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    Garmin Etrex Vista C Geocache Function

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I don't know how to check to see what software I'm using... Tell me!

     

    I just went to the Garmin website to download the most recent update 2.4, but I'm embarrassed to say that I don't know how to do the update! (Also, it could be that the 2.4 is already in the GPSr.) So, I don't think that one got loaded onto the GPSr, it's just stuck in the computer, waiting to get out...

    Garmin Etrex Vista C Geocache Function

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    Got the same problems. I'll keep checking back.

     

    I bought a VistaC at REI about a month ago, and the joy stick was loose, so I brought it back and exchanged it for another on. However, the first one's Geocaching pages, 'found', etc all worked well. This one's doesn't. And the compassed 'froze' on me last evening. At least the joystick's OK...

     

    I started using GSAK about 3 weeks ago. Don't know if that matters.

    European Long & Lat

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by salpal

    That may be why when she entered the coords nothing came up. I just thought it was because she enter 'W' and not 'E'. At least I think Europe should be East, because it's east of Greenwich...

     

    Now I'll try the converter.

    Thanks.

    European Long & Lat

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    [Mom talking now]

    Thanks for all the good info. HockeyChik is going with a group, and I'm not sure how much free time she'll have, but I'm going to enter waypoints for her near her hotels, and if she gets the chance, I hope she goes caching. The leaders know about it, so if might be interesting. And at least she'll have a GPSr, so the lost-factor should be nil.

    Maybe...

     

    Thanks again...cachers always come through!

    European Long & Lat

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    HockeyChik, my daughter, is going to Europe, and I have the addresses of the hotels she will be staying. How can I get the longitude and latitude of the hotels, in order to narrow the search for caches? I tried Mapquest, but I couldn't figure out a way to do it. Is there a way to do this on another site?

     

    She's going to France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. It would be awesomely cool for her to get at least a couple of caches there! I wanna go...

    Ignore-listed Caches Show Up On Palm

    in Website

    Posted

    Thanks for the info. Sometimes I delete all the old records on the Palm and then download the new PQ, other time I just let it overwrite. I'll be sure to delete the pages from the Palm and the Waypoints from the GPSrs and see how that works. Some of the logs on the various cache pages had been from about a month ago, including my 'finds'. But I would've thought that the new overwrites would update the log page on the Palm, including my smiley.

     

    I just sprung for GSAK, too. Now I just need to figure it out!

     

    Many thanks, Jeremy and SBell. Sometimes the 'duh' factor gets the best of me. :D

    Ignore-listed Caches Show Up On Palm

    in Website

    Posted

    I have an Ignore List of 16 caches. When I run a PQ, 3 of them (2 regular caches, 1 CITO event) show up on my Palm, but not on my GPSr.

    What am I doing wrong? I deleted the PQ and made a new one, including 'Are on my Ignore List' (as I had previously), but they still show up.

    Help!

    Where And When

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by salpal

    I took a baggie with 2 joint 'roaches', a lighter and an empty gum pack (guess they didn't want their parents to smell the pot on their breath) from a cache the other day and didn't have anything to trade. I didn't feel bad, because the stuff just didn't belong. The kids who had smoked these (one was the size of a cigar) wrote in the log, using the 'f' word. Since other legitimate cachers had also written on the page, I left it and emailed the owner. Some things just don't have to be traded.

     

    edit: sp.

    Why Cache?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I cache for all of the above reasons and because I love the rush I get as the miles turn into tenths of miles, which turn into feet, which turn into 'Arriving at Destination'. I LOVE destinations!

     

    Wish I could get my husband into it. He used to think I was nuts; now he just shakes his head, smirking. He's coming around, I can feel it! :lol:

    Bookmark And Ignore Lists

    in Website

    Posted

    I had to send my GPSr in for repairs yesterday, and I'm glad I'm able to read all about the VERY COOL new features!

     

    I love the Ignore List, and will have to play with the rest of the stuff until I get my Vista back. It'll keep me busy...

     

    ~~Not as bummed as I could have been.~~

    Gps's And Planes

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by salpal

    I used my GPSr recently going to Colorado. I only turned it on after the Flight Attendant announced that personal electronic devices could be used, and I turned it off when they directed that those devices be turned off.

    It was interesting to mess around with it on the plane, and no one said anything to me. I never even asked, just figured that since it only receives, there wouldn't be a problem. We made it safe and sound.

    I don't know what the actual rules/laws are, though...

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