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RSS is designed for one-to-many distribution. Not the right tool for this job, since what you're asking for is basically one-to-one distribution. I see what you're saying, although you could use that same RSS feed to distribute that information to countless other places (blogs, social networks, follow friends, screensavers and other mashups, etc). Could be interesting.

Yes, that would be great. Maybe GEOC @GC1234, which would then mark the cache found in the field notes and then forward the info to BK, which would get back to FB. Ideally, if the FB app could show a map of the caches you found that day, kind of with little pins like the cities you've visited app does. Users could set how long it keeps the history, something like that. I'm not a programmer and don't know if this could be done since it would be sending info to and from 3 or 4 different services. I think that for it to work with Brightkite, Groundspeak would have to set it up, like they have for Twitter and fire eagle. Another thing they (Groundspeak) could do is make an RSS feed for our http://www.geocaching.com/my/logs.aspx?s=1 (Caches logged page) pages. If there was a feed for this page, one could simply set up Facebook to import that feed.

Something with coord.info and Brightkite would be excellent, especially if coord.info could hand off the proper coordinates to Brightkite. That would be way cooler than sending coord.info info to Twitter.

No worries and I'll trade ya problems Not sure when the sale will be, I had a bathroom line freeze and burst, I've been without water and I have to get up every hour and turn the pumps on to run the water thru the pipes so the other lines don't freeze while it creates a nice puddle underneath the house. Not to mention shoveling myself out of snowdrifts up to my chest. To put it mildly I'm tired and cranky right now and the turtles may have to wait until further down the road even if they do get here by tomorrow. I'm having so much fun right now Did I mention I love Montana? That's a crappy thing to have to deal with. I really hope Santa fixes that up for you mighty quick.

You can use coord.info to post to Twitter which in turn can set your status on Facebook. Not to discourage anyone from writing a Facebook/gc app, just thought worth mentioning

Congrats to GoNorthWest on find #300 at GCHC1J and for making it up to Rainier before you had to head back to Arizona! Hope you can make it back here soon

Honestly, for me, the issue is not related to having used Garmin for years, more having used Windows for years. It's not that the UI is not like Garmin's, but rather the UI is not like the vast majority of Windows programs. I feel one could just as easily compare the UI issues with Office, Photoshop or Firefox as one could with Mapsource. When retrieving data, is there an expected ETA for when it will be available to download after requesting? I'm just curious if it's reasonable under normal circumstances to be able to expect to download aerial/sat imagery for specific areas for short notice for outings or while traveling across country on a day to day basis and wondering, and would really appreciate hearing, what your experience has been so far in this regard. Appreciate your views on this stuff

The above is actually what both Best Buy and Circuit City cited to me for the return policy back when I lived in CA (almost 10 years ago?). I was told it was pretty common and they referred to it as 'renting' an item.

I don't want to seem harsh, but in response to what I've marked in bold... people who want to know the return policy. This has been Best Buy's policy for quite a while. Same thing with issuing a check for money back over a certain amount. It just seems wise to always check a return policy prior to purchasing anything expensive (or otherwise for that matter). And, as you say yourself, their website clearly states those policies...

It's in part why I responded, although I don't necessarily think that was an effective means of spreading the message either

I would suspect that it was more likely prompted by the 'call in gay' protest that was planned for today. While I personally think it was an interesting idea on part of the CO to participate in that way (if that was their intention), not sure if I think it is a very effective method for spreading the word... but then, I'm not sure how effective or positive calling in sick today would have been either.

You can buy DeLorme's Topo 7... It's $99 for the national version (which is the same price for City Navigator NA) or $49.99 for the eastern/western versions. No idea how it compares to City Navigator as I haven't used that. I haven't actually planned an auto route on Topo either. I did get to watch one of the DeLorme reps plan a quick route on Topo and it looked pretty easy Ummmm you can't buy the GPS separate from the software. I said you can buy Topo 7 separate and was trying to point out what a good deal it was (same price as City Navigator) that it was bundled (but obviously that didn't come across to well ). It's almost like getting Topo 7 free or getting the PN-40 for really cheap, which I thought relevant to what raydur had asked.

Couldn't have said it any better. Thanks!

