Author: Barbara M. Linde
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1538232685
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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What highways go from Maine to Florida? What's the distance from Los Angeles to San Francisco? How do I get to my friend's house? How does GPS work? As readers enjoy this volume, they will find answers to these questions and more. Readers learn to use the map key to identify different types of roads. They'll plan routes for long and short trips, calculating distances with the scale of miles. After studying diagrams of the GPS, they will give a basic explanation of how it works.
Author: Tish Rabe
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375810994
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
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Laugh and learn with fun facts about mapmakers, geography, compasses, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss’s beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat! “You may travel the world, but no matter how far, with a map on your lap you will know where you are.” The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library series combines beloved characters, engaging rhymes, and Seussian illustrations to introduce children to non-fiction topics from the real world! Go on a journey and learn: • how to read the latitude and longitude lines on a map • why a hiker uses a topographical map • why mapmakers use a scale and legends • and much more! Perfect for story time and for the youngest readers, There’s a Map on My Lap! All About Maps also includes an index, glossary, and suggestions for further learning. Look for more books in the Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library series! If I Ran the Horse Show: All About Horses Clam-I-Am! All About the Beach Miles and Miles of Reptiles: All About Reptiles A Whale of a Tale! All About Porpoises, Dolphins, and Whales Safari, So Good! All About African Wildlife Oh, the Lavas That Flow! All About Volcanoes Out of Sight Till Tonight! All About Nocturnal Animals What Cat Is That? All About Cats Once upon a Mastodon: All About Prehistoric Mammals Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today? All About Weather The Cat on the Mat: All About Mindfulness
Author: Dan Grec
Publisher: Road Chose Me
ISBN: 9780995198913
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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When Dan set out to drive his Jeep from the Northern tip of Alaska to Tierra del Fuego on the Southern tip of South America, he had no idea how much the adventure would change his life. Over the course of two years, Dan's expedition spanned forty thousand miles through sixteen countries. Now he will never be the same. After years of saving, dreaming and planning, Dan wanted to find out if an ordinary guy can achieve the extraordinary. With no sponsorship, a modest savings account and a willingness to learn Spanish, Dan threw himself in. Going solo, with no GPS and sleeping in a ground tent, Dan wanted to experience everything the Americas have to offer. From poking lava with a stick and hiking among world-famous mountains to corrupt military and camping with Ecuadorian locals - every day provided something new. With his eyes and ears open to the world around him, Dan met many interesting and thought-provoking characters. With their guidance and prodding, and by using their unique perspective, Dan was able to learn many valuable life lessons. Running to the beat of a different drum, Latin America was the perfect classroom for Dan to view our modern work-a-day world through an entirely new lens.
Author: Tracy Nelson Maurer
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512485691
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Ever wonder what route would get you from coast to coast the fastest? Or where to find camping spots on a road trip? Road maps and GPS give details about routes and sites. But how do you use them? And how can you make the most of these tools to get the information you need? Read on to become a pro at using GPS and road maps! As part of the Searchlight BooksTM collection, this series explores the geographical question—What Do You Know about Maps? Informative text, compelling photos, and engaging captions will help you expand your map knowledge!
Author: William Least Heat-Moon
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316218545
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads. William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map -- if they get on at all -- only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill: Remote, Oregon; Simplicity, Virginia; New Freedom, Pennsylvania; New Hope, Tennessee; Why, Arizona; Whynot, Mississippi." His adventures, his discoveries, and his recollections of the extraordinary people he encountered along the way amount to a revelation of the true American experience.
