Lowrance DGPS Beacon Receiver reviewed by: GPS Nuts

The answer to the above question can be found in the "GPS--Instant Navigation"  

GPS Instant Navigation is an excellent book  that discusses the "how to" aspect of marine GPS navigation in a simple, straightforward manner.

The following links, selected by GPS Nuts, may be of a special interest to the boaters:

Bowditch -The American Practical Navigator.   Everything you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask about marine navigation. Highly recommended! 

 http://www.irbs.com/bowditch/

The Mother of All Maritime Links, John's Nautical Links List: http://www.boat-links.com/

Pat's Boating In Canada http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/boating/#cru , an excellent resource for the Canadian and visiting boaters.

Peter Bennett's NMEA-0183 and GPS Information website: http://vancouver-webpages.com/pub/peter/index.html 

Programs to convert between Lat/Long and Loran-C (a section of Peter Bennett's website)

http://vancouver-webpages.com/pub/peter/idx_marine.html 

DGPS

Canadian Coast Guard operated DGPS reference stations: http://www.ccg-gcc.ca/tosd-dsto/awtj/dgps/table.htm

USA Coast Guard operated DGPS reference stations: http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/dgps/coverage/Default.htm

Charts and Notices to Mariners

Canadian Hydrographic Service web site: http://www.chs-shc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/chs/en/   Official Marine Navigation Charts and Nautical Publications. 

Canadian List Of Lights, Buoys, And Fog Signals   and 

Canadian Notices To Mariners - Monthly

(Canadian) Nautical Data International Inc., the sole distributor of official CHS digital data web site: http://www.ndi.nf.ca

USA Notices to Mariners  

(USA) The National Ocean Service's (NOS) MapFinder http://mapfinder.nos.noaa.gov/default.htm

C-Map electronic charts: http://www.c-map.com/

NAVIONICS electronic charts:  http://www.navionics.com

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