The Complete Handbook of GPS Accessories
A practical field reference for professionals, businesses, and serious enthusiasts: how to select, install, maintain, and profit from GPS receivers, antennas, data loggers, and their supporting hardware.
by Alumigogo Books
non-fiction
The practical reference for GPS accessories: choosing, installing, maintaining, and profiting from the hardware that makes precise positioning possible.
About this book
A GPS receiver is only as good as the hardware you connect to it. The wrong antenna, a poorly placed signal splitter, or an undervoltage power cable can silently degrade your position accuracy or brick your device at the worst possible moment. This handbook gives you the technical grounding to evaluate, install, and maintain every accessory in the GPS ecosystem—from active antennas and in-line amplifiers to ruggedized mounts, data loggers, and external power systems.
Written for surveyors, fleet managers, drone pilots, geospatial technicians, and serious outdoor users, this book avoids marketing language and focuses on measurable specifications: gain, noise figure, cable loss, power draw, ingress protection ratings, and protocol compatibility. It includes practical setup walkthroughs, troubleshooting decision trees, and a dedicated chapter on business opportunities like reselling, servicing, and private-labeling GPS hardware.
With a neutral, cross-brand approach, this handbook is the one reference you need on your bench, in your vehicle, or in the field. It will help you make smarter purchases, keep your gear running longer, and understand exactly what your positioning system is telling you.
Reader Reviews
Kimberly Wilson
★★★★★Finally, a book that treats GPS accessories like engineering components, not impulse buys. I'm a land surveyor and I've been burned by cheap antenna splitters and bad cabling more times than I care to count. The chapter on understanding signal path and why cable loss matters alone saved me the cost of the book ten times over. It's dense, but it's exactly the kind of practical detail I've been hunting for on forums for years. I've already got dog-eared pages and sticky notes all over it.
George Sanchez
★★★★★I got this because I run a small fleet and wanted to make smarter choices on external antennas and power kit. There's a lot of genuinely solid information here, and the troubleshooting section is useful. But I found the writing pretty dry and technical in places—the chapter on types and specs felt like a textbook at times. I might have liked a bit more lean toward real-world business decision-making and less RF theory. Still, the content is accurate and well-organized, and it's a good reference for the shelf.
Sarah Ramirez
★★★★★I'm a drone pilot and GIS hobbyist, and this handbook has been fantastic for understanding why my gear sometimes underperforms in thick tree cover. The practical examples around antenna placement and the explanation of what 'multipath interference' actually means in the field were so helpful. It's the first time I've read a reference like this where I didn't feel like I was being sold something or talked down to. It's a serious, solid resource that will stay on my desk.