You can buy it...but it also comes free with their GPS receivers. Given how cheap the PN20 is these days, if you want Topo, you might as well at least get a PN-20. The only additional software that Delorme sells to work with the PNs is Xmap. The main reason you would purchase Xmap would be to use your own sources of raster imagery and maps (downloads from government sites, downloadable park map pdfs, things of that nature) on the PN. The data that they include with it is the same as the data in Topo. Additionally, you can get routable canadian road data for Xmap if you need that. Unless you need to route in canada, there's no software to buy for road routing with the PN-series. As mentioned above, results are mixed but generally adequate. I realize that, I was (obviously poorly) attempting to point out the deal that buying DeLorme is that it comes with Topo 7 compared to Garmin and City Navigator (although there have been some Garmin bundles I suppose) Hope my point didn't come across as misleading! That's just a huge selling point.

I already warned everyone that as soon as I get mine I am starting a "I just got my PN40, HELP!" thread. Feel free to hijack it. LOL To pass the unbearable wait unit Jan 1st (when I get to order my PN-40), I've been checking out the DeLorme forums. Highly recommended reading for anyone considering this unit over another or if one has questions. Not to discourage anyone from posting here, but there's *tons* of info there

You can buy DeLorme's Topo 7... It's $99 for the national version (which is the same price for City Navigator NA) or $49.99 for the eastern/western versions. No idea how it compares to City Navigator as I haven't used that. I haven't actually planned an auto route on Topo either. I did get to watch one of the DeLorme reps plan a quick route on Topo and it looked pretty easy

I have a Vista HCx and cannot wait to replace it with a PN-40. Maps are a huge selling point for me. Also, I've had seemingly endless problems with my Vista HCx.

Actually, the Amazon $289 price is for the $399 model listed at DeLorme. The 'SE' unit (which has the additional internal memory) is only sold at the DeLorme site and runs for $499.95 and $539.95, depending on the bundle. So, the $289 price is a considerable savings when looking at the list price. There's nothing wrong with it, it just doesn't have the extra internal memory and you'll likely want to buy additional memory in the form of a SD/SDHC card. You can buy yourself a 32 gb SDHC card and buy me a whole bunch of coffee for the difference between the $298 price PN-40 and the $500 PN-40 SE. Whether this is the right unit for you or not really is up to you though and I can't recommend enough going down to a local REI/whatever and asking to play around with it. The aerial imagery is *awesome* and the recent screenshots of geocaching features (correct icons for different cache types and such ) just blow me away. But at the same time, the fonts seemed pretty small on the unit and if that's something that really bugs you, that might be a deal breaker. The screen is pretty small on the PN-40, compared to newer Garmin's, but if you can deal with that, what's on that screen might be more than worth the trade off. Also, if you use Garmin now, you'll have to learn some new stuff (example, no GSAK support for DeLorme). But it doesn't look too painful As for how if performs accuracy wise... I've read nothing but very positive reviews. Only you can really decide that for sort of stuff for yourself And honestly, I don't have one and only played with one in store for like an hour or something... That said, I know that I would gladly give the right arm of a number of people other than myself to have one right now

It's just the extra internal memory, although through Christmas DeLorme is shipping them with a belt case/clip and Maine calendar I've seen a few accounts of people mentioning they were quickly filling up the internal memory and it sounded like it was the SE version that were being used. But as the unit will take SDHC cards up to 32 gb, you could probably add on more than the 8 gb internal of the SE for much cheaper.

DeLorme PN-40 A Bucket o' Geocoins! New waterproof gear so I stop breaking all my stuff in the rain

TL, do you have a link or more information regarding that widget you mention? The link coreynjoey posted to the DeLorme blog has some info on the widget.

One can't argue with that logic

Hopefully you'll be enjoying that movie just a bit longer

Yesterday, we were seeing Sasquatch in the most unexpected places. A number of times at the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle (from the display for the Six Million Dollar Man to the Big Foot action figure in the gift shop, he was all over!). Later we encountered one that seemed to want some of our donuts we'd picked up in Pike Place Market! It even came up that we thought it would have been cool to have a Geo Sasquatch coin a few times as we could have gotten some interesting pictures. So not only was it a *great* surprise when I opened up that mailer today that I assumed was a Christmas present for my wife that was supposed to come in last week, but it was also a little eerie after having encountered so much Sasquatch the day before!! Thanks Geo Sasquatch! I'm planning to head up to Tunnel of Light soon and will bring this nice *big* coin along for the ride Hoping to get up by Sky River Sasquatch (GCM7CQ) soon also and you can be sure the coin will be along for some pictures there

We were lucky enough to get #103 Thanks so much Geo_Bandit... that's a whole lot roping you're doing and a whole lot of smiles!