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I bought Cachemate and installed it successfully on my old Palm Z22. It works. How do I get my data on it? I have all the geocaches within 10 miles of my house in a file on Easy GPS. I read this online: "GPX/LOC File Import EasyGPS GPX/LOC XML file importing is also possible with CacheMate. Groundspeak-specific extensions to the GPX file format are supported. Unregistered copies of CacheMate will only import up to a 10 record limit for the database, and will truncate descriptions to 2 kilobytes. Once the program is registered, you will need to re-import the records that were imported before, to get the full description text. To import a LOC or GPX file into CacheMate, you need to use a PC-based tool to convert the XML file into a PDB file that can be used with your Palm OS device. A Windows version of this tool is included in the CacheMate distribution. A version for Unix variants is available here. The file converters accept a LOC or GPX formatted XML file as input, and output a file that can be installed on the Palm OS device. When this file is installed and CacheMate is launched, a prompt for database and category will be displayed, and its contents will automatically be merged with the main CacheMate database once selections are made. If the database name matches a category name in the target database, the category will be selected automatically. There is an option in the Preferences dialog to merge imported LOC/GPX records with what already exists in the CacheMate database, based on the waypoint name. Cache log information is taken from the existing record, while all other information is taken from the import record. Both versions of the file converter allow for selecting of waypoints to convert. The Unix version has an option for listing the waypoints in the input file, and allows specifying of waypoints to convert on the command line. The Windows version presents a GUI for waypoint selection, and also allows converting of waypoints from multiple input files into a single output file." WHAT DOES IT MEAN???

I got a PalmZ22 for Christmas two years ago. Today I bought CacheMate and tried to load it, but I was using the wrong cable to HotSync. The official cable is missing. I spent $10 on CacheMate for nothing! By the way, when my Palm was new, it cost $100. Now I see the same exact thing on ebay for $.99. The problem with using paper is keeping up with them all. I went out today and left one page behind. What a waste of time and energy. Plus, the wind likes to blow them away. I used to use an Excel spreadsheet to do my pre-caching research. The columns would include name, code, hint, location, etc. I could get lots of info on one page, but it never seemed to be quite enough.

I have a GPS, but I think it's led me astray sometimes. I've done all my caching close to home so far, so the Google satellite maps give me plenty of information. Sometimes (especially in wooded areas) the GSP is really far off. I've learned that I get lousy results when the batteries aren't fresh.

I'm a newbie. I've found several caches so far, but I seem to be spending a lot of time looking. When I post my finds, other people's logs say they "went right to it," or "found it immediately." Is this something that just comes with experience, or are there tips people can pass along (without spoiling the experience)? Mistakes I've made so far: --not writing down the title and the hints --not looking at the Gallery pictures beforehand --reading all the logs but not taking written notes with me --getting my notes confused because they were not well labeled