[Favorite Indy Caches]

I live in Indy, Eagle Creek Park has 4 or 5 caches (park has a $4.00 entrance fee) It is a nice BIG park. There are also many caches around the area.

I will look into some more areas when I get home.

What part of town will you be in or near?

I will think about the sports bar and get back with you, Indy is not a big hockey town.

lakedawgs

[New To Gps And Caching, Mapping Question]

lostoutdoors.com and USA photomaps are both great. How do you stitch multiple maps together to form one map?

thanks,

Matt Anderson

[New To Gps And Caching, Mapping Question]

Got a Garmin eTrex for the holidays and have been learning to use it. Have been out caching a couple of times and love it, so does my wife luckily.

My question is, I have downloaded some maps but do not know how to read them. The file formats are .dbf, .sbn, .shp, .shx

I would like to download some good maps and be able to add waypoints to and from my GPS. I know the eTrex does not have mapping capabilites, but this would help plan trips and locate waypoints I have collected out in the field.

I am very new to GPSing and short on expendable cash... baby, house, etc., etc.

What I really would like is a freeware, shareware program and a way to find some online maps.

I hope I am not missing something too fundamental.

Thanks in advance,

Matt Anderson

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