Data Hacking
Data Hacking
Data Hacking
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334 Index ■ S–T<br />
software upload, Magellan Meridian series, 8, 9<br />
software version, displaying, Magellan<br />
300/330, 11<br />
solar power<br />
definition of, 57–59<br />
for geocaching, 276–277<br />
website for, 315<br />
space segment, 303–305, 319. See also SVs<br />
space vehicles. See SVs<br />
spikes in GPS data, 220–221<br />
spiral pattern search, 264<br />
splitter, effect on signal, 78<br />
SporTrak, Magellan. See also Magellan products<br />
burn-in test, 10<br />
hidden features, 10<br />
memory, clearing, 10<br />
self test, 10<br />
serial port test, 10<br />
WAAS, deactivating or reactivating, 10<br />
SPS (Standard Positioning Service) signal,<br />
307, 319. See also C/A-code<br />
(Coarse/Acquisition)<br />
startup screen<br />
adding contact information to, 281<br />
bypassing, 130–134<br />
STN sentence (multiple data ID), NMEA, 198<br />
Storm Case (Hardigg), 99–100, 315<br />
StreetPilot, Garmin, hard reset, 4<br />
surveying, VisualGPS, 249<br />
SVs (space vehicles/satellites)<br />
altitude, how satellites determine, 311<br />
altitude of, 41, 61<br />
availability of, software for, 248<br />
azimuth and elevation graphs for, 248–249<br />
definition of, 303–306, 319<br />
GPS not detecting properly, 219–220<br />
GPS not finding, 161<br />
healthy, 203–204, 303, 318<br />
listing, Magellan Meridian series, 9<br />
orbital period of, 304<br />
satellites in view, 197, 202<br />
signals transmitted by, types of, 306–307<br />
Symmetricom website, 72<br />
Sync-It with Atom software, 236<br />
T<br />
Teague, Mike (first geocache website), 257<br />
Tek Lok belt loop, 120<br />
telematics, 300–301<br />
Terminal Network Controller (TNC),<br />
297–298, 299–300<br />
test screens, GPS III, 6–7<br />
3-D trilateration, 309–310<br />
time, 170–171, 203<br />
time servers on Internet, 236<br />
TinyTrak3, 297–299<br />
TNC (Terminal Network Controller),<br />
297–298, 299–300<br />
TomTom Navigator software<br />
definition of, 271–272<br />
helper application for, 314<br />
TomTom website, 313<br />
TopoGrafix <strong>Data</strong> files (.loc), 184<br />
track<br />
definition of, 319<br />
for GPS drawing, 295<br />
track angle, 168<br />
tracking software, 314<br />
travel bugs, 260<br />
trees, affecting Bluetooth range, 154<br />
TRF sentence (transit fix data), NMEA, 198<br />
triangulation point, 294<br />
trigpointing, 294–295<br />
trilateration, 307–311<br />
Trimble website, 313<br />
troposphere error, 312<br />
troubleshooting. See also errors<br />
Bluetooth connection, 154, 158–159<br />
connection to handheld device, 157–158<br />
connection to PC, 155–157<br />
connector, damage to, 155, 157, 274<br />
firmware load, failed, recovering from,<br />
144–145<br />
GPS cannot find satellites, 161<br />
GPS not detecting satellites properly,<br />
219–220<br />
Microsoft Ball Point, GPS mistaken for,<br />
159–160<br />
Microsoft MapPoint, problems with,<br />
160–162