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Yeah, it looks like it won't happen now. Geocaching.com does not accept any more API applications. I'm guessing people prefer to not buy their expensive app and this is an attempt to force people to use their app. Sure I could hack it by using the webpages but it will be slower and, well just sloppy. These things make me really annoyed and makes me want to support open source even more. Why should I help a company for free that won't help it's users?

I am looking into the possibility to make an Android app with just the purpose of uploading a geocache_visited.txt file to geocaching.com. I was thinking just setting up login credentials and then have a button, preferably a widget that will just upload your file. As I work as a PHP/Obj-C developer and only on the Apple platform I am totally new to the Android world I give no guarantees that I will ever accomplish this given I have very little free time to work on it. I will give it a shot though. It would be fun to see how Android does things.

Yeah, I have the same issues. Right now I tend to find the caches with my monterra and then log them on the phone. I found out convenient ways though to get the pocket queries in though. At First I downloaded the pocket queries from Geocaching.com but they only have 5 logs attached. Sometimes with tricky caches I tend to cheat and read the logs for tips on how to find them. I solved it by using Locus Maps Pro, sure it is not freeware but bar none the best map app I have seen on Android. In there you can both use the app as a geocache app but also export into many formats. So I downloaded the caches in the area where I do my geocaching and then chose to export them. I exported them right to the GPX-folder and then selected settings->apps-manager->Garmin Outdoor Apps and then press force close to index the GPX file without having to restart the device. Bam! They show up in my geocaching app on the monterra and with the extended descriptions. You can do the same thing with the C:Geo app as someone stated earlier but with more work. I am not sure about the extended descriptions but someone probably know if it is possible. I would also like to see what is the easiest way to log the caches. The obvious ways right now is to either copy the geocache_visits.txt file from the device to a computer and then upload to geocaching.com. That is just annoying because of the use of a cable. An easier way is to mail the file but even that is annoying. I would like to see an app with just that function. Hmm, I will ask the Locus guys to implement such a function. Any ideas on how to transmit the visited file with the fewest clicks would be appreciated.

Hi Shortfork. I don´t understand your last post. Could you be more descriptive on what the problem is and how you solved it? I understand that the caches were on the map but not in the geocaching app? I put my pocket queries in the GPX-folder and when the device starts it just puts them on the map and in the geocaching app.

I have not checked out CacheSense but this is the second time I hear about it. When it comes to a mount, I am curious. I have not bought a mount for the car yet. Do you have the friction one or the suction cup one? And do you recommend yours? My experience with suction cups are not great so I am a bit unsure, but I have not bought a mount this expensive either.

The first thing I did when starting it was to update the firmware and after that make a "hard" reset or factory restore or whatever it is called. Maybe that did it, I don't know but I cannot say I experience any wifi drops though I saw somewhere else that this was a common thing so hopefully there will be a fix or workaround out soon ☺

I'm going to address only this part of the OP. I have a Montana which is also large and heavy, very uncomfortable to have hanging around my neck while on any more than just a short walk. Very inconvenient to have to hold in hand or put away in pack. What I use is one of those harnesses made for hunters to carry binoculars--it works great. That is a great idea! Thank you I will look into that ☺

Yup. Locus maps works fine. I have not tried c:geo yet though, and I have not bought the geocaching.com app so I can not tell if that one works. I can download and try them, but I can not test them in the field for a couple of days because I am recovering from the flu or something.

I bought a dedicated GPS primarily to be do some geocaching. Now before buying it I googled the subject like a madman to get the best device for my intentions. In the end it was between the GPSMap64st and the Monterra. I was a bit nervous about buying the Monterra because of all the bad comments I had read about it but I figured I wanted a good device that could do some geocaching and if I could install my favorite map program Locus maps on it as well I would be pleased. My initial reaction was that the device was huge, and not just huge, it's was very very heavy. My first thought was that this was a device I certainly couldn't bring if I were to go hiking because of it's weight. I thought it was a device that should be put in a car and left there. But after using it for a week now I feel more comfortable with it. And I probably will take it with me when hiking. But to my surprise the software works just fine. My compass worked great, the maps didn't spin and the battery time I got was definitely not the 3-4 hours I read about but more the around the 12 hours or so. (not screen time of course) Then again, I did not download a myriad of apps and actually disabled as much of the non-garmin ones I could without having to root the device. On top of that you could download a ton of maps and put it on there without any issues. (Legal ones of course, although pirated ones work without a glitch, or so I have heard). You can even look at the maps in a 3D mode where you can get a much better understanding of hilly or mountainous areas. When it comes to geocaching I was a bit disappointed that the device did not have built in support for geocaching.com but only opencaching.com which seems to have been abandoned, well at least where I live. It works fine though, it is easy to download a pocket query and import it to the device. What was a bit annoying though was that you couldn't just log a visit and then have it be uploaded to geocaching.com when connecting the device to basecamp. What I have to do now is to upload a file called visited.txt or something like that to the geocaching website. Another issue I have now is that the garmin webupdater doesn't work with a Mac, but I don't even know if I have any use for it taking into consideration that the Monterra has OTA, or over the air update support. Sure, the device can be a bit rough around the edges, like when you are in car navigation mode and need to leave it to search for an adress instead of doing it from within the app. But it's bugs or deficiencies that you bypass with a few extra clicks. I do not regret buying the device and I am curious if there are other buyers that are pleased with theirs. Normally people tend to only write posts when they are discontent and never when they are the opposite. So if there is anyone out there who are pleased with their devices please write a line. Or maybe you have some issues that I am not aware of that you could enlighten me about. I should say though that this is my first dedicated GPS device apart from a bluetooth GPS receiver I bought many years ago so my experience of how a device should be is limited. And if you are a potential buyer and have questions, I am glad to answer them

For me it works just fine. Have you checked that you have the latest firmware? Like System Settings->about Monterra->system updates or something like that.