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Web Sites

This is an informal collection of websites we have found to be interesting or useful.  Commercial sites
are shown on this list for information purposes only.  No endorsement is expressed or implied. 
All URLs are http:// sites unless otherwise specified.

Commercial Sources for GPS Products

Books and Magazines

GPS Mapping: Make Your Own Maps
Rich Owings, 374 pages, $24.95
Published by Ten Mile Press
633 North Harrison Street
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
1-707-972-8082
ISBN 0-9760926-3-8

GPS Waypoints: Colorado
Michael Ferguson, 256 pages, $15.95
Also available for Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
Published by Glassford Publishing
PO Box 2895, Boise, ID  83701-2895
1-888-477-6379

Staying Found, The Complete Map and Compass Handbook
June Fleming, 160 pages, 3rd edition, $12.95
Published by The Mountaineers Books
1001 SW Klickitat Way, Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98134
www.mountaineersbooks.org
1-800-284-8554 or 206-284-8484

GPS Made Easy, Using Global Positioning Systems in the Outdoors
Lawrence Lethan, 208 pages, 4th edition, paperback, $15.95
Published by The Mountaineers Books
1001 SW Klickitat Way, Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98134
www.mountaineersbooks.org
1-800-284-8554 or 206-284-8484
Also available at Tattered Cover Bookstore Denver, CO  303-322-7727
and Recreational Equipment Inc.  (REI)  303-932-0600

GPS World Magazine
Use the subscription form on this site or fax the GPS World subscription office at fax: 218-723-9417
For subscription renewals or address changes, e-mail fulfill@superfill.com
www.gpsworld.com
1-800-346-0085 x 477 or 218-723-9477

Map and Compass
Cliff Johnson, 67 pages, 2nd edition, paperback
Published by The Globe Pequot Press
PO Box 833
Old Saybrook, CT  06475
www.globe-pequot.com
1-800-243-0495

Coordinate Readers

To accurately scale positions on a topographic map, a graduated Mylar (clear plastic) scale is useful.  The sources below can supply coordinate readers:

“The Topo Companion”
GPS Navigator Magazine
www.gpsnavigatormagazine.com
1-800-275-7526

“UTM Map Tools” and “Lat/Long Map Tools”
Map Tools, Inc.
1755 La Honda Rd #95, Woodside, CA  94069
650-529-9410
www.maptools.com

“UTM Scale”
Waypoint Enterprises
PO Box 3368, Show Low, AZ  85902-9163
www.waypoint-ent.com
1-888-412-2600 or Local 928-537-5255

“GPS/Topo Coordinator”
Lat. 26 Degrees, Inc.
Land Navigation Supplies
www.lat26inc.com
1-800-305-0036

In addition, the USGS can supply a basic UTM reader for 7.5’  1:24,000/1:25,000 maps (CR-2) and another for 1:50,000 scale maps (CR-1).  These readers are priced at $2.50 each.  In addition, all orders for delivery within the United States will have a $5.00 handling charge assessed.

Phone orders are accepted with credit cards at 1-888-275-8747.  You may also order free indexes to topographic map coverage or place orders for maps or the USING GPS WITH MAPS video at the same number.