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Contents Chapter 5: Protecting Your GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Screen Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Screen Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 More Screen Armoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Commercial Protection for GPS and PDAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Mounting GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Car Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Mounting a GPS for Biking, Hiking, and Skiing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Making a Personalized Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Part II: Software Hacks 123 Chapter 6: <strong>Hacking</strong> the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Updating Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Updating the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 <strong>Hacking</strong> GPS Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Bypassing the Garmin eTrex Vista Startup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Bypassing the Garmin eTrex Legend Startup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Bypassing the Garmin eTrex Venture Startup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 MeMap Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Manual Firmware Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Magellan GPS Firmware Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Recovering from a Failed Firmware Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Garmin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Magellan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Chapter 7: Making Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 The PC — GPS Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Connection Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Which Connection Is Best? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Troubleshooting Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 PC Connection Trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 General PDA Connection Trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 General Bluetooth Connection Trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Software-Specific Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Erratic Mouse Pointer after Connecting a GPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Windows XP Problem: Microsoft Ball Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Microsoft MapPoint Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 USB-to-Serial Converters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 xv
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Page 12: Credits Acquisitions Editor Katie M
Page 18: Acknowledgments Extra special thank
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Hacking the Firmware One guaranteed
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FIGURE 6-2: Healthy battery level o
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FIGURE 6-4: Files contained in the
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FIGURE 6-7: UltraEdit in action FIG
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Chapter 6 — Hacking the Firmware
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FIGURE 6-19: Exiting the applicatio
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Magellan Summary Chapter 6 — Hack
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GPS Data This chapter is all about
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FIGURE 8-4: Waypoint information on
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FIGURE 8-8: Time zone information F
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FIGURE 8-17: EasyGPS detecting the
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FIGURE 8-21: Waypoints transferred
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Chapter 8 — GPS Data you create a
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Examining the Data When you connect
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A Closer Look at NMEA Sentences Cha
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Examining NMEA Sentences Chapter 9
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GPS NMEA LOG Chapter 9 — Examinin
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GPS Diagnostic Chapter 9 — Examin
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FIGURE 9-7: Playing back NMEA sente
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FIGURE 9-11: Adding errors to the s
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Recording Simulated NMEA Using GpsG
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FIGURE 10-2: G7toWin configuration
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FIGURE 10-10: Pasting the bitmap in
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FIGURE 10-12: Contents of the downl
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FIGURE 10-16: The G7toCE configurat
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1. Turn off the device. 2. Connect
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Chapter 10 — More Data Tricks One
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Chapter 10 — More Data Tricks GP
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If the GPS time is early, then a ne
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FIGURE 10-31: Good antenna location
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FIGURE 10-34: A reradiating antenna
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FIGURE 10-37: VisualGPSXP Chapter 1
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FIGURE 10-40: Mask angle displayed
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304 Appendix A — GPS Primer Sever
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318 Glossary Coordinates A unique n
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Symbols and Numerics * (asterisk),
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C/A-code (Coarse/Acquisition), 290,
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MeMap package for, 134-139 personal
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software version, displaying, 11 sw
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soft reset actions required after,
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