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This has nothing to do with Geocaching, but since I've seen a number of gun related discussions here I figure this is worth a shot :-)
I need some beta testers for a new piece of software. It will be primarily of interest to bullseye target shooters, from novice to intermediate experience levels.
I am developing parallel software products for Windows and Macintosh, and need at least a couple of users from various operating environments:
- Mac OS X 10.2.x (Jaguar)
- Mac OS 8.6-9.2.2 (PPC only please; no 68K fossils, sorry)
- Windows 95
- WIndows 98
- Window ME
- Windows ?? -- whatever the Gnomes of Redmond are pushing this week.
The first beta should be available in about a week. It will pretty rough quality with almost no documentation -- features and docs to be polished based on beta feedback. The finished software will be low-cost shareware, but all beta testers will be entitled to a lifetime free registration.
Email directly to me please, lee rimar at mac dot com. Thanks!
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As of this morning with 8 hours to go, the card I have on eBay is bid up to $61.
I may be able to get some more of these to sell at or slightly below this price point. Is anyone here interested?
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Originally posted by leatherman: A sock puppet is a _pantie waist weak kneed punk_ that can't express their opinion without hiding behind a fake identity.Um, right. "Leatherman" is the name on your birth certificate?
Most people post in online forums using a "fake identity." Can you come up with a better definition of a sock puppet?
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I went to the website you listed, but you got prices wrong. Dell's got a SanDisk 256 Meg Secure Digital card for $72 before rebate ($80 after the sale ends).
Closest to the $48 you quoted is a Compact Flash card. Same capacity, but different size/shape: won't fit a Magellan Meridian.
Anyhow, my second SD card is now on eBay. If anyone is still interested, any price under $70 delivered is a bargain.
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Originally posted by chrust: ... from Dell for $48 and $20 rebate ... sale ends on July 6th!Would you post a URL for that sale, please?
I might like to pick some more up at that price.
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One down, one to go!
I put one of the chips on eBay and got $60 for it in less than an hour.
I still have one that I'll sell to anyone from Geocaching.com for $50 -- if I hear from you this weekend. Otherwise it goes the eBay route on Monday.
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Originally posted by Renegade Knight:Where were you when I was buying mine?
I dunno. Need some more? What did you pay for youra?
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Originally posted by Renegade Knight: How do you know when a magellan has lost it's lock?Hit MENU key
Arrow down to "Alarms/Msgs"
Arrow down to "GPS FIX"
Enter to toggle feature on/off
NAV key to get back to screen you started from.
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I have 2 new Sandisk 256 Meg Secure Digital cards available for sale. These will work in a Magellan Meridian GPS, and many other electronic gadgets.
$50 each, includes shipping.
Email to lee_rimar at mac dot com, please.
[This message was edited by Lee David Rimar on July 03, 2003 at 12:38 PM.]
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Without purchasing extra software for detailed maps, which GPS comes with the best basemaps right out of the box?
I know this question could potentially launch a partisan Garmin-vs-Magellan battle, but I'm not looking for a "mine is better than yours" topic. I'm more interested in objective comparisons like how up to date the basemaps are, how many miles of road are included, how far "down" into smaller roads do the basemaps get (Interstates only? 4_lane highways? State roads?), etc.
Comments, anyone?
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Quoth Moun10Bike: ... N 47° 39.062', W 122° 20.824' ... though signal blockage by the bridge makes this somewhat suspectThank you. I figured a fix under a bridge might be tricky.
Lost Outdoors And Mapquest both put those coords on the north side of 36th, just east of Aurora Avenue. Out in the open, not beneath the overpass.
I think that's probably close enough. To be sure though, is this at least the right part of the intersection from which to approach and see the troll?
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Does anybody have reasonably accurate coords for the "Fremont Troll" in Seattle? I know it's at/near 36th & Aurora Avenue, but I need to pre-set a waypoint for it.
Travellng in Washington & Oregon next week, and will be teaching wife how to navigate in and around cities using GPS. I'm planning to pre-program a couple of "surprise" waypoints for her to find without telling what they are.
The troll is a little big for a virtual, don't you think? But I figured this would be easier for a beginner to find than an urban micro
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Originally posted by Flashaholic:...filled with Tritium,...
...and slightly radioactive, right?
How big are these things? I don't mind tiny dots on my gunsight, but I'm not sure I want a concentrated neutron source in my trouser pocket.
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Originally posted by ShaneN4Girls: ...It's a gas hawg, but necessary for the family and hobbies.Is that your only transport? Or do you have something a little less expensive to operate, for when you're NOT hauling around the whole family and all of your hobby gear?
I know not everybody can afford two vehicles--but it always puzzle me when I see ONE person loading a couple bags of groceries into a huge SUV.
BTW, gas is 1.59 here today.
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Originally posted by sept1c_tank:...just get a bike computer. They're inexpensive, smaller and lighter, and they have all the functions you mentioned. Oh, and a good map.
I think if the only thing I wanted to know was speed and distance, I'd agree with that. But tyhe bike computer is a single purpose device, you install it on the bik and it doesn't do you any good anywhere else.
