Darin M

Yes, Battery life on the GM100 is horrible, Im lucky to get 2 hours of use from 4 AA batterys.

I got streets and trips 2007, Installed it on my laptop. Hooked up the globamap 100 and connected. It works great! I also modified the data cable so that the Globamap 100 gets power from a usb port instead having to eat up batterys.

I did find the update software in the legacy products section on Lowrance's website, With that I did successfully pull off the update which is most likely an 8 year old update. I have a TomTom 730 set up for caching (paperless), But as we all know the car units are not as good as the handhelds. So my question is would the globalmap 100 be decent to use when I have reached the general cache area? *Also would like to add* What free program would work best to utilize the Globalmap 100 as a GPS receiver for my laptop?

Just wondering if anyone still uses this dinosaur? I have one that was my fathers and I have everything but the CD that came with it. I dont know what was on the disk. Updateable, Etc. I have searched online in hopes of maybe finding a .iso of the CD, But I have had no luck.

Thanks for clearing that up, I did find a few other topics that explained it also. The date when it was grabbed last was 4/18/2009, I will send the person a message, If I don't hear back in a few days I will do what you mentioned. Thanks, Darin

The way I do it is a bit labor intensive, but I am using the basic geocaching.com membership and trial version of GSAK. I do a search within "x" miles from my home location, then as the search result pages come up, I click "check all" and "download waypoints" at the bottom of the page, then save the file. This gives me about 20 caches in a file. I just name them by zip code and page: ex. "37821_p1.loc" After saving several pages (usually in one folder) I bundle them all into a .zip file. Next, I open GSAK and load the zip file. Now, with the TomTom connected via USB cable, I use the option on GSAK "File" "Export" "TomTom POI". Then save the exported file on the TomTom. The file and directory on my unit is: "E:\USA_and_Canada\Waypoints.ov2". Then the caches will show up on the TomTom as Waypoints. To find one just select "Navigate To" "POI Near You" "Waypoints" and it will show a list of caches... from this point you navigate to them just as you would any POI. You can select the unit to display "waypoints" as POI's and warn if within "x" yards of POI with audible alert. As for caching with the unit itself, when you're close to the cache go to "Browse Map" "Find" "My Location" and you'll have a nice easy to follow 2D layout. If you're having trouble getting the pointer to refresh, you can always turn off the unit and then turn it back on, and it will come right back up to the browse screen you were just on. The TomTom does have an annoying feature that makes it always "snap" to the closest road, but after some playing around you figure out how to navigate pretty well. All the same, I did invest in a $50 used eTrex legend as a supplemental unit to the TomTom. Hope this helped without too much confusion! This worked perfect! Thank you!

That number refers to this location. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...&Submit6=Go

I am new to geocaching and have a question about my first TB find. The one I found was last seen in someones possession. I found it in a cache (Obviously not logged where it was dropped) My question is how do I change it to show in my possession. I wrote a note about it. Link to the TB http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?tracker=501664 Thanks, Darin