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I thought the same thing when I saw this change. What's up?????

Reading the replies it seems not too many others will follow suit, but kudos to another local cacher (I live in Menifee/Sun City) and I've seen your handle on some logs. Yeah, I know. I didn't mean to imply that others should do what I am doing. I wish I could just run one query and have it cover all of the different areas that we travel to every week. Menifee is one of our stomping grounds! My oldest girl has played quite a few games behind the Mt. San Jacinto College campus over the past year.

Because I can Because I have to do something while my coffee is brewing in the morning.

Wow, I'm off the computer for only 12 plus hours and I get a bunch of (nasty??) replies. You guys are starting to sound like my wife. Geez. Yes dear, I'll get it done right away. __________ My goal is to keep my geocaches very current. I do plan to keep only active caches in my GSAK database by doing the following steps daily: 1. Grind my coffee beans right after I turn on my laptop. 2. Log on to GC website and download pocket queries to the following directory on my Oregon 450: \garmin\GPX\needabeernow. 3. Put ground beans in the coffee pot, add water (filtered of course), then start the coffee pot. 4. Start up GSAK and delete all the waypoints from my database. 5. Have GSAK load all of the files in the \garmin\GPX\needabeernow directory. 6. By this time, my coffee is ready and steaming hot. I drink mine black, like my President. Actually, I've been drinking it black since my old scouting days in the Army. My 1st Sgt. used to say, "I like mine black, like my women." Note: He was an old White Cajon from the Bayou married to a beautiful black lady. 7. As usual, like all the projects that I start, I never finish them. Sort of like when my wife sends me to the market to get some tomatoes, and I come back with a 12 pack of New Castles and no recollection of her ever asking me for anything. For those that have gotten this far on this post, I am doing this because I am always driving all over So. California with my girls who play club soccer. There is not one query that I could run that covers all of these areas. Some may say that I am keeping static information. But, do geocaches really change that much over a one week period? Nah! If a geocache happens to be archived before I run my next query, I'll just log it as a DNF. I just hope that my laptop doesn't blow it's lid by bouncing around in my Jeep all the time.

I wanted all the geocaches within 100 miles of my home in So. California. So, I created 29 Pocket Queries to do that with no overlap using the date method. I just realized that it took me 2 hours. I'm glad my wife didn't catch me on the computer doing this! I guess it will be worth it once I load all (approx. 30,000) of them into GSAK by the end of the week.

Very cool update for my Garmin Oregon 450. So far, I haven't had any weird screen issues.

The paperless geocaching functions of the Dakota are the same for the Oregon. From the Garmin Oregon Wiki: GC9.) Can I delete Geocaches from the Oregon user interface? No. You cannot delete geocaches on the Oregon itself. The only way to remove geocaches from the Oregon is to connect the unit to your computer and either delete the gpx files containing the geocache(s) or download new gpx files that don't contain the caches (i.e. found caches) that you want removed. Note: There has been significant debate over whether this is a feature or a bug. Personally I feel like this is a feature and should be left as is for two reasons 1) it makes management of geocaches easier since the only source of geocaches is gpx files and 2) you can't inadvertently modify or delete a geocache in the field. GC10.) Can I modify (or add) a Geocache from the Oregon user interface? No. You cannot modify or add a Geocache on the Oregon itself. If you are doing a multi-cache, for example, and want to enter the coordinates for the next stage you'll need to mark a waypoint. You cannot navigate to this waypoint in geocaching mode. You can save a geocache as a waypoint and modify the waypoint. To do this select a geocache and press the flag button at the bottom of the screen.

My list of touch-screen favorites by price: Oregon 550 (with camera, SD slot, 5000 geocaches with hints, description, etc..) Oregon 450 (no camera, SD slot, 5000 geocaches with hints, description, etc...) - a new model with better screen Oregon 300 (no camera, SD slot, 2000 geocaches, with hints, description, etc...) Dakota 20 (no camera, SD slot, 2000, geocaches, with hints, description, etc...) like a baby Oregon Oregon 200 (no camera, SD slot, 2000 geocaches, with hints, description, etc...) Dakota 10 (no camera, No SD slot, 2000 geocaches, with hints, description, etc...)like a baby Oregon T-models of the Oregons have topo maps pre-loaded. But, you can find free topo maps at GPSfiledepot.com.

If you don't need the camera, you can purchase a Garmin Oregon 450, or Oregon 450t for less money. Plus, there is a $50 rebate from Garmin right now.

I am assuming that you are talking about the SHOW FOUND under the geocaching menu. In order to do this, you would have to load a new GPX file (pocket query) that does not include any found caches. If you are loading them one by one, you would have to delete the individual geocache file, for example GC1ARR4.gpx in the GARMIN/GPX folder either on the SD card, or the unit's internal memory.

I had that happen recently when I loaded 5000 caches in one GPX file through GSAK. Mine would lock up evertime I would try to view the log history, or the hint. But, it hasn't happened since I just started loading the pocket queries I get directly from GC.com. I was loading all of the logs for each geocache, instead of the usual five last entries. So, that could have been the problem. In any case, on my wife's Oregon 200, we load two GPX files with 1000 geocaches each, and we haven't had any issues, yet.

