Bozz
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Doesn't sound like a needed update for the rest of us on 3.50.
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First of all, THANK your son from your extended-geocaching family! We appreciate what he and the other fine people are doing to protect us all.
Now, about the GPSr's.... the Legend should go 18-20 hrs. with WAAS off from what I understand. To be honest, I have not tested mine. He needs a rugged case of some type to store his GPSr in -- but of course you are limited to what you can use to get a signal through!
I will look around on the web for rugged cases for him....
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I LOVE my eTrex Legend (size, features, menu navigation)... however, my brother has a Magellan Meridian Gold, and the larger screen is NICE! It is feature-rich, and able to have LOTS more maps installed than the Legend.
With all that being said, I would buy the Legend again... actually, I would buy the Vista (more memory, but more price).
Not sure what the SportTrac Pro goes for now, but that is a good option as well.
Sorry if I am not helpful, I really don't think he would be disappointed with the Legend, or the SportTrac Pro, merid Gold, Plat, etc. They are all fine GPS's!
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I use a Garmin eTrex Legend w/Topo and Metroguide USA.... very nice setup!
Would recommend it to anyone!
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I messed with mine last week, haven't field tested it though. Really easy to do:
1. Connect cable from laptop to GPS unit
2. Go into "setup" on the GPS menu, then "interface" (assuming this is a eTrex Legend, Vista, or Venture) If not, then you will have to find the interface setting on your GPS to change the item in #3.
3. Go down and change Serial Data format to "NMEA in/NMEA out"
4. Start MapPoint and go to "Tools", "GPS", "Configure GPS" and make sure you have selected the right COM port
5. Go to Tools, GPS, Track Position
You should be off to the races! Seems to work good, can't wait to make something for the car/truck to hold the laptop so I can use it in a LIVE situation.
Hope this helps, I had mine running in about 10 mins after figuring out my serial port problem!
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If you have Mapsource, then you should have Metroguide USA or something of that sort?
Not sure what you have, what do you have with your Mapsource???
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PDF format sounds good to go along with the Online magazine. Good insight Jollybgood!
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Thanks, tried it and it looks pretty good. One complaint though.... it does not transfer (or seemingly) the Cache name, just the short GCVHD or whatever it is. That is the only thing I have found that I like better about the MobiPocket Reader.
Correct me if I am wrong!
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Thanks for the suggestions, I assume these programs will read the .prc file contained in the query email? Or, do you use the .loc file?
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You guys (and gals) are onto something! I would be interested in contributing -- albeit I do not know what at this point.
Can't wait to see how this progresses.
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Is there any way to read the pocket queries on your Palm Handheld without purchasing MobiPocket Reader? Not sure if I want to spend the money on the reader, it is kinda "slow" and awkward to use.
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What about the baud rate it is communicating at? I think my Legend defaults to a mere 4800. Not sure if matching it with the Toshiba device would help or not.
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Glad we were able to be of assistance! Wish I had known about GeoCaching before I bought, but luckily I made a good choice in the Legend.
An old saying "I'd rather be lucky than good".
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Thanks for the patch info for S&T -- will do it later on. Haven't used this thing in the wild, so you probably saved me some aggrevation!
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I suppose being within 6 feet or so of something ANYWHERE on the planet (outside) is pretty good huh?
Thanks for the info.
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We got ours on Friday morning for the $79, it may have just been that day. Sorry! You still got a good one for $99, you will like it.
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Just found my problem.... my Hotsync Manager was tying up my COM1 port on my laptop (for no reason since I sync via USB). So, disabled it and now it works. This is pretty cool, never thought of this aspect of it.
A couple years ago I bought the Delorme GPS receiver and software, loaded it on my laptop, only to find that it took soooo long to acquire the satellites that it would not be useful for my business travels. This brings a whole new prospective to navigation during caches/trips.
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I stand corrected! Thank you.
That is why I am here... to LEARN from people who know more than I!
Thanks again,
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Wow! I just thought that data cable was for transmitting data to/from the eTrex Legend. Trying to hook it to my laptop now, but my Streets & Trips 2002 will only allow me to do the NMEA in/out on COM2. Since my laptops port is at COM1, it won't see it (obviously).
Any ideas why S&T's 2002 would only allow for COM2?
Trying to change it now on my laptop to see what happens.
Any insight is greatly appreciated.
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The eTrex Legend (as mentioned already) is just as easy, or even easier than the really basic units. The screen is easier to read, and the memory feature allows for the unit to grow with your hunger for this sport (or his). In fact, this unit is probably enough to keep the most intense cachers happy -- or at least most of them.
I found it really nice to download waypoints (cache coordinates in this case) right to the unit without the manual programming of them. Worth the extra money!
Hope this helps!
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Glad you figured it out, because I had NO IDEA!
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Target had them for $79 over the weekend, but I am not sure how long that price is good.
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I have an eTrex Legend, and love it. However, I just bought my wife the eTrex (Yellow) at Target because of the price. It is nice to have the one with more features, but once it is programmed to a point (either via computer or punched in), they work about the same.
Only problem is, she is not walking with me, but 200 yards in front of me headed for the FIND!
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P.S. - I say go for it, the Yellow eTrex is a good, solid, basic unit that will get you to the caches. But, if you can afford to spend 50% more, get the Legend (or any other sub-$200 GPS that you like.
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I believe that some of the accuracy has to do with the "random" info thrown out by the satellites so we cannot get such a close "lock" on a location. With security being elevated with our war in Iraq -- this has become standard practice (at least for now).
Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I read that this was a case.
It is kinda annoying that you have to move sometimes several feet in order for your position or distance to destination change. It'd be nice if it picked up movement of inches and adjusted your position -- this is not a case!
In my limited experience, I have found that when you get down to the last bit of your cache hunt, you have to beat the bushes -- not rely on the technology.
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Should I Go For A Legend Or Vista As My Next Gpsr?
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I think just about everyone has summed it up.... depends on the features you want! The Legend is a great piece of equipment, I own one. However, I just got into the mapping stuff and 8MB is pretty lean when it comes to loading maps!
If I were to go caching on a trip, I would be forced to take my laptop and load maps for the areas I want to go. Not enough memory to load "any" possible area along my route (unless its a small route). Ran into this problem a week ago when I planned on relying on my GPS to help me find a place, only to find out my maps quit about 2-3 miles before my destination!
So, in summary: if you think you will want to buy MapSource, and Topo Maps for uses other than caching.... get the VISTA or 60c. If your happy without a lot of maps, then the Yellow, or the Legend is perfect for you.
As someone else mentioned, get some rechargables for your GPS (NiMH), and put your GPSr outside and let it collect the Almanac data... in fact, do that as you tour around your area driving and such. You will get better accuracy after it has some time to "aclimate".
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