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Googling "error 1327 INvalid Drive" brought up this, among other answers. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q282183/

Which phone are you using? Do you have to set up the connectivity options on the phone to pass through data requests via bluetooth?

Matt, Thanks for the offer. For some reason, that cache didn't show up in GSAK. I went ahead and left with the TBs in hand. I hate for them not to get the mileage, but it was just a really hectic week. -E

I've been in town all week at a conference at the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame. You would think with 5 days, I would've found time to hit a cache, but it turns out that I didn't--life intruded on my plans. So, I've got three TBs that I've brought with me from Oklahoma and I would love to leave them here. I ran down to a cache near my hotel at 9:00 pm tonight and it turns out it's in a park that closes at 6:00. All the other nearby caches are micros. I fly out at o'dark-thirty in the a.m. Is there anyone in or around Burlingame that I can hand these off to? I can leave them with the concierge at the hotel or I can stash them in the bushes around the hotel somewhere. I probably shouldn't try anything clever in or near the airport. I'll check back in a few hours when I wake up. If someone wants to come grab these TBs, I'll leave them somewhere. Thanks (apologies to anyone living in the SouthEast, where I posted this question the first time. Doh! Too much stress, too little sleep.)

Geez, I just noticed that I posted this in SouthEast, not SouthWest. Doh! Sorry about that.

I've been in town all week at a conference at the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame. You would think with 5 days, I would've found time to hit a cache, but it turns out that I didn't--life intruded on my plans. So, I've got three TBs that I've brought with me from Oklahoma and I would love to leave them here. I ran down to a cache near my hotel at 9:00 pm tonight and it turns out it's in a park that closes at 6:00. All the other nearby caches are micros. I fly out at o'dark-thirty in the a.m. Is there anyone in or around Burlingame that I can hand these off to? I can leave them with the concierge at the hotel or I can stash them in the bushes around the hotel somewhere. I probably shouldn't try anything clever in or near the airport. I'll check back in a few hours when I wake up. If someone wants to come grab these TBs, I'll leave them somewhere. Thanks

I find that two loud talkers in a space tend to cancel each other out so that I only have to deal with them one at a time. Plus, scribbling on a note pad as you keep eye contact really wigs them out. I don't have to deal with them in threes in first class. Nothing p****s off these guys like seeing a engineer type in first class wearing sandals and jeans when they can't use their upgrade points. Who would think someone like that is executive platinum?

I suggest the Bose QuietComfort II noise cancelling headphones. They're pricy, but they work wonders on an airliner. I don't even bother connecting them to my iPod half the time--they work great without a sound source. I find if I'm in the presence of a rude, loud cellphone user, it works wonders if you make eye contact with them and maintain it as long as they are talking. Most loud talkers will quiet down when they realize that someone is actively listening to their conversation. As for the GPS on an airliner, I keep mine with me when I travel. Most of the stews know what they are now and most are cool with it. I've only had one take an active dislike to it and I put it back in my carryon. If they tell you to turn it off, bite your tongue and do it.

Why do your MapSource files have a .mpg extension in the first place? Shouldn't they be .mps or .gdb? Is something messing with the extensions after you save them in MapSource?

02 Springdale FW 01 GMC Sierra We use it for lake camping around home as well as the occasional road trip. We set up somewhere and disconnect the pickup and will cache an area. When the wife and kids are with me, we limit caching to 2/2's and interesting virtuals.

Poor persecuted Mac user. When will the world finally admit their error and see things your way? I bought my first Mac in 1986. I've gone through a 512K, SE, IIci, PowerBook Duo 210, 7100, 7600, PowerBook G3, and now a charcoal G4. I loved the MacOS. What software I couldn't find, I wrote. Up to and including the compiler. I made it through segmenting, code fragments, 68K/PowerPC jumps, everything. But this BSD mess--it's too much. Mac users wanted protected memory and true multitasking, they didn't want some grab-a** variant of Un*x. My G4 sits in its rack, mostly unused, except for the occasional moment when I need to make sure my code will still cross-compile. Aside from that, it might as well be a boat anchor. Apple used to be about innovation and experimentation, now they're about selling shiny eye candy and music players to techster wannabes and NBA fanboys. Do I want a Mac Mini? No, Apple probably won't get another sale out of me. Eight is enough. I want a Shuttle PC running XP MCE. "Oh, but it's so superior to Microsoft". Microsoft is the company you love to hate. Been there, done that, have all the t-shirts from WWDC (including the one where Guy Kawasaki tells us that it's alright to use MSIE on Mac). I won't waste my breath complimenting Microsoft, but I've wasted enough breath calling them the Evil Empire. Windows 3.x, 95, 98, and Me are the reasons the "switch" campaign worked. They sucked. I've never spent a professional moment on any of these. I have spent a lot of time on NT, 2000, and XP and I'll take any of those over OSx any day. I can give XP machines to my kids and I have the tools and ability to keep their machines running and keep them safe from Internet pests. Can I do that with a Mac? Probably but I don't care to try anymore. XP is not the work of the devil if you spend a couple of hours getting the settings right. No different than with your Mac. The reason all the viruses attack Windows is because that is where it is the most profitable. Yes, there are a lot of stupid people who buy Dell, HP, and Gateway machines and connect them directly to cable modems. Those same people would find ways to screw up a Mac. Macs don't get viruses Google a couple of names like nVir and WDEF. The Mac used to be the breeding ground for viruses in the 80's because there was no, and I mean NO protection against them. OSX may be more secure, but no one really cares--why attack Macs, when only 5 million are sold each year? If MacOS held even 25% of the market share, you can rest assured that we'd be hearing about exploits more often. If you want Mac support for your GPS, download XCode, learn Cocoa, and start at it. You might even sell a few dozen copies when you're done. OSX is neither a Honda nor a Rolls--it's a chrome plated vintage Beetle.