Author: M. R. O'Connor
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250096960
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367
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At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. "A marvel of storytelling." —Kirkus (Starred Review) In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision—especially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world without maps or instruments. O'Connor goes to the Arctic, the Australian bush and the South Pacific to talk to masters of their environment who seek to preserve their traditions at a time when anyone can use a GPS to navigate. O’Connor explores the neurological basis of spatial orientation within the hippocampus. Without it, people inhabit a dream state, becoming amnesiacs incapable of finding their way, recalling the past, or imagining the future. Studies have shown that the more we exercise our cognitive mapping skills, the greater the grey matter and health of our hippocampus. O'Connor talks to scientists studying how atrophy in the hippocampus is associated with afflictions such as impaired memory, dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, depression and PTSD. Wayfinding is a captivating book that charts how our species' profound capacity for exploration, memory and storytelling results in topophilia, the love of place. "O'Connor talked to just the right people in just the right places, and her narrative is a marvel of storytelling on its own merits, erudite but lightly worn. There are many reasons why people should make efforts to improve their geographical literacy, and O'Connor hits on many in this excellent book—devouring it makes for a good start." —Kirkus Reviews
Author: Joel McNamara
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470156236
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Need directions? Are you good at getting lost? Then GPS is just the technology you’ve dreamed of, and GPS For Dummies is what you need to help you make the most of it. If you have a GPS unit or plan to buy one, GPS For Dummies, 2nd Edition helps you compare GPS technologies, units, and uses. You’ll find out how to create and use digital maps and learn about waypoints, tracks, coordinate systems, and other key point to using GPS technology. Get more from your GPS device by learning to use Web-hosted mapping services and even how to turn your cell phone or PDA into a GPS receiver. You’ll also discover: Up-to-date information on the capabilities of popular handheld and automotive Global Positioning Systems How to read a map and how to get more from the free maps available online The capabilities and limitations of GPS technology, and how satellites and radio systems make GPS work How to interface your GPS receiver with your computer and what digital mapping software can offer Why a cell phone with GPS capability isn’t the same as a GPS unit What can affect your GPS reading and how accurate it will be How to use Street Atlas USA, TopoFusion, Google Earth, and other tools Fun things to do with GPS, such as exploring topographical maps, aerial imagery, and the sport of geocaching Most GPS receivers do much more than their owners realize. With GPS For Dummies, 2nd Edition in hand, you’ll venture forth with confidence!
Author: UBD Gregory's
Publisher: UBD-Gregory's
ISBN: 9780731932740
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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The latest edition of the UBD Gregorys Brisbane refidex has been fully revised and updated. Offering clear, comprehensive mapping at the best scale this directory is an essential tool when navigating your way around Brisbane and its surrounding suburbs including comprehensive sections for the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. You will find all the detail you have come to expect from a UBD Gregorys product with the latest updates on the streets you need to navigate. If you have not updated your directory for 3 years you will be missing road upgrades, new suburbs and over 1400 new streets. As well as the many new streets included in the directory there is an easy to read street index with over 58,750 street listings. There is also a suburbs and localities listing including postcodes, and over 9,000 facilities listed. CBD maps at a scale of 1:5 000 and an index to buildings for these maps, main road maps covering from Boreen Point in the north to Mooball (NSW) in the south, a bridge clearance heights listing, and eleven state maps with an index to towns. More than ever you can trust your UBD Gregorys street directory to get you to your destination safely and on time. Inclusions in this 2022 edition of the Brisbane refidex are over 350 new streets development in the subdivisions of Burpengary, Collingwood Park, Coomera, Flagstone, Greenbank, Logan Reserve, Nambour, Park Ridge, Pimpama, Sippy Downs, Spring Mountain, Yarrabilba plus developments in over 40 other suburbs. Two new maps on the Sunshine Coast covering the new suburb of Nirimba. With all the information in this new edition now is an ideal time to replace your old Brisbane refidex.
Author: Barbara M. Linde
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1538230607
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Book Description
What highways go from Maine to Florida? What's the distance from Los Angeles to San Francisco? How do I get to my friend's house? How does GPS work? As readers enjoy this volume, they will find answers to these questions and more. Readers learn to use the map key to identify different types of roads. They'll plan routes for long and short trips, calculating distances with the scale of miles. After studying diagrams of the GPS, they will give a basic explanation of how it works.
Author: American Map
Publisher: American Map
ISBN: 9780841628465
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Covering just the United States in a larger scale for easier reading, this road atlas utilises digital cartography to present large-scale, up-to-date maps. Each map includes details of climate and terrain, as well as some of the featured area's attractions.
