The Complete Handbook of GPS Mounts
Essential Knowledge for Professionals, Businesses, and Serious Users
by Alumigogo Books
non-fiction
Understand the engineering, specifications, and real-world decisions behind GPS mounts — no marketing, all practical knowledge.
About this book
GPS mounts seem simple: brackets and fasteners that hold a receiver in place. In reality, a mount's design, materials, weatherproofing, electromagnetic shielding, and load capacity directly determine whether your GPS system works reliably or fails in the field.
This handbook is for professionals and serious users who need to specify, install, maintain, and troubleshoot GPS mounts in real-world conditions — whether on vehicles, vessels, equipment, or structures. You'll learn how mounts affect signal quality, how to read and apply technical specifications, how to install systems that stay secure in high-vibration or extreme-weather environments, and how to diagnose problems that masquerade as receiver failures but actually stem from mount design or installation errors.
Includes decision frameworks for choosing mounts for specific applications, installation best practices, maintenance schedules, troubleshooting guides, and an overview of the current supplier landscape and business opportunities in GPS mount installation and servicing.
Reader Reviews
Kenneth Nguyen
★★★★★Finally a resource that treats GPS mounts as engineering problems instead of plug-and-play commodities. Chapter 1 alone explains why my fleet installations kept losing signal in urban canyons — I was using adhesive mounts without proper shielding in high-EMI environments. The book gives you the language to specify what you actually need and the knowledge to know when a vendor is selling you the wrong thing. Exactly what I needed for my growing installation business.
Charles Flores
★★★★★Good technical foundation and useful for understanding mount specifications. My issue is the book assumes you're starting from zero — I already know about load ratings and weatherproofing, so a lot felt like review. Would have preferred more depth on advanced troubleshooting and electromagnetic compatibility testing. Still a solid reference, just not as useful for someone with fleet experience.