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GrueMaster

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  1. I'm a long time Linux user, but noob on the geocaching front. My impatience pushed me into buying a Magellan Triton 300 at a local sporting goods store before I had a chance to read up on it. Once I got home, it didn't take long to discover some of it's issues, namely lack of non Windows support. But... In the week that I have had it now, I have found (on tritonforum.com) how to switch the unit into diagnostic mode so that it shows up as a usb drive, and last night discovered which file holds the geocache, waypoint, route, etc data. It is an sqlite3 file, and with a little more work on my part, I should be able to crack it down further. Since it is an SQL database, I have a feeling that the unit in normal pc connection mode is acting as a sudo network interface instead of a storage device. With this knowledge, I hope to have something cobbled together before the end of July as I will be on vacation in Idaho then, and am going to Dublin, Ireland the first week of August. I plan on geocaching both weeks, and want to at least preload some cache sites for each area. I'll post a new thread once I have more progress to report.
  2. While I am not a Mac user, I am in the same boat (Linux). What I can say is there appear to be a few of us Linux hackers with these units, and it is slowly being broken down. For example, tritonforum.com has a post on getting a triton unit into a diagnostic mode that allows you to connect to it like a usb drive. Using this, I have found the file that the system uses for storing cache, route, and waypoint information. It is an sqlite3 file (mini database). As soon as I have a better understanding of this file format, I'll write a modification for gpsbabel to read/write it. Bear with me as I just bought my Triton 300 last week, and I also have a full time job. More to follow. Watch for my posts.
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