What information have you managed to obtain from Garmin devices in the end? At present, I was only aware that favourites and track logs were obtainable using current tools.
My utility is able to extract the current saved favourites (waypoints), trip logs, recent trips, as well as device information.
Currently it cannot recover deleted information, but this is the next step in my research. (I ran out of time in my dissertation, but am planning on continuing to work on it in my own time.)
Ben
What information have you managed to obtain from Garmin devices in the end? At present, I was only aware that favourites and track logs were obtainable using current tools.
My utility is able to extract the current saved favourites (waypoints), trip logs, recent trips, as well as device information.
Currently it cannot recover deleted information, but this is the next step in my research. (I ran out of time in my dissertation, but am planning on continuing to work on it in my own time.)
You can try searching for archived .gpx files in the image taken of the Garmin. This should give you trip logs and favourites not currently on the device (I hesitate to say 'deleted' as the user may not have deleted the records held within these archived files, the device may have done it automatically).
I did not know recent destinations could be obtained through the use of a tool; I believed that only the current.gpx file was available. How did yougo about doing this?
What information have you managed to obtain from Garmin devices in the end? At present, I was only aware that favourites and track logs were obtainable using current tools.
My utility is able to extract the current saved favourites (waypoints), trip logs, recent trips, as well as device information.
Currently it cannot recover deleted information, but this is the next step in my research. (I ran out of time in my dissertation, but am planning on continuing to work on it in my own time.)You can try searching for archived .gpx files in the image taken of the Garmin. This should give you trip logs and favourites not currently on the device (I hesitate to say 'deleted' as the user may not have deleted the records held within these archived files, the device may have done it automatically).
I did not know recent destinations could be obtained through the use of a tool; I believed that only the current.gpx file was available. How did yougo about doing this?
Yes, I have discovered that journeys are stored in archived files, however if the user is to delete all the trip data from their device - these are deleted from the Satnav (ie the entry is removed in the FAT table - they remain on the satnav tho until overwritten)
The last few journeys (ie recent trips) are actually stored in the same file as the favourites - current.gpx. I discovered this quite by accident, but it is possible to extract these as well!
Do you work in this field, or are you studying forensics?
Ben