Migs

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much! Migs

Friends Can you steer me towards instructions on how to draw a track in Google Earth and transfer it to Basecamp? Thanks in advance Migs

Hello Amigos I have a Mac. In BaseCamp I would like to draw a track. How do I continue the tracing when my cursor reaches the edge of the window? Thanks amigos Migs

For all and any of my fellow geocachers, do contact me for ideas, advice, routes or whatever in Bolivia. I have traversed each corner of Bolivia on my ATV over the years so am in a good position to provide this help. mreznicek@pretensa.com Migs

Hi Skydivefred: Happy to help. Sent you an e-mail. Migs

Friends: As a way to help and contribute, if any of you needs assistance, maps, tracks waypoint help etc. relating to Bolivia, do not hesitate to ask me, as I live here and have collected lots of info through the years. Migs (I'm relying on some poor soul's Google search someday to find this post and help him/her! Isn't technology wonderful?)

Friends: Up until I updated my MapSource to version 6.16.1 (I was using about version 4 before) the application would see and load my WorldMap maps as needed from my WorldMap CD. Now it doesn't, or maybe I should ask, how do I tell the new MapSource to see the CD and the maps? Immensely grateful for your help amigos and amigas! Migs

Thank you StarBrand: I figured out the pocket querrys and had some sent to me as GPX files, and then installed them into my GPS. Awesome! I'm going on a trip soon to the British Virgin Islands and my kids want to go geocaching. This works awesome. Thanks again for the help. Migs

Friends: I am a premium member and have downloaded a geocaching.loc file for my Garmin 550t. How do I install this file into my GPS? I'm using Mac OSX. I installed the Firefox Garmin Communicator Add-On and had the GPS connected while I downloaded, but the file wen to my downloads folder, not the GPS. I appreciate any advice, as I have read the Garmin manual and it doesn't say how to do it. Both the Data Card and the GPS mount on my desktop. Do I drag that file somewhere into the GPS? Id so where? Then do I need to do something on the unit itself to read in the data? Thanks amigos, Migs

Yeah, I think the best thing is to not do it or get a relative to assume responsibility. -Migs

fizzymagic: I said "...until in the Clinton years it was eliminated" All: I love my GPS, and this is a fun hobby to share with my kids. I sure hope to be wrong about the accuracy not getting better for the average Joe. I've actually heard the Europeans are also trying to put up their gps satellites, and of course the Russians have some up too. Maybe one day our tech will know how to incorporate all these signals and give us better accuracy. Still, what accuracy we have now is pretty good. The future can only get better! -Migs

Thank you so much for the link! -Migs

Hi G-G: I'm not going to do it, it's just that this thought of personal far away caches must pass through many a beginner geocachers head when he is passing by some far off - but ideal cache hiding location. Thanks for chiming in! Migs

Thanks so much. These replies are very useful! -Migs

Can you go into more detail about both of these replies? How is it done? I want to understand. Also, what are the advantages of a human travel bug? Thanks! -Migs

I can't tell whether you're serious or just being funny. Anyway, here's a couple of links to a launch tonight. And there's a thread in GPS and Technology about it as well. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/05/liv...h-gps-iif-sv-1/ http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Multimedia_Webcast.shtml Hi Chrysalides: I didn't mean to be witty. I remember that GPS as it is now is quite accurate, ONLY if you have military technology. (because they have the codes to read the encrypted "high accuracy" signal). Unfortunately our world is no longer as safe as it was about 25 years ago. "Selective Availiability" which is another word for fuzzy accuracy was put in place so that only military could have good signals until in the Clinton years it was eliminated. If the signal ever gets one meter accuracy you can be sure that "Selective Availiability" by another name will be implemented. The bottom line, is geocachers are civilians, and civilians can include a much smaller subset called terrorists, so we will never get such good info from our civilian gps's because of the risk that the technology can be misused. Just one other civilian way to get a good signal is expensive: Some of the high end surveying equipment have access to this more accurate signal, but the cost is somewhere around $14,000 for a Leica or Zeiss unit. Migs

So it would be wise to assume that all caches in my area have been placed by locals?

I don't think the replies posted above really answer the gist the questioner's doubt. Perhaps a work flow is more in order. I do not have the know-how to answer him yet, but I have had the same question, and none of the links have answered it well. (For one, the geocache registration page is complicated to use and doesn't give you the geocache code number without all the data, but you don't have the data until you plant the cache! << so it's not so obvious >> ) -Migs

Friends: You know those trackable geocaching patches with the velcro on the back? Well how do you use them? Do you wear them? What happens when someone spots you wearing one? I don't quite understand the role they are to play. Thanks for enlightening me, Migs

And to put it in perspective, the reason why we don't have such good accuracy is that terrorists could use the increased accuracy to do more accurate evil. Thus, I wouldn't expect consumer gps's to receive the "arms length" capability ever. -Migs

Friends: I know this subject is a bit taboo, but what do people do when they travel and want to place a cache in some cool place? I know the rules and all, but in real life what happens? Thanks for your comments. Migs

Friends: I tried searching for this with no results found, but this might be a common question and one the moderators might add to the FAQ: How do I get the Geocache code before going out to place my cache? The idea is to go out with my GPS and a marker, and write those data along with the Geocache code on the cache label in one trip. Thanks amigos, Migs

I agree with the Garmin 60CSx choice. Garmin is the biggest GPS company, and I have been using their GPS for many years with good success. Their customer service and repair is top notch. I have never had to pay for a repair, and in two cases they returned me a new (refurbished) gps far better than I sent in. (I have had many of their models through the years). Also, their desktop software keeps getting better and better. -Migs

Get him a Garmin 60CSx! He will love you for it, -MIgs