You'll get lost in this book, but nowhere else
Your GPS is a really cool toy, but what if you could make it even cooler? What if you could build and hook up data cables, modify your iPAQ cradle to take a GPS connection, tweak the firmware, hook up to your PC without expensive software, use GPS data in a hundred creative ways, even solar-power your GPS? Suppose you could beef up your "first to find" quotient when geocaching, or use your GPS as a super-accurate clock. Well, you can. Read on—your adventure is just beginning!
Here's how to soup up your GPS
Covers both Garmin and Magellan models
- Crack the secret codes
- Build auxiliary battery packs
- Navigate with your GPS
- Make power and data cables
- Sharpen your signal
- Keep firmware update
- Hack out a PC connectio
- Create and load dat
- Grab screenshots on the move
- Set up an atomic clock
- Customize GPS games
- Discover paper-free geocaching
About the Author
Kathie Kingsley-Hughes has authored several technical/programming books and contributes regularly to a variety of forums on GPS and other high-tech outdoor devices. A zealous hiker, backpacker, and geocacher, she is rarely seen without her GPS (and usually a digital camera, spare batteries, sleeping bag, and similar survival gear!)