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Even though unpublished caches are deleted by a sweep now and again, you do yet retain the ability to access it. It is the easiest way to do exactly what you desire. ETA: context

Although it isn't "hidden", this option exists on your profile page: http://www.geocaching.com/my/fieldnotes.aspx , near the bottom right and also in the drop-down menu (Play) on the opening page of geocaching.com. I think many cannot find it because they think in terms of "Logging" when in fact, you want to upload "Field Notes". Edit to add: this has nothing to do with Base Camp.

@ MowerMan19: I think it possible that kunarion may have hit the nail on the head. Of your 1127 finds, most all seem to be local. If you have loaded PQ data that is a distance away from your current location (75-100 miles?), it will not show on your device until you are closer. ... you can "cheat" it by making it believe it is closer to those caches. One method is to scroll (pan) the screen map to that area. It will not show the caches until you are zoomed in somewhat close. A wide zoom will not show any.

The GS Help Center has a pretty good "by-the-numbers" guide about creating a Pocket Query: http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=118 ; next, this tutorial is really a good one regarding loading of the Pocket Query data that your PQ generated: http://www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk/resources/files/paperless_garmin.pdf .

The GS app for Android: http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=417

The Magellan GPS310 is indeed 14 years old (using the issuance date), but it should still deliver you to where you want to go. According to the manual (p. 26), it does not appear that the unit will accept the coordinate format used (normally) by geocachers, which is Degree-Decimal Minutes. Your selections seem to be only Degree-Minutes, Degree-Minutes-Seconds or UTM. You can, if you so desire, have the cache page provide you with Degree-Minutes-Seconds or UTM by selecting the Other Conversions link directly beneath the coordinates displayed on that cache page. That being said, most any current generation GPSr unit will accept the coordinate format used by geocaching.com (Degree-Decimal Minutes), and they are usually set by default that way from the factory. Stick with the well-known and used brands... in your neck of the woods, Garmin or Magellan. Here is a link to the 310 manual, if you don't have one: http://ec1.images-amazon.com/media/i3d/01/A/man-migrate/MANUAL000016938.pdf

You would "adopt" the trackables into the new user account. http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=249

The name (Retrace) pretty much says it all... it is mostly for things like finding your car in a huge parking lot. You need to have already marked the position in order to return (retrace) to it. Not much good for other uses.

I do not have a "Move to Collection" option. I guess I'll just live with the way it is. You need to select "Make this Trackable collectible" through the edit page option BEFORE you can move it to your collection. Otherwise, that option to move it to your Collection never appears.

It is all based upon the account, not the individual user. While the business may or may not pay, I'm fairly sure that you would be hearing about it. If you want the (full) app on that phone, you (or the account holder) would have to pay up. The Intro-app however, is still free. With your Premium Membership, you shouldn't miss too much using it.

I'll bet that you need to be navigating to a specific cache before any hints and logs can be accessed. B. True. You can't just "look at it", your unit needs to be engaged in navigation to that particular cache (as if you were actually looking for it). At least... that's the way Garmin units perform.

Simply log a "Grabbed from..." on the Trackable page.

I've used a Delorme PN-40 for quite a while. I know... it's older than the '60, but I have always loaded PQ data directly from the computer to the unit. Naming each download differently allows for nearly unlimited downloads (depending upon the capacity of the SD card -- of which I have not found the limit yet to a 16 Gig card), each download is held/categorized separately. You can access any one of (however many downloads you loaded) separately in the field. It doesn't use/require a mass-storage file or folder as Garmin currently uses. GSAK is a fine tool for other purposes, but completely unnecessary as a simple (loading) go-between from computer to GPSr. The cache icons have always shown as they should... Unfound, Found; traditional, mult-, mystery, Virtual or Earthcache using the direct computer-to-unit loading. EDIT: SD card cap.

The MAP problem is compounded by different factors... 1] The earth's surface is neither flat or level, but maps are... both paper maps and on-screen maps. Maps (that we use) are two dimensional and therefore, incapable of being truly "accurate". 2] All maps are simply tiled overlays placed upon a grid-system. Land surface deviations and other anomalous features are not (cannot?) be corrected -- certainly not on a two-dimensional surface. Mapping tiles displayed on electronic devices (computer monitor, GPSr, phone) are even worse. Some locations appear to be pin-point accurate while others are wildly "off". You never really know where or when they are (or are not) accurate. Even consumer-grade devices will provide better and more consistent overall coordinate locations than will tiled map overlays. Both types of location detecting devices (GPSr units and maps) have drawbacks, but one should trust the GPSr over maps. After-all, most finders will generally also be using a GPSr device -- with or without maps.

The first and foremost "reward" is the blank logsheet. Nothing more nor anything less. There is no real need to entice others (with prizes or money) to find a newly placed cache. If it is there for the FTF, people will go for it! (Whisper)... "If you build it, they will come." On the lighter side... forget the $20 bill, just put in the keys and pink slip to a Maserati, or perhaps a gold double-eagle if'n you don't want to give away your Maserati. An FTF prize -- be it coupon, $1, $10, a $5,000 coin or a car is a nice gesture for sure, but unnecessary. Folks fight over FTF finds as it is... no need to turn it into a brawl.

