Hacking GPS

* This is the "user manual" that didn't come with any of the 30 million GPS receivers currently in use, showing readers how to modify, tweak, and hack their GPS to take it to new levels!

GPS For Dummies®

Offers down-to-earth guidance for hikers, cross-country skiers, ATVers, and other outdoor enthusiasts who own or are thinking of buying a GPS receiver, as well as people interested in digital map-makingGPS (global positioning system) receivers draw on satellite signals to precisely determine a person's geographic position; as prices for these devices have gone down-entry-level models now sell for $100-sales have risen dramaticallyProvides coverage of the increasingly popular sport of "geocaching," in which people hunt for a canister hidden at precise geographic coordinatesExplains how to turn cell phones and PDAs into GPS receivers and what hardware is required for connecting a GPS receiver to a PCShows how to use popular, inexpensive software packages to create topographic, aerial photographs, and three-dimensional maps, and discusses free Web-hosted map servicesThe author's diverse background in archeology, outdoor rescue, adventure racing navigation, and disaster response set him apart from other people writing about this topic

GPS for Mariners

The manual you wish had come with your GPS receiver! GPS for Mariners summarizes essential global positioning system concepts, explains the buttons, screens, and menus of your GPS receiver, and answers all your questions.

Applied Satellite Navigation Using GPS, GALILEO, and Augmentation Systems

When GPS (global positioning system) was made commercially available in the year 2000, it launched a new era of satellite navigation services and technologies as dramatic as a spacecraft launch itself. This authoritative work gives engineers a timely, unified analysis of the various satellite navigation technologies, applications, and services now in operation or development. It describes the entire GPS system in detail, including features of the next-generation GPS-III, and brings readers up to speed on the developing European GALILEO system and its innovative characteristics. The book examines the architectures paving the way for the future integration of satellite navigation systems with wireless communications systems, and for interoperability among different satellite navigation systems themselves.

How to Do Everything With Your Pocket PC, Second Edition

Get the most out of your Pocket PC and all its features and capabilities with this easy-to-follow resource. You will learn to personalize your portable device to suit both your style and a wide range of needs from business to pleasure. Use your Pocket PC to manage a wealth of information from scheduling appointments and maintaining contact lists to tracking investments. Connect to the Internet, share data with other handheld devices, play music, download games, send messages, and stay on top of your e-mail wherever you go.

10 Minute Guide to Pocket PC 2002

This title provides a quick reference/tutorial to the most-used features and functions of PDAs.