elkyle

I have a Nextel i710 (nearly the same phone, just without external display, flashing ringer-circle thingy, and a different color) and I have to say that the GPS is terrible. From my experiences just playing around with it (and not actaully trying to get anything accomplished), it takes forever to get a lock and even then is grossly inaccurate. I would provide actual numbers, but I just sat on my front porch (where I have taken many a GPSr reading, and got impatient after my i710 have been "Scanning for Satellites" for more than 5 minutes. eBay is also a good place to look for a GPS that is a step up from the entry level GPSr's, but still inexpensive. I got my Garmin eTrex Vista in a "GPS Starter Kit" that included MetroGuide and US Topographical Maps for less than the price of a Vista w/ just MetroGuide from Garmin. Of course, YMMV. For all you know, you could get an even better deal than I did. One feature that I have found incredibly useful is having a built-in compass. That way, even if the GPS thinks you are going in a slightly different direction than you actually are, the navigation arrow is pointing much closer to where the cache actually is. Then again, nothing beats a plain old Silva Compass, and taking a bearing 100 feet out. Kyle

Thanks to all of you who responded. I just went to the site to log a cache I found this afternoon, and it now works. I have rebooted since my original post due to some internet/network problems, so that may have fixed it. Then again, it could just have been random chance...with Windows, who knows? Kyle

Hello. I like the resdesign of the website, with one exception: the navigation graphics on the left bar are completely screwed up for me. I have had a similar issue with another website that used mouseOver's; I do not know if something is screwed up with my Firefox profile or if it is a website isssue. I made a collage of what the bar looks like in the various mouse locations: Geocaching Nav Bar Collage Also, note that the small graphics under the nav bar also are not correct. I have confirmed that this does in fact work with Internet Explorer, so it apparantly is a browser issue. I do not know if the Javascript is causing a problem or if it is something wrong on my end. Thanks, Kyle Lady

Thank you all for the help...I had searched the forums, but apparantly did not use the correct terms. I purposely included all those terms in my original post, so maybe someone in the future would be able to find the answer easier. Thanks again, El Kyle

Hi. Is there a way to get all the reverse (locationless) caches as a gpx/Pocket Query? I have a PQ for Reverse caches, but I'm limited to 500 miles from my home, which doesn't cover all 281 caches. I only get 83 in the PQ. Is there any way to get all of them, other than to dl each and every one (a royal pain). Thank you, El Kyle

Hello. I searched the forums, and virtually all topics related to this pointed to parkrrrr.com's BMGPX. The problem is that parkrrrr.com is down, and any website that looks like it might have the file is either down or useless. Is the site down permanently, or just tonight? If anyone could send me the file, I would appreciate it very much. Thank you, El Kyle