xTerraCacher

at the risk of cross-posting, here's a copy of what i put in another forum related to this topic: OK, i got an iTouch 2nd gen (16 gig) for my birthday and of course, the first thing was to use the WiFi and get to gc.com. Looking around a little, i figured out how to use it for paperless caching: It took me 20 minutes to figure all this out, and i'm now paperless: Purchase and install "Air Sharing" (Apple Apps store, $6.99 CDN...a bargain!!) Use the very excellent instructions to set up your iTouch as a wireless remote storage volume (took me less than 5 minutes) (Note that you need to hook up to a wireless router...anywhere, i did it at work...) Generate a PQ. Load up GSAK (what, you're not using it? Get it...it's GREAT) and use it to parse your PQ zip file Use File>Export>HTML to generate html code for each cache...put the export in a folder by itself Start "air sharing" on your iTouch by tapping the icon. Use your Windows explorer window to drag the folder with the html files onto the iTouch On your iTouch, tap the "_1index.htm" file to open the index onto all the caches That's it! The files will open on the iTouch's browser (Safari). I ran a test with a PQ that returned 187 caches, it took less than 3 minutes to get it onto the iTouch. Ain't technology wunnerful?

GSAK generates an index page, you can just use that to find your caches... (i've been corresponding with CSRA through emails, and i think he's now set up as well....)

OK, i got an iTouch 2nd gen (16 gig) for my birthday and of course, the first thing was to use the WiFi and get to gc.com. Looking around a little, i figured out how to use it for paperless caching: It took me 20 minutes to figure all this out, and i'm now paperless: Purchase and install "Air Sharing" (Apple Apps store, $6.99 CDN...a bargain!!) Use the very excellent instructions to set up your iTouch as a wireless remote storage volume (took me less than 5 minutes) (Note that you need to hook up to a wireless router...anywhere, i did it at work...) Generate a PQ. Load up GSAK (what, you're not using it? Get it...it's GREAT) and use it to parse your PQ zip file Use File>Export>HTML to generate html code for each cache...put the export in a folder by itself Start "air sharing" on your iTouch by tapping the icon. Use your Windows explorer window to drag the folder with the html files onto the iTouch On your iTouch, tap the "_1index.htm" file to open the index onto all the caches That's it! The files will open on the iTouch's browser (Safari). I ran a test with a PQ that returned 187 caches, it took less than 3 minutes to get it onto the iTouch. Ain't technology wunnerful?

You just display the photo, and in the lower right corner of the screen is a trash can...click it, and confirm you wish to delete the photo (iTouch 2nd gen)

Kermokey is the name of a proposed security system which would have prevented this individual from trashing caches and stealing geocoins and travel bugs. Unfortunately, it would have made it very difficult for the general geocaching public to participate in this great sport, and so could not be implemented. It's interesting that the very person who is the culprit chooses that name for his latest subterfuge. This person also goes by numerous other names: Kermode, Yukon Cornelius, xterracacher. (note the period), xterracracher, sgtcacher (or something like that), swordfern, geoplanet, geojihad etc etc The latest apparently is to email people from the account xTerraCacher@hotmail.com This hotmail is NOT the real xTerraCacher...(Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say). This person is very slick and convincing and his sliminess knows no bounds. If you wish to contact the real xTerraCacher, please use the geocaching.com email system. Cache on! i am!

GeoScavenger and i were heading off last March to go into the States for a geocaching trip down the Washington/Oregon coast. The customs officer in Port Angeles asked the purpose of our visit and where we were going....we didn't want to complicate matters so just said "sightseeing". He replied...no way...nobody sightsees the coast in March...what was the real purpose of our visit? So i answered "Do you know what geocaching is?" and he said "Sure do, I know all about it...have a nice trip!" Easiest border crossing ever!

Ok, here's some results.... WAAS disabled, averaged 1245 times = 2.2 metres accuracy WAAS enabled, averaged 1472 times = 2.4 metres accuracy mmmmm....

i'm on Vancouver Island, British Columbia...i'm running some tests now on my 76CSx. It will be interesting to compare out west with what everybody's getting out towards the east. i expect it'll be much the same as the DFW area...but we are quite a bit north, at about 48.30

i have a garmin 76csx, Oziexplorer 3.96.2a, all the correct communication parameters (both boxes checked), and get a message "No PVT data received" and "PVT data transfer (Type D800) not supported in this model". i use NMEA / serial for moving map with no problem. it's just a pain to keep switching "NMEA" mode to "GARMIN" mode for uploads/downloads of tracks and waypoints. Also, the USB power thing is handy!! i also have the National Geographic TOPO! series for WA and OR, and used USB moving map with that software all last week with no problem. Any solutions out there? thanx!

Coast2coast2coast wrote: at all times i protected the identity of the sender. if the sender responded in public in such a way that the identity was obvious, that was beyond my control.

Coast2Coast2Coast wrote: actually, i thought by posting your event on a public page, all could be public my posting quotes from emails were not to lay blame or call anyone right or wrong and i'm sorry if you see it that way my aim was to present to all both sides of the argument, and to prevent "i said - i didn't say" contests and i agree...this can probably be put to bed c u "out there" and be safe!

Coyote Red posted Oct 24, 2004 at 5:35 AM not me...believe it or not.... here is a cut and paste of an email i received this afternoon from the original poster and author of the email sent to me "unwelcoming" me to the event. The quoted posting that follows can be found here: VIGPS here's the posting: Generally, i believe that most would now agree that unless all are welcome, do not post in public (gc.com) thanx for all your input ( and i do mean ALL ) see you out there! be safe!

I was a member of Auxiliary Coast Guard Unit 29 out of Ladysmith BC, and on our Zodiac Hurricane 733 we had a Sitex GPS unit with differential. A separate antenna was required, and the differential signal is transmitted from Point Grey (Vancouver). We commonly (on the water, so *no* obstructions) had accuracy within 1 - 2 feet. Although always keeping a lookout while underway, we learned to trust our instruments to the point of doing high-speed (40 mph) emergency runs through Porlier Pass in the middle of the night in the rain. (not recommended unless life/death situation ). Although my eTrex Venture is pretty accurate, it's always been my personal opinion that WAAS is a "poor mans" differential, and serves most applications very nicely.

both good suggestions...i'll put them to task a.s.a.p. Thanx!

Apparently (at least I can't find it) there is no formal geocaching.com facility for benchmarking in British Columbia. I thought I would create a database and try to co-ordinate with geocaching.com to take care of this, but I can't get a list of BMs in BC. Any suggestions out there on how to compile a database of BM's in British Columbia? I have contacted *the* person in charge of maintaining the provincial governments database, but he says he doesn't have the time nor resources to create a text dump for me, which i can then load into my own database. I can specify online an area from which to download benchmarks, but if I outline an area with more than 70 marks, I can't get them for free, and my local area alone (8 square miles) has more than 70... Thanx!

i have noticed *lots* of caches placed by TEAM KFWB GPS in California, Oregon, Washington, and BC...I'm on Vancouver Island and have found a few of their caches. Who are these people that they have caches all over the place, and how can they maintain them when they're so spread out? Sorry if this seems like a silly question, but my impression is that if you place a cache, you must visit it once in a while to check it????