The manner in which someone writes to a company should be no factor in the company's response. They are a business, and they treat it as such. I'm curious, what color is the sky in your world? Very few individuals would put up with this load of horse apples, so why should a company? Is this the mythical "customer is always right" thing? Until Apple makes a GPS-enabled iPod, you'll be waiting a while...

Doesn't run on DirecTivo. I'm screwed. Interesting idea, tho. -E

Right click on a GPX file while holding down the SHIFT key. One of the items there should be "Open With...", with a selection of "Choose Program". Choose that option. Wait a good bit while Windows figures out all the programs installed on your PC. Find GSAK in the list. If GSAK isn't on the list, use the "Browse" button to find GSAK.exe (probably in C:\Program Files\GSAK). Click the little check box that says "Always use the selected program" Press OK and Bob's your uncle Edit: Or what PDOPs said much simpler.

Um, some of us wisely and safely use other operating systems that don't run exe files very well. While its a nice thought to offer the use of BMGPX, there is no source code that is compatable with Linux available. Um, right there on the web page it says If you hunt benchmarks and wish you could get pocket queries for them, BMGPX is the next best thing. .... C-language Source Code Are you complaining because he didn't include a makefile with it?

Not so sure about that. My Vista had 500 waypoints when I got it. A subsequent firmware upgrade got me the 1000. Perhaps someone found some extra ROM space and they decided to up the number of waypoints. Or they already had space in reserve and they decided they wouldn't use it with software features so they exposed it as waypoint memory.

I believe you will need the GRDC plus the GP03. They list this as the GRP03 for $22.00.

I think that if/when a 3rd party comes out with software that can do all the things Macintosh users want it to do - to emaulate Mapsource, Garmin would fire a lawsuit citing DMCA against reverse engineering. Sad story, because if anyone volunteers to write the SW for Garmin, they respond w/ "intelectual property protection". If anyone asks why they can't make it in-house, they respond w/ "lack of resorce" - this from multi-million dollar company. Other than that, I like my GPSMAP60c, but I would LOVE to use it w/ Apple computer. Actually, I was referring to their partners program, whereby you can get maps for Russia, Chile, and other places that Garmin themselves don't deem worth their interest. A Mac shop might be able to go to Garmin with a business plan that makes sense and actually make some money at it.

... If Jeremy ever puts this on his todo list for developers to build, I would think this would be very low as there is a perfectly acceptable method that doesn't even involve Geocaching.com. IMHO there's far too many other things pressing (lists, locationless caches, server errors, better maps) that I'd like MY $30/year going toward. Hey! I'm not saying this is the most pressing thing to me. If you look at my profile, you will see a whopping (2) benchmarks found. I searched for a few and they kept coming up missing. Most of the BMs around me are along the old Rock Island line and I don't really have a good mode of transportation to go down those rails other than the two feet and eleven toes I was born with. My favorite features in no particular order... 1. Usenet style killfiles in the forums. 2. Comprehensive "my finds" pocket query. 3. PQs along an arc.

is it pedantic to be grammatically correct? I guess so. When I correct my sisters' grammar she calls me a "pedantic a*****e". Maybe she's right. Then again, she never won the spelling bee.

Added to what GridLox said, search the yellow pages for "Engraving". Look for a place that has a laser engraver. Take the black and white logo to them as a JPG or (if you have the software and knowledge) as a vector graphic (outlined). They can take your artwork and cut out vinyl, cardboard or 1/8" plexiglass to make your stencil.

Surely you aren't suggesting that Fox News, Bill "Mr. Phone Sex" O'Reilly or Rush "Pills" Limbaugh bother with any of those things... Trust me, I can show you things that are much farther left. CP is middle-left. Consider it the "U.S. News and World Report" of progressive politics. Howard Dean is a moderate. Michael Moore is, well, see RK's previous link. D@#& it, I said I'd quit. OK, I mean it this time. I'm not coming back to this thread. Cache On!

Seems like the same kind of condescending, holier-than-thou trash that I've been reading for ahwile on CP to me. CP tends to be more academic than other political op-ed sites, which is why it seems condescending and holier-than-thou. It's intended for people who are able to read without their lips moving, and not for those who get their news from the scrolling sign at the truckstop (or Fox News). OK, OK, I'll stop. Donnelly is a putz. Left or right--I think we can all agree on that. -E

I've had both R&R and MG for the UK. The MG maps that I have are more detailed and recent than the R&R maps I had. Only certain older versions of MG in the States supported autorouting--you will need to look on the box of the version you are getting to see if it does or not. Garmin is pushing City Select as the software for autorouting GPSRs and MetroGuide for non-autorouting GPSRs. If your device does not support autorouting (and the legend doesn't), you can have MapSource not download the routing info to save space. You cannot tell it to remove certain other POIs, like cemeteries, bakeries and hospitals.

You could use a Palm with CacheMate to keep track of the addresses of your customers. With the proper cable (around $25) you could blast the addresses you need into your GPSR. You wouldn't even need an expensive Palm. Just make sure to get one that is a serial unit (Palm III, V, VII, m1xx, Visor) or a USB unit with the Universal Connector (m5xx, Tungsten C, Zire 71). Or splurge and get a Garmin iQue. I've seen the 3200 as low as $360. I believe the address book has a field for a waypoint and provides turn-by-turn directions.