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Press the Mark button. A screen will come up showing the coordinates for the location you marked. You can scroll through the different fields and press Enter (the middle button) to select and edit those fields.

Ditto what qlenfg had to say. I have been using the M-1000 with my iPAQ hx4700 for the past few weeks and it is excellent. The M-1000 has quick acquisition time, excellent reception (better than my Magellan eXplorists), and very good battery life. I haven't tried using it for Wherigo yet, but I assume it would work. Got mine at Semson's, no issues with them either.

I assume you have the data cable for the Triton. I forget if the 300 comes with it. Since you have a Triton, you have to use the VantagePoint program that should have come in the box with your receiver. If you can't find the disc, get VantagePoint here (need to have a Magellan.com login account).

Ironic, considering Magellan says you don't need a Ph.D. to run a Triton:

Having accumulated several devices that charge through USB (3 GPSrs, 1 MP3 player), I got tired of having stuff connected to the PC just for charging. Plus there are occasions when I don't have the computer on long enough for something to charge completely. Not gonna leave the PC on just to charge something. My solution was to buy a USB-AC adapter. Just plug your USB cable into this little brick and plug it into the wall. I got this one from Wal-Mart. It's marketed as an MP3 player charger, but I have used it to charge my nuvi 200, Holux M-1000 Bluetooth GPSr, and my Sansa e260 MP3 player. Haven't tried charging my eXplorist 400 with it yet. The nice thing about this charger is that it has two USB ports on it; most only have one.

Alternatives: ACME Mapper - Google Maps-like interface, will show the topo map, Google's street maps and imagery, and TerraServer's old black-and-white DOQ imagery. You can type lat-long into the search box. LibreMap - Go to your state and browse to the DRG section to download TIF versions of the 7.5-minute quadrangle you want.

Where abouts? There's over 500 caches withing 50 miles of Manitou Beach. Yes, we have some active cachers in the area...note the multitudes of puzzles though! Around Hamtramk MI....zoom in on Detroit and then check out how there's caches all aroud the area...but not in the center!! Not sure how to find amount of caches in the area, but on the map, there's one BIG hole with 0 hides!! I'd post a screenshot, but not sure how!! From a topic on the Midwest board:

POI Loader is a nice solution for loading caches onto your nuvi 200 - that's what I do for routing to each cache. You can clear all the caches off the nuvi after the trip with POI Loader from the PC instead of having to manually delete each cache on the GPSr, which is what you'd have to do if each cache was loaded into Favorites. What kind of phone do you have and what operating system does it use? That determine which program you can use to load cache descriptions.

Explanation of WAAS and reference stations Map of reference stations and other WAAS components (as of 2007)

If you want to use the site's Send to GPS feature to send caches directly to your GPSr from the web browser, you'll have to go Garmin. Otherwise any GPSr that connects to a PC will work, you'll just have to download and convert the .loc or .gpx files to a format the GPSr will understand. There are tools for that like GSAK, GPSBabel, and EasyGPS. Off the top of my head, the Magellan eXplorist 100, 200, and 300 are units that do not have PC connectivity. Since you mentioned a laptop, you should know that units like the yellow eTrex and blue eTrex Legend connect via serial cable. You might need a serial-to-USB adapter for those to connect with your laptop.

Have you ever updated the firmware on your 500? Projection was one of the things added in the only firmware update Magellan gave North American users. See GPSFAQs for details.

Nooooooooo! Keep the eXplorist, especially since you like it. The eXplorist is a reliable proven unit, whereas the Triton is still a work in progress. I'd rather have a reliable WAAS-less unit with a good file system than one that receives WAAS but does not autoroute, has an inaccurate trip odometer, and does not allow caches to be marked as found (though there is a workaround). Plus there's the issue of only being able to use VantagePoint to transfer waypoints and tracks instead of GSAK, GPSBabel, or Notepad to work with your waypoints and tracks. For how I use my GPSr, the Triton is a step backward.

