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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

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