books about: navigations

books about: navigations

books:

Navigations

U. S. Coast Guard

Paradise Cay Publications, 2001

Nav Rules of the Road
I was looking for the latest copy of the Rules of the Road and I found them; exactly what I wanted. This is a must-have for Navigators, Naval deck watchstanders and 3rd Mates.

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites

Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

A lifesaver
As project manager, I was in a bind when our contract information architect failed to understand the complexities of our matrixed business model and client base. Rosenfeld's book helped me design a IA for our 700 page HTML site that has since been described as simple, ...

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham

Houghton Mifflin, 2003

A review for parents and gift-giving adults (some spoilers here)
Another fine Newbery-winning historical novel. This one is actually a fictionalized biography of Nathaniel Bowditch, innovative navigator and author of The American Practical Navigator, apparently still a standard book on navy vessels. Latham's fast-paced book takes ...

How to Read a Nautical Chart : A Complete Guide to the Symbols, Abbreviations, and Data Displayed on Nautical ...

Nigel Calder

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2002

"What does 'rky' mean? Oops!"
Since the current U.S. Administration saw fit to cease publication of CHART NO. 1, the government's own guide to reading maritime maps, back in 2000 (maybe they figured Dubai might pick up the slack around our harbors), HOW TO READ A NAUTICAL CHART is an absolutely ...

World Cruising Routes

Jimmy Cornell

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2008

World Cruising Routes
When planning a circumnavigation one has three choices: 1) Do not plan and accept the extreme dangers of circumnavigation; 2) take a year or more and plan using all available nautical publications, charts, electronic navigation systems; and 3) read and use the ...

Designing Web Navigation: Optimizing the User Experience

James Kalbach

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007

Your users will thank you for reading this...
The ability to navigate a web site can make or break your user's experience. I learned far more than I thought even existed in the book Designing Web Navigation: Optimizing the User Experience by James Kalbach. It's obviously more than just putting a list of links ...

The Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Third Edition, Completely Revised, Expanded and Updated

John Rousmaniere, Mark Smith

Simon & Schuster, 1999

One Hand For Yourself, One Hand For The Ship
THE ANNAPOLIS BOOK OF SEAMANSHIP by John Rousmaniere is the ur-text on sailing used by virtually every sailing school as its primary educational source. Now in its third edition, this eminently readable and well illustrated book is encyclopedic in its scope, crammed ...

Chapman Piloting & Seamanship 65th Edition (Chapman Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling)

Elbert S. Maloney

Hearst, 2006

Must have!
This book Chapman Piloting & Seamanship 65th Edition (Chapman Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling) was recommended to us when we bought our first boat some 14 years ago, and has become a bible for boating to us. We've given it ever since to good friends in ...

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Dava Sobel

Walker & Company, 2007

Fascinating subject in the hands of Sobel
One of the most pressing issues for early sailors was the problem of longitude. Because it was impossible to determine longitude, many ships and sailors died. Also, captains used the same routes as pirates or enemies of the state, which made it easy to lie in wait for ...

The King James Bible (with book and chapter navigation)

Diana Mecum DianaDoesIt.com, 2008

Fantastic Navigation Feature!
This was one of the easiest books to navigate through that I have ever seen because it emulates the hardcopy. In fact, it's better because I don't have to keep paging and paging to get to where I want to read. Instead, each chapter or individual book is just a click ...

Learning to Sail: The Annapolis Sailing School Guide for Young Sailors of All Ages

Diane Goodman, Ian Brodie

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1994

If you buy one "how to sail" book...
This is the best introductory book on sailing small boats i have seen. It works perfectly with individual or group instruction and has been rated high by my son-in-law and three grandkids.

Basic Keelboat (U.S. Sailing Certification) (U.S. Sailing Certification)

Monk Henry

U.S. Sailing Association, 2003

Used by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club
This was a great book to learn from. It made the whole learning to sail process easy.

Map Use & Analysis

John Campbell

McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2000

A Cartographer's View of the World
When you've been working in a field for 30 years it's really difficult to drag yourself backwards and review data you already know, so when I signed up for a GPS (Global Positioning Sattelite) software course I looked at "Map Use & Analysis" by John Campbell as ...

The American Practical Navigator: "Bowditch"

National Imagery and Mapping Agency

Paradise Cay Publications, 2002

Everything you wanted to know about navigation, but were afraid to ask.
A newfound interest in celestial navigation and all things nautical prompted me purchase this book. As far as celestial goes, the book concentrates on sight reduction by tables rather than by calculator or computer. In that respect, it's disappointing. The background ...

Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass

Harold Gatty

Dover Publications, 1999

Very informative
This book is an example of why books are great. The knowledge contained in it would be largely lost or very difficult to compile had hte author not taken the time to publish it. He spent his life learning various methods of navigation around the world from many ...