I'm with EScout. I am weighing replacing my beat-up no-longer-waterproof eXplorist 400 with either an eXplorist 500 or a PN-20. About the logs comment by gpsblake, he is saying that the Triton does not display any of the previous logs. A pocket query typically has the last 5 logs from a cache, and that is where he is getting the 5 number from. As for marking caches as found, I suspect Magellan will eventually get around to that, as the eXplorist 4/5/600 initially didn't allow caches to be marked as found. The lack of autorouting on the Triton so far is also killing the deal for me. Edit: Didn't realise the PN-20 only came with US data instead of North America.

Do you have the cable connected to the GPS receiver correctly? The cable should run down the back of the unit toward th bottom.

County government - geographic information systems coordinator. I also do some consulting on the side. Maps are my life. I think my car (hybrid) has some of your nickel in its batteries.

I have a question about putting imagery on the PN-20. When you process your MrSID (or whatever format) imagery in XMap and send it to the PN-20, will that imagery display with good resolution at all scales? Or is it one of those lame things I've seen where you have to say which scale you plan on using for viewing the imagery, and if you happen to view at a larger scale, the image is all pixelated. For example, if the image was processed to be viewed optimally at 1:10000 and you zoomed in to 1:2400, would it just be a bunch of big pixels? Or would you be able to take advantage of the actual resolution of the original image? I have several gigs of aerial imagery that I use for work and would love to have it on hand while caching. My eXplorist 400 is pretty beat up, the Triton is disappointing, and the Colorado is too expensive. The PN-20 with a version of XMap for importing shapefiles looks like it would be a good companion for both caching and work.

@Spraker: I have an EeePC 4G. If you are computer illiterate, I wouldn't suggest getting an Eee if you want to do anything besides running the apps that come with it. I'm an old hand with DOS and Windows-based PCs, but trying to get other programs to run on my Eee (even Linux versions) is a pain in the butt and hardly straightforward. Google Earth was fairly easy to get working on my Eee, but anything else was too time-consuming. I just want to run an installer and have a program work; I don't want to deal with scripts, compiling, and permissions. Hence I am considering putting Windows XP on my Eee.

To save your basemap, follow the instructions from GPSFAQs. Basically you just save a copy of the basemap.mgi file.

You've diagnosed the problem correctly. I haven't seen anything official, but I am 99% sure the eXplorist won't read an SDHC card. It's like how regular SD card readers cannot read SDHC cards. SDHC has a different file system and memory addressing. The eXplorist came out before SDHC cards were in the marketplace, so that's another reason why it's very unlikely the eXplorist will work with SDHC cards.

Are you sure you have the map setup to display Geocache Icons? From the map page, press Menu and go to Map Setup. In Map Setup, go to the Display tab and make sure the box next to Geocache Names has a checkmark in it. I export my .gs file from GSAK and can view the cache icons without a problem. A while back, I had a problem viewing cache icons and I had them turned on in Map Setup. I ended up doing a full reset on my eX400 and that fixed the problem.

I'm not waiting for the next generation of the Colorado as much as I'm waiting for a cheaper and more basic Colorado. Drop the barometer, electronic compass, and wireless data transfer (these things are not essential to geocaching) then knock $150 off the price.

D0T-C0M, aren't you in Canada? I remember reading that Canadian Magellan owners were getting good service through Bill's Electronics. Oh wait. I just looked up Bill's and on their website they say: So I guess you guys now get the same mostly crappy service as the rest of us. It really speaks volumes when a repair center like this and other dealers are becoming so frustrated with Magellan. Not only is Magellan burning bridges with their retail customers, they're burning bridges with the retailers. I can't imagine REI was happy about having to pull the Tritons due to Magellan's screw-ups.

That's pretty much what a 660 costs. Amazon has it for $350 at this particular instant (their prices can change in a period of hours), and if it drops in price you can take advantage of their 30-day price guarantee. Garmin's list of rebates and promotions can be found here, but they don't have anything listed for the nuvis.

Depends on what make and model GPS receiver he is using. The DeLorme PN-20 can display aerial photos. I think Bushnell also makes a model that can do this.

Interestingly, Briansnat's post count passed his ID number about 1500 posts ago.