I don't go, or stop, there unless there are a lot of geocaches nearby. We are random, go lucky, spur of the moment cachers. I still haven't figured out if we geocache for the numbers, or the adventure. Now, when we travel outside of our area, we will create two pocket queries, one centered on our destination, and one for the route there. Gotta go, I'm leaving for my daughter's soccer game an hour early so that I can find a geocache, or two, on the way there. :-)

I just loaded 8 pocket queries with a total of 8,000 geocaches on them. But, the areas that they do cover overlap and I am really only (ha, ha, he said only) loading 4,475 geocaches. These geocaches are in the areas that I frequent during any given week. There is no way that I will be looking for all of them because I never plan my geocaching trips. I will usually find geocaches that happen to be on the way to one of my kid's activities, work, an eatery, or a friend's house. Anyway, there is a purpose to this rambling post. My Oregon 450 doesn't seem to have any issues loading these geocaches. But, does anybody know how it goes about ignoring the duplicates? I am getting ready to stop using GSAK because I don't see too much use for it now with GC.com allowing 1000 geocaches in each pocket query and my Oregon 450 being able to handle 5,000 geocaches. Also, does anybody see a problem with loading geocaches on the Oregon 450 this way?

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I just added 5 waypoints, turned off the unit, then turned it back on and my waypoints were still there. I have the latest firmware/software for my Oregon 450. Anybody else having issues?

The Colorodo, Dakota, and Oregon series have paperless geocaching capabilities. The Dakota and Oregon are touch screen units. All three have excellent reception under tree cover. The majority of people out there will prefer the Oregon and Dakota units.

To be fair, the comparison should probably be between the 450 and the Dakota 20. The differences are somewhat less. My wife likes the Dakotas because they are small. I prefer the Oregons (300,400t) because the resolution is better. I think the Dakotas have a grainy screen. Although, they are a little brighter than the 200's, 300's and 400's in direct sunlight. That said, I prefer the Oregon 450 because it is much brighter than the old Oregons. But, I would buy a Dakota 20 if the price were right. Someone on the forums recently said that the Dakota 20 was about to be lowered to $199 at REI. I haven't verified that price. But, it is worth checking out because an Oregon 450 would be about $100 more after the Garmin $50 rebate.

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Please to splain? Why would the preloaded maps be better for 5% of the people, but not for the other 95%? It all comes down to money. You pay about $100 more for a T-model. The 400t, 450t, and 550t have about 3.27g of internal memory to hold the topo maps. The 300, 450, & 550 models have 850-900mb of internal memory. Other than that, they are the same. The 300 is comparable to the 400t, the 450 is comparable to the 450t, and the 550 is comparable to the 550t. As for the maps, the free ones on GPSfiledepot.com are usually better than what comes with the t-models in terms of higher resolution. Many of the maps on GPSfiledepot.com are 24K vs. 100k for the Topo 2008 & Topo US 100k maps which are loaded on the t-models. But, Topo 2008/Topo US 100k maps do have terrain shading which the GPSFiledepot.com maps do not. To add more confusion to this topic, I would like to see the T-models pre-loaded with Garmin's 24k maps which are pretty cool all the way around. They are more accurate, have shading, and auto-routing. The downside is that they cost too much and are regional. As an example, if you live in California, you would have to buy the Western states version. So, if you wanted to get Garmin's 24k maps for the whole United States, you would have to spend a LOT OF Money.

I forgot to directly answer your question. Go to the /Garmin directory on the unit and cut the *.img file and paste it into the SD cards /Garmin directory. As the Wiki states, you can rename the file and it will work. Just remember to not change the .img extension. ok,i did that now it is not showing up on the unit under maps anymore. Do you somehow have to tell it to read off the card? Which map did you move?

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I forgot to directly answer your question. Go to the /Garmin directory on the unit and cut the *.img file and paste it into the SD cards /Garmin directory. As the Wiki states, you can rename the file and it will work. Just remember to not change the .img extension.

From the Garmin Oregon Wiki: M16.) What map filenames are supported by the Garmin Oregon? Beta software 2.99 and later included support for multiple map files on the Oregon, not just the three files below. The restrictions below only apply to earlier versions of software and are left here as a reference. As of beta software 2.99 you may store as many .img files as you want into [drive]:\Garmin and the unit will load them. This applies both the internal memory and SD card slot. The 4000 segment limit discussed below still applies. The Oregon recognizes three predefined map files in internal memory and one file on the SD card. Map sets with the following filenames in internal memory under [drive]:\Garmin will be loaded by the Oregon: * gmapbmap.img (typically the preloaded 300 base map) * gmapprom.img (typically the preloaded 400 maps) * gmapsupp.img (typically created by Mapsource) In addition a file called gmapsupp.img can be loaded on the SD card under [sD drive]:\Garmin and will work simultaneously with the img files in internal memory. The Oregon contains another map file called gmaptz.img. This file contains the time zone data that allows the unit to do automatic time zone setting and switching. M17.) How do I use multiple map (.img) files to help me better manage maps on my Garmin Oregon? Even though Mapsource and MapInstall always save maps sets as [drive]:\Garmin\gmapsupp.img this file can be renamed once it is on the Oregon to any name (as of beta software 2.99) as long as the .img extension is preserved. This is very helpful if you want to manage multiple maps sets, say one for your home area that would change infrequently and one for a travel destination(s) that you might change frequently. The steps for doing this are: 1. Follow the procedure in M15 to create and download your home map set 2. Using a file explorer on your computer locate [drive]:\Garmin\gmapsupp.img and rename the file to [drive]:\Garmin\myhomemaps.img 3. Follow the procedure in M15 to create and download your travel map set When you are done with your travel map set this file can be deleted and replaced with a new map set for your next destination without having to rebuild and transfer your home map set.