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Installing GPS in a G5?
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Is it possible to install some sort of GPS system in a G5 tower so that you can track it if it is lost or stolen?
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Originally posted by josiahpugh:
Is it possible to install some sort of GPS system in a G5 tower so that you can track it if it is lost or stolen?
Not sure about GPS -- I don't know that it would work for this purpose as it would have to send out a strong enough signal to actually be detected.
More likely, something like LapCop could be of use:
http://homepage.mac.com/sweetcocoa/lapcop/
This will send emails, etc., which could probably help you track the machine down by IP address.
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GPS on your G5 would be worthless as it won't work in buildings. GPS signals can't penetrate walls, so as soon as someone took it in a building, it would be "lost". Also, even if the device worked outside, it would need access to a signal for a few minutes or more to correctly calibrate itself.
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besides, a GPS unit in your Mac would enable the RIAA/MPAA/FBI to track your computer also.
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I hope you were being sarcastic, because there's no way for GPS to track receivers unless there's a radio uplink to some sort of tracking device. The satellites only send out the pseudo-random code, nothing more.
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I was going to say the same thing. You want a tracking/transmitter device, not a GPS. A GPS just receives info from the GPS satellite, it doesn't transmit it's GPS location.
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I once worked on this one project:
Programmed the onboard computer (industrial control -- embedded system) for a high-altitude research balloon. Flew a GPS and a camera on the thing also. The GPS communicated with the compuer via RS-232. I programmed the computer to broadcast the position of the balloon via amateur band radio every 30 seconds. Gave us a convenient way to track the sucker (had a nice app that would plot the position on a map), especially after the balloon popped at 90,000 ft and the system parachuted back down (No, don't land in the river! @#$!).
A GPS combined with a transmitter is what you want.
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