Fun with GPS
Donald Cooke
ESRI Press
Redlands, California

Author Donald Cooke proves his statement that GPS "ranks right up there with the Internet in the pantheon of useful spin-offs of military technology" with a practical book that's a fun guide to using GPS. With dozens of illustrated examples, readers are taken on a journey that goes far beyond electronic positioning and navigation.

With helpful information on how to get the best data from your GPS, Cooke instructs with tips and shares experiences and discoveries learned through copious applications with projects that he considers seasonal. Cooke introduces his GPS world on the road, on the water, in the air and on snow and ice through mapping and photographs.

The most delightful chapter, and where planners can expand their GPS teaching capabilities, is Cooke's "GPS in schools and the community". Through modulating the complexity of the exercises, Cooke is able to use GPS as a tool for project-based learning in all grades to reinforce all discipline areas from math, science, geography, and community study including "consumer GPS".

The hands-on lessons will inspire and engage young people with a new awareness of and respect for their community and the rich resources that can be mapped. Referenced web sites expand the knowledge-base with additional opportunities to broaden understanding. There are lots of possibilities for civic engagement and involving young people in their community.

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