HACKING GPS
CONTENTS PART I: HARDWARE HACKS CHAPTER 1: GPS SECRETS HIDDEN SECRETS GARMIN SECRET SCREENS HARD RESETS SOFT RESETS WARM RESETS FULL GPS RESETS DIAGNOSTIC SCREENS AUTOLOCATING MAGELLAN SECRET SCREENS MAGELLAN MERIDIAN SERIES AFTER A HARD OR SOFT RESET SUMMARY CHAPTER 2: BUILDING GPS DATA CABLES AND POWER CORDS CABLES DEMYSTIFIED THE DATA CABLE POWER CORDS COMBO CABLES COMBINING CABLE TYPES MULTI-GPS CABLES MULTI-DATA CABLES MULTI-DATA/POWER CABLES MULTI-DATA/POWER/GPS CABLES MAKING YOUR OWN DATA CABLES MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED DON’T WANT TO BUY A CONNECTOR? MAKING POWER CORDS POWER CORD ASSEMBLY TESTING PRECAUTIONS GPS/IPAQ CONNECTIONS CRADLE MODIFICATION TESTING THE CONNECTION MAKING COMBO CABLES MAKING MULTI CABLES CHAPTER 3: POWER HACKS GPS POWER NEEDS ALKALINE BATTERIES LITHIUM BATTERIES RECHARGEABLE (NIMH) BATTERIES BATTERY DO’S AND DON’TS POWER HACKS CARRYING YOUR OWN 12-VOLT POWER SUPPLY BATTERY PACKS A DIFFERENT KIND OF BATTERY PACK ALTERNATIVE POWER SUPPLIES CHAPTER 4: ANTENNA HACKS THE GPS ANTENNA QUAD-HELIX ORIENTATION PATCH ANTENNA ORIENTATION BEST PERFORMANCE SUMMARY EXTERNAL ANTENNAS ANTENNA PLACEMENT OTHER THINGS TO AVOID RERADIATING ANTENNAS PERSONAL RERADIATING ANTENNA COMMUNAL RERADIATING ANTENNA RERADIATING ANTENNA CONSIDERATIONS SETTING UP A RERADIATING ANTENNA IN A CAR TESTING THE SYSTEM MAKING THE SYSTEM PERMANENT CARRYING A GPS SIGNAL VIA CABLE HOW MUCH SIGNAL DO YOU NEED? CABLE LOSSES CONNECTOR LOSSES USING A SIGNAL REPEATER BUILDING YOUR OWN MEGA GPS ANTENNA MATERIALS BUILDING THE ANTENNA CHAPTER 5: PROTECTING YOUR GPS SCREEN DAMAGE SCREEN PROTECTORS MORE SCREEN ARMORING COMMERCIAL PROTECTION FOR GPS AND PDAS MOUNTING GPS CAR MOUNTING MOUNTING A GPS FOR BIKING, HIKING, AND SKIING MAKING A PERSONALIZED CASE PART II: SOFTWARE HACKS CHAPTER 6: HACKING THE FIRMWARE FIRMWARE UPDATING WARNINGS UPDATING THE FIRMWARE HACKING GPS FIRMWARE BYPASSING THE GARMIN ETREX VISTA STARTUP SCREEN BYPASSING THE GARMIN ETREX LEGEND STARTUP SCREEN BYPASSING THE GARMIN ETREX VENTURE STARTUP SCREEN MEMAP PERSONALIZATION MANUAL FIRMWARE EDITING MAGELLAN GPS FIRMWARE MODIFICATIONS RECOVERING FROM A FAILED FIRMWARE LOAD GARMIN MAGELLAN CHAPTER 7: MAKING CONNECTIONS THE PC — GPS RELATIONSHIP CONNECTION TYPES WHICH CONNECTION IS BEST? TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS PC CONNECTION TROUBLE GENERAL PDA CONNECTION TROUBLE GENERAL BLUETOOTH CONNECTION TROUBLE SOFTWARE-SPECIFIC ISSUES ERRATIC MOUSE POINTER AFTER CONNECTING A GPS WINDOWS XP PROBLEM: MICROSOFT BALL POINT MICROSOFT MAPPOINT TROUBLESHOOTING USB-TO-SERIAL CONVERTERS PART III: DATA HACKING CHAPTER 8: GPS DATA GPS DATA COLLECTION POSITION, VELOCITY, TIME WAYPOINTS WORKING WITH THE DATA EASYGPS G7TOWIN CREATIVE USES OF GPS DATA SHARING WAYPOINTS ADDING GPS INFORMATION TO DIGITAL PHOTOS LIGHTNING DETECTOR AND PLOTTER WARDRIVING GPS IN PROGRAMMING CHAPTER 9: EXAMINING THE DATA NMEA NMEA SENTENCES NMEA SENTENCE STRUCTURE A CLOSER LOOK AT NMEA SENTENCES EXAMINING NMEA SENTENCES NMEA CHECKSUM SIRF USING NMEA SENTENCES GPS NMEA LOG GPS DIAGNOSTIC RECSIM III USING NMEA GPSGATE RECORDING ACTUAL NMEA SENTENCES WITH GPSGATE RECORDING SIMULATED NMEA USING GPSGATE DATA PLAYBACK WHY BOTHER WITH NMEA? ENSURING THAT YOUR GPS WORKS AVOIDING DATA CORRUPTION CHAPTER 10: MORE DATA TRICKS SCREENSHOTS G7TOCE HARDWARE HACKS CHAPTER GPS SECRETS CHAPTER BUILDING CORDS AND CABLES CHAPTER POWER HACKS CHAPTER ANTENNA HACKS CHAPTER PROTECTING YOUR GPS PART IN THIS PART