rankin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022633953X
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After the Map written by William Rankin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of the twentieth century, maps were indispensable. They were how governments understood, managed, and defended their territory, and during the two world wars they were produced by the hundreds of millions. Cartographers and journalists predicted the dawning of a “map-minded age,” where increasingly state-of-the-art maps would become everyday tools. By the century’s end, however, there had been decisive shift in mapping practices, as the dominant methods of land surveying and print publication were increasingly displaced by electronic navigation systems. In After the Map, William Rankin argues that although this shift did not render traditional maps obsolete, it did radically change our experience of geographic knowledge, from the God’s-eye view of the map to the embedded subjectivity of GPS. Likewise, older concerns with geographic truth and objectivity have been upstaged by a new emphasis on simplicity, reliability, and convenience. After the Map shows how this change in geographic perspective is ultimately a transformation of the nature of territory, both social and political.

Author : Mordechai Ben-Ari
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319625330
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elements of Robotics written by Mordechai Ben-Ari and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book bridges the gap between playing with robots in school and studying robotics at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare for careers in industry and research. Robotic algorithms are presented formally, but using only mathematics known by high-school and first-year college students, such as calculus, matrices and probability. Concepts and algorithms are explained through detailed diagrams and calculations. Elements of Robotics presents an overview of different types of robots and the components used to build robots, but focuses on robotic algorithms: simple algorithms like odometry and feedback control, as well as algorithms for advanced topics like localization, mapping, image processing, machine learning and swarm robotics. These algorithms are demonstrated in simplified contexts that enable detailed computations to be performed and feasible activities to be posed. Students who study these simplified demonstrations will be well prepared for advanced study of robotics. The algorithms are presented at a relatively abstract level, not tied to any specific robot. Instead a generic robot is defined that uses elements common to most educational robots: differential drive with two motors, proximity sensors and some method of displaying output to the user. The theory is supplemented with over 100 activities, most of which can be successfully implemented using inexpensive educational robots. Activities that require more computation can be programmed on a computer. Archives are available with suggested implementations for the Thymio robot and standalone programs in Python.

Author : Peter Hawkins
Publisher : Cicerone Press
ISBN 13 : 9781852843946
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Map and Compass written by Peter Hawkins and published by Cicerone Press. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to the art of navigation from map and compass to GPS. For complete novices and experienced hillwalkers. Explains the different tools available to help you find your way. Fully illustrated with the author?s own photographs and OS and other mapping. Appendices outlining further practice techniques and useful sources of information.

Author : Michael John Milford
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540775196
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robot Navigation from Nature written by Michael John Milford and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-02-11 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering book describes the development of a robot mapping and navigation system inspired by models of the neural mechanisms underlying spatial navigation in the rodent hippocampus. Computational models of animal navigation systems have traditionally had limited performance when implemented on robots. This is the first research to test existing models of rodent spatial mapping and navigation on robots in large, challenging, real world environments.

Author : Lyle Brotherton
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007424612
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ultimate Navigation Manual written by Lyle Brotherton and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the level of detail, the images are best viewed on a tablet. All the techniques you need to become an expert navigator.

Author : Martin Adams
Publisher : Artech House
ISBN 13 : 160807482X
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robotic Navigation and Mapping with Radar written by Martin Adams and published by Artech House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical treatment of short-range radar processing for reliable object detection at ground level.

Author : James R. Akerman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226010783
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cartographies of Travel and Navigation written by James R. Akerman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding one’s way with a map is a relatively recent phenomenon. In premodern times, maps were used, if at all, mainly for planning journeys in advance, not for guiding travelers on the road. With the exception of navigational sea charts, the use of maps by travelers only became common in the modern era; indeed, in the last two hundred years, maps have become the most ubiquitous and familiar genre of modern cartography. Examining the historical relationship between travelers, navigation, and maps, Cartographies of Travel and Navigation considers the cartographic response to the new modalities of modern travel brought about by technological and institutional developments in the twentieth century. Highlighting the ways in which the travelers, operators, and planners of modern transportation systems value maps as both navigation tools and as representatives of a radical new mobility, this collection brings the cartography of travel—by road, sea, rail, and air—to the forefront, placing maps at the center of the history of travel and movement. Richly and colorfully illustrated, Cartographies of Travel and Navigation ably fills the void in historical literature on transportation mapping.

Author : W. S. Kals
Publisher : Counterpoint LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land Navigation Handbook written by W. S. Kals and published by Counterpoint LLC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comprehensive guide to land navigation and offers instruction on choosing and using a compass, reading topographic maps, measuring distances, and navigation using the sun and stars as well as providing a fold-out map, drawings, and photographs.