Résumé
You'll get lost in this book, but nowhere else
Your GPS is a really cool toy, but what if you could make it even cooler? _ What if you could build and hook up data cables, modify your iPAQ cradle to take a GPS connection, tweak the firmware, hook up to your PC without expensive software, use GPS data in a hundred creative ways, even solar-power your GPS? Suppose you could beef up your "first to find" quotient when geocaching, or use your GPS as a super-accurate clock. Well, you can. Read on-your adventure is just beginning!
Here's how to soup up your GPS
Covers both Garmin and Magellan models
- Crack the secret codes
- Build auxiliary battery packs
- Navigate with your GPS
- Make power and data cables
- Sharpen your signal
- Keep firmware updated
- Create and load data
- Grab screenshots on the move
- Set up an atomic clock
- Customize GPS games
- Discover paper-free geocaching
L'auteur - Katie Kingsley-Hughes
Kathie Kingsley-Hughes has authored several technical/programming books and contributes regularly to a variety of forums on GPS and other high-tech outdoor devices. A zealous hiker, backpacker, and geocacher, she is rarely seen without her GPS (and usually a digital camera, spare batteries, sleeping bag, and similar survival gear!)
Sommaire
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Hardware Hacks
- GPS Secrets
- Building GPS Data Cables and Power Cords
- Power Hacks
- Antenna Hacks
- Protecting Your GPS
- Software Hacks
- Hacking the Firmware
- Making Connections
- Data Hacking
- GPS Data
- Examining the Data
- More Data Tricks
- Playtime
- Hacking Geocaching
- GPS Games
- Appendix A: GPS Primer
- Appendix B:Websites/Internet Resources
- Glossary
- Index
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Wiley |
Auteur(s) | Katie Kingsley-Hughes |
Collection | ExtremeTech |
Parution | 14/04/2005 |
Nb. de pages | 338 |
Format | 19 x 23,5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 545g |
Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
EAN13 | 9780764584244 |
ISBN13 | 978-0-7645-8424-4 |
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