Fluxuated
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how are they inaccurate? I was out on a trail last week with the Canadian TOPOs and it looked pretty accurate to me. I had to cross a river, and the topo showed me exactly where to do it, including where all the windings were, size etc. I'm not sure what you mean?
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In my last post, is it confusing who I am addressing: you or talking to myself?
And the answer is???
I'll say your talking to yourself. I'm not interested in a Peeing contest with you, and that's where I see this going. I just got off night shift, time for bed, Good Night.
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I'm just curious. Are YOU currently Beta Testing the GPSmap 60 or the eTrex Vista HCx ?
I think that quote was meant for me, I'm not BETA testing anything.
Of course that post was meant for you. Your post was the one I quoted, hence ...
What GPS unit(s) are you using?
Actually you quoted 2 posts.
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I'm just curious. Are YOU currently Beta Testing the GPSmap 60 or the eTrex Vista HCx ?
I think that quote was meant for me, I'm not BETA testing anything.
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How does 6 bucks sound?
Was that a joke offer? Asking for something, then offering less than face value? nice.
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examples?
you have to pay for:
ability to be a premium member
ability to list caches as premium members only $3
ability to download coordinates of caches - free (or $3 to get coordinates for PMOC)
ability to download additional cache information - $3/month
ability to list a trackable item - varies around $4.25 per item
Aww, and I suppose it's a hardship to pay for GAS to get to the cache, Wasted Energy causing you to buy food, sore facial muscles from smiling when you get a FTF, the breathing of fresh air, because you got outside and did some OUTDOOR activity. The list goes on.
It's the exact same as any other hobby, you pay for what you WANT to pay for. No one is stopping you, or forcing you. You can still do this for free. I think 30 bucks a year is insanely cheap, considering how much money you can spend on other activities. If you don't want a TB, then don't buy one, if you do, then sorry, no one is going to hand it to you for free.
If the price is too high, sell that GPS and take up another hobby. Although I'm not sure what you'll be able to do without spending a penny.
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Sometimes I wish that the people in our area would let some of the newcomers have a chance but I guess that is too much to ask.
I don't buy that argument at all. I have 46 finds (I'm still new, Found my first on January 14'th this year) and I have 5 FTF's! How did I get them? By heading out as soon as I saw them published. ANYONE can go get one, if they want it, it's all about the effort. If you see one published late at night, try to be there at first light, if you don't feel comfortable doing it at night. I got 3 of them that way. Sure I won't get there first all the time, but I have as good a shot as anyone else. And I'm still considered a newbie. Should people sit there and let me get them? Of course not. If I want it, I need to make the effort myself.
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If you have no prior knowledge of cache locations or pre-release coordinates, then it's all fair IMO. You have as good a shot as anyone, and if you happen to get the notification 2 minutes after it's published, and are out the door 5 minutes after that, then all the power to ya.
I Nabbed 2 FTFs in 1 day because I was up in the late hours when it went live, and decided to head out so I arrived at the first cache at first light, then raced to the second, beating a fellow geocacher by 5 minutes. That's how it goes, it can go the other way too.
Good luck.
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It's funny. The amount of time it took you to come here and whine about Garmin, is MORE than it would have taken you to actually register at Garmin and get yourself set up there. Kinda humorous actually.
If you have a legit copy, then what's the problem?
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Now that I'm this far down the thread, I can't remember the title of it.
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Umm, what's the point of this thread, other than to post farm?
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I just don't understand the lack of information coming out of Garmin about the issues surrounding the release of the Colorado.
Garmin is running a business, so why would you expect them to release incomplete information to an outside source? It's just not going to happen. I'm glad I didn't buy the BETA Colorado that's out now, but instead bought a completed GPSr. Let them know how you feel with your Wallet, that's more important than anything to a business. I'll get one in a couple years when you guys have finished BETA testing it for me
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So, you're saying if I get it to show a multi cache, it won't show any other kind? Yikes!
Yes and no. Yes it will only show 1 Icon on the GEOCACHING screen, however if you find by WAYPOINT, it will show the other Icons in the map window. Hope this helps.
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Welcome to the hobby, I've only been a geocacher for slightly less than a month myself, and I'm having a blast. I geocache with my kids and they enjoy it too. We are up to 43 finds, and have hidden 3 ourselves. It can be addicting.
Too bad the weather this weekend was -30C with the windshill, so we stayed indoors.
Happy Caching!
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Ahh your going for the Ole Dictatorship angle. Good luck with that!
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I have tried this over and over and can't figure it out. I only have 2 databases in GSAK; one is my found caches and the other is my unfound caches. I don't know how to leave the "Placed Caches database" empty.
I'm using this Macro just fine, with 1 Database. You don't need 2 Databases, one for found and another for unfound, you can use the filter option to seperate those if you like.
I Just did a test with an EMPTY Database and it stopped with the same error. Select one of your active databases as the placed DB and it should work fine for you.
good luck.,
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I've been in the hobby, for just under 1 month now, and having a blast. I'm eager to see how other Geocachers plan their routes. Here's how I do mine.
I load up GSAK, filter the types of cache's I want to find, and Export to Microsoft's Streets and Trips. The I import those cache's. I Select them, and add them as stops, then I Optimize those stops and create a route.
How do others do it? I'm looking for a way to cover the most area in the least amount of time. Now Obviously, I know there will be limitations, such as terrain, but I'm always open to learning new tricks, from people that know.
Thanks.
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It would be good to have as an attribute, especially for the Micro's, but like someone else said, you should always have one with you. I always carry a few, just incase. If I don't sign the log because I don't have a pen or pencil, then I won't log it, and to me, it seems like a lot of effort to waste a smiley, because I wasn't prepared.
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Sounds like plenty of reasons to become a Premium Member.
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I'm not sure you can, I just had a quick skim through the manual at:
http://www.magellangps.com/assets/manuals/...0_manual_en.pdf
but since I don't have the unit, I can't say for sure. Good Luck.
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Congrats Ted, excellent Job!
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What's wrong with using the forums here to talk about HAM and GeoCaching??
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Yeah, ummm what find list?
Scheduling Cache Activation
in Website
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Ok this is creepy, I was about to post a message about the EXACT same thing. It would be great to have a cache pre-approved and then released at a specific time and date, I agree. Excellent idea.