This book introduces the reader to the fast-growing outdoor sport of geocaching, which combines aspects of treasure hunting, high-tech navigation, and exploration.

If you want to learn how to program, this is the book for you. Most texts on programming offer dry, boring examples that are difficult to follow. In this book, a wide variety of interesting and relevant subjects are explored using a problem-solving methodology that develops logical thinking skills w...

Covers the techniques, procedures, and quick decision-making needed to sail a vessel alone on short trips or long voyages

In an average year roughly 30 million men will go fishing. In this exciting, fast moving book readers are invited to journey alongside Captain Dan Keating as he travels around the world and back in time to discover that the ultimate catch is closer than we realize. The book weaves Dan s wild fishing...

Everglades City to Pensacola Including the GIWW, Caloosahatchee River, Okeechobee Waterway, Tampa Bay and the Panhandle Boater-biased, independent, full-page reviews with ratings and rates for 161 marinas that welcome visiting boats. Every facility has been personally reviewed, often several times,...

Basic Stamp is the brand name of a chip that is widely used in the prototyping of microcontrollers - the "brains" of electronic devices. The development of such embedded system devices is the fastest-growing chip sector. This book teaches the principles and processes of microcontroller development b...

The Tidal Current Tables contain daily predicted times of slack water and the predicted times and speeds of maximum current (flood or ebb) for each day of the year on the Pacific Coast of North America and Asia.

HIGH SPEED TRAILER HUBS DEMOUNTABLE - COMPLETE - 5ÿHOLE HUB. ÿ Hub assembly includes: nuts, bolts, 2 each bearings and cups, and 1 grease seal and dust cap. ÿ Bolt size:ÿ 5 stud. ÿ Bearing size:ÿ 1-1/4". ÿ Inner:ÿ LM67048. ÿ Bearing size:ÿ 1=1/4". ÿ Outer:ÿ LM67048. ÿ Hub length:ÿ 4-3/16". ÿ Distanc...

"The purpose of this field manual is to provide a standardized source document for Army-wide reference on 'map reading' and 'land navigation'. This manual applies to every soldier in the Army regardless of service branch, MOS, or rank. This manual also contains both doctrine and training guidance on...

This book concentrates on how RobotBASIC programs can interface with a wide variety of off-the-shelf hardware. Many options will be explored including both serial and parallel ports and how a separate microcontroller can be used to handle the low-level I/O operations. You will even see how vision, s...