Could be a number of reasons for the caches showing as waypoints. The first 'culprit' I thought of is that the '60 either has some .LOC files already in it (this would cause ALL geocaches to revert to .LOC type files). Were there ever any .LOC files loaded to it in its history? If so, remove them and start anew... things should then be fine. Your coordinates settings (through the Main Menu) should be set as Degree-Decimal Minutes (HDD(D)° MM.MMM). Pay attention to the decimal placement/spacings to recognize the differing formats. You should check BOTH units to assure that the settings match, if you desire to use them interchangeably -- otherwise, you will find yourself way off-course with one.

Those far away ones probably are there... you simply have to scroll the map screen to that location -- or -- otherwise convince the device that you are closer (you can select or set the location). Zooming out doesn't do you any good, unfortunately. Want to check and see that they are there w/o having to scroll the map? Use the cache list in the device.

Neither app will not show ALL of the caches that you see on the map using the website (at one time). The app(s) really have no business showing you caches that are distant. As you change location and do a new search, they will show. Don't confuse app(s) with the website... they are not the same thing. The Intro-app is being updated constantly and in the near future I think it will out-perform the paid app altogether. At least that seems to be the route that Groundspeak has been following as late. The Intro-app currently does things that the paid app does not. Presumably, the Intro-app will show all cache-types at a future point in time. As far as it showing all caches within 40-50-100 miles all at one time -- probably never. Also -- the paid app is a one-time cost. It is NOT a subscription fee as is the Premium Membership.

@ dabfinder: Hints and other data is contained in .GPX files. GPX files are a Premium Member benefit. You, being a Basic Member, cannot download that data. @ Airwan: If you (the GPSr) is not ACTIVELY engaged in searching the particular geocache, you cannot read the hint. It's a "Garmin" thing.... you cannot willy-nilly read the hint(s). You must select the cache and the unit must be engaged as though you are searching for the cache -- whether you actually are/are not searching, is a different story -- your device must THINK you are. Differing memberships mean differing reasons.

A very good tutorial for Magellan units here: http://www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk/resources/files/paperless_magellan.pdf It provides loading information by using either Vantage Point or by loading directly from computer to the unit.

eBay, eh? Well... assuming that you didn't get ripped off on the purchase of that card (happens fairly often with those eBay purchases*), it should function as it does locally for any other mapping program. Hopefully you purchased one that wasn't a COPY. Not ALL eBay purchases are bad, just as not all eBay purchases are good. *copies of copy-protected cards don't always go as planned.

It doesn't matter where you are carrying it -- unless running a track with it. It does matter if when you are READING it that you not block signal with your body. Watch how other folks use electronic devices... they hold them close to their body and bow over the darn thing, which is fine... assuming that it is not a GPSr requiring an incoming signal to function properly. Using/reading a GPSr, it should be held out from your body (not at the belt-line) and up in front of your face. This provides it with the best 'sky-view' possible. Looking down at the device is bad... you are bowing over the top of it, blocking signal. Today's units have better antennae, but why not provide it with the best signal possible?

Have you actually checked the accuracy... or are you relying on that number displayed on the screen? That number displayed on the screen is not true "accuracy". It is Estimated Positional Error (EPE) -- a number derived at by mathematical computations involving a wide array of variables. If that number is 10, 65, or 250... it does not mean that the device is truly off by 10, 65 or 250 ft. It does mean that the target coordinates would be (somewhere) within a circle of that diameter (in feet). All GPSr units have EPE, whether they display that figure or not. It is the way the system (satellite constellation, signals received, signal strength, interference and more... ) as a whole functions. Older generation GPSr units used to label that figure as EPE -- today it seems, they just stick the number there by itself or even say "accuracy (X)XX ft." I guess they changed it because so few actually understood what EPE is or does. Go ahead and do a Google search for Estimated Position Error and see what kind of stuff pops up. You'll find it either extremely interesting or intensely boring. With all of that said, it IS possible that battery strength can affect EPE. This is primarily because of the mixing signal transmitted by the device (yes, they do transmit a signal, a very minute signal -- all radio signal RECEIVERS do). If your batteries are not "up to snuff", the reduced power output *could* affect signal reception, in theory -- but at such a reduced power level, your device would be running on fumes anyway. Should you feel inclined to check your unit's true accuracy, you should perform a number (a dozen +) of tracks to a single coordinate setting and mark that spot each time you arrive at it. That will give you an idea of just how accurate your unit is or is not. Repetitive duplication would equate to true "accuracy". Remember too, you have a consumer-grade device. It simply is not designed for absolute, pin-point accuracy. Those units exist, but most of us cannot afford them (surveyor, military or other governmental-type GPS devices).

This is referred to as an Additional Waypoint... http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=417 Pretty much, all you need to know regarding the Android (or the iOS) apps is in the help center: (Android) http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=47 (All Groundspeak apps, in general): http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.book&id=12

I've heard of this before... I think your problem may (repeat, may) have something to do with your settings. The newer models have a different SERIES of settings than did your '60CSx. There are two settings involved in this matter -- and yes, it is a bit confusing. The manual doesn't seem to cover it well at all. Make sure that Lock On Road is turned OFF, and Direct Routing is selected. From a previous thread: Try it... perhaps that is the problem. Good Luck.