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Chapter 8 — GPS <strong>Data</strong><br />

The most popular software used for wardriving is called NetStumbler (and its PocketPC counterpart<br />

MiniStumbler). Both are equipped to pick up and log hotspot coordinates (see Figure 8-39).<br />

FIGURE 8-39: NetStumbler in action<br />

Logging the access points that you discover enables you to plot them on a map or store the<br />

data or upload it to the web for exchange with others.<br />

For more information on wardriving, visit the following websites:<br />

www.netstumbler.com<br />

www.wardriving.com<br />

GPS in Programming<br />

If you are a programmer, then you will no doubt want to put your programming skills to use on<br />

GPS. If this is something that interests you, then in order to interface with your GPS, you can<br />

either write code completely from scratch (tedious work, I can tell you) or you can use a dropin<br />

GPS module that does all the hard work for you.<br />

One such component is the GPS Toolkit.NET by Scientific Components (www.scientific<br />

component.com/gps_toolkit_net.htm).<br />

GPS Toolkit.NET enables you to quickly and easily add GPS support to any Visual Basic<br />

.NET, C#, or C++ project. With one simple component, you gain the capability to drop into<br />

your application a whole host of GPS features easily.<br />

This software isn’t cheap ($179), but if you are serious about developing an application using<br />

GPS, this is money well spent.<br />

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