I had the GPS already for driving, hiking and geocaching, so it seemed like a natural to try it on the bike. All of the info *I* needed while riding, INCLUDING the maps.
On the other hand, for speed and distance, I'd say the GPS is probably LESS accurate than a properly calibrated cyclometer.
And the GPS doesn't tell me cadence
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Now if only someone could find and Markwell that rant against cemetery caches -- and we could go there and say "Oh yeah, how about THIS idea?"
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Originally posted by Team Tigger International:I made the mistake of not realizing that I was searching for a cache in a place that it really shouldn't have been placed in.
Tell us more! What cache, where? Who called the police, and in what way was this a wrong place to be?
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Originally posted by EScout:va great way to go for portable power. 7 AH 12V Gell cell batteries
Great -- so what do they cost, what do the weigh, and where do I get them?
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Originally posted by ShaneN4Girls:..$70.00 on gas ...about 600 total miles
Nearly 12 cents a mile just for gas?
You're either paying too much at the pump, or you need a tune-up really bad -- or maybe a better car/truck altogether
I'm spoiled though: My Honda Insight (loaded with automatic trans, air, power windows, etc) averages 55 MPG, so I'm at under 3 cents per mile for fuel.
And my other car is a bicycle
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Quoth macjedimatt:I'm looking to get a GPS to track bike trips etc. I need one that will measure the speed and the length of a trip in miles or km. I am currently looking at a Magellian Meridian on eBay.
Matt:
I use a Magellan SporTrak Pro on my bike, and it's pretty good. I especially like uploading the track log to my computer and replaying it to compare against my notes.
I only have one minor gripe, but it this might affect you also. The SporTrak does offer "max speed" and "average speed" displays, but I don't like how they work. Two reasons:
1) These numbers are not preserved when you power off. Turn the GPS off for a second, and the max and average speed reset when you power back on. They also reset when you use the "Clear Trip Odometer" feature. But the trip odometer IS preserved when you power down, so I don't know why max & average speed aren't.
2) The average speed factors in stopped time as well; it's TRIP average rather than a MOVING average. But I don't need a GPS to tell me 100 miles in 6 hours is 16-2/3 MPH, including my stop at the coffee shop mid-ride. What I want is for the GPS to tell me my average while I was on the move, EXCLUDING the stopped time.
Finally, I don't know if all Magellan models have average and max speed functions (yet). I only found it after the most recent firmware upgrade (4.0.6) and I don't know if it's in the Meridian firmware.
Hopefully the next firmware update will preserve the numbers between power off/on, and offer a moving average.
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Originally posted by Khlash:(Magellan tech support)...said my unit needs to connect to my computer at least once so that it will create some file and after that I could transfer using the card. Is there any way around this?
Nyet, I had a Meridian for a while and don't recall that being necessary. I was able to use the SD card without problems and never hooked up the serial cable except to do firmware updates. And I understand the latest firmware can be updated from the card also, without the cable.
What specifically is giving you problems that led you to call Magellan tech support? If you describe it here, maybe I (or someone else here) can spot what's going wrong and give a work-around.
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Peter remarked:...I use my eMap ... just swap out NiMH cells at occasional stops (even a traffic light is enough). I haven't noticed this having any bad effect on the tracklog or any of the trip data (moving average speed, max. speed, distance, etc.). But I haven't used a SporTrack much so maybe it's different in this regard.
The most common way for me to foul up my track log is to turn the unit off (to save battery power) at an extended stop, and forget to power it up again when I get going again. That's just me, that's not the SporTrak's fault.
But you are also correct that the SporTrak differs from the eTrex in a couple of ways.
First, the SporTrak resets "max" and "average" speed to zero if you power off the unit. Don't know why -- I'd prefer they were like the trip odometer and only reset when you intentionally give the reset command. Maybe Magellan will fix this on the next firmware update.
Second, battery change on the SporTrak is a minor ordeal:
- take GPS out of mounting cradle,
- unscrew a tiny screw attached to a d-ring/lanyard,
- give lanyard a hard tug to pull batttery carrier out,
- remove batteries from carrier,
- install new batteries and re-assemble by reversing procedure above.
It's clumsy, but I guess it's waterproof
Is the etrex really a lot easier?Actually, all of the above is just a set minor annoyances I've learned to live with. Not a big enough deal that I would build a battery pack, but once in a while I probably WILL choose lithium batteries for a long ride just for the added convenience.
You said you'd expect these to offer at least 50% more life than alkalines in GPSR applications, and about twice the life of current NiMH cells. This turned out to be exactly right: I tested a pair of Energizer Lithium batteries the other day, and got over 20 hours continuous operation. It was more than I expected and will certainly be enough for my longest day-rides.
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Off-topic: Guns, target shooting, software
in General geocaching topics
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"Right away" looks to be around the end of next week. Longer if the weather's nice and I spend more time out on my bike than in the house programming (joys of being semi-retired).
If that's soon enough for you, drop me a line in email, not in this forum, because I'll need to ask some things to qualify you as a beta tester. Thanks!
Even with WAAS and good reception, I think you'd still be looking at a margin of error akin to just pacing off the distance
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