kristianmatthews

Wow. Just found your app after spending many hours in the past cut and pasting datasheet info into GSAK after downloading .loc files! Thanks so much for creating this. So far I have run into a few small issues, but nothing major. Am happy to have found this to load up those stations in GSAK and Locus so I can get out there and attempt to find them.

Wow. Thanks so much. I can't believe the painful way i have been doing this of cut and pasting into gsak...Thanks thanks thanks!

Is there any way you guys can look into making the "Type Something..." box taller? On google chrome that box is only 2 lines tall so you have to try to scroll up and down to see what you have typed before hitting send. Maybe if it was more like the top box where the sent/received messages are displayed. Kris

How well would your cell work in the States, probably quite well but might cost you a pretty penny. How about 20km up and over some mountains where there is no cell reception. But you could not get there without having your cell batteries die unless you had spare battery packs but you'd have to remove your protective case to plug them in and heaven forbid you drop your phone, now you're lost and helpless but if youre lucky I'll come by with my gps and spare batteries and a fully charged phone because I never used it just in case you need S&R. I could not cache without both. My phone has worked just fine on trips way out into nowhere with no cell reception. Including up and over mountains. As The Incredibles and I already pointed out, it doesn't NEED the cell towers or data to work. You preload the caches and maps into it just like with a GPSr. Not to mention I don't have to pay for any of the maps and can get whatever type I want. I have also cached in Canada just fine. Didn't cost me a dime more to use my phone. I just put the phone in airplane mode. It lasts for DAYS like that. Does the same thing a GPSr does only with a lot more features. You are going to need batteries no matter what you use. Carry what you need. I do own a dedicated Garmin GPS unit. I don't use it, don't need it. When I first started out caching it is all I used. Technology has changed and I just don't find it necessary anymore. I am currently waiting on my new device to enter production and I have high hopes for it Meet Earl It is going to be an android powered tablet with an e-ink display that is built specifically for rugged environments. So, although I can and have used both types of devices, the garmin stays at home 95% of the time and the phone wins out with Locus. And yes, I go way out in the middle of nowhere and do long hikes using it. Oh, and you pointed out that you might need your fully charged phone to call S&R. I thought you had already made the point that we would not have cell reception in one of those remote locations anyway, so that fully charged phone is not going to be much use for that. I know I can do land navigation and get myself back without any electronics working anyway. And I have found many geocaches with neither as well after just looking on the sat map of where the cache was going to be located. But then again, I have done a lot of map and compass navigation in the Army and have been through SERE school. If I am lying injured and dying somewhere, well it is my time to go. I would rather go doing what I love than lying around in the house typing crap on one of these forums LOL

Same as The Incredibles I use a Galaxy Note 3 (and before that an HTC EVO) and use the Locus Map Pro and Geocaching4Locus apps. It is extremely accurate, much more so than mine and friends dedicated GPS devices. I can store everything (maps and caches included) on the phone so as everything works without cell signal. If I need more info I can always use the data connection to look up other stuff. I store field notes that I upload later and edit on the computer before submitting the logs. The only downside is battery life. For my EVO I had spare double sized batteries for it. For my Note 3 I have yet to do anything about the battery life, but do carry a USB battery storage bank which can run/recharge the phone. At this point I would not trade my modern droid phone with Locus for any dedicated GPS unit. If I am going to be in a wet/extreme environment I have a special $20 case that is water and shock proof to put it in. My accuracy is usually within 6-9 feet (The phone can use GPS AND Cell Tower to triangulate)

I have never had a problem with my magnetic TB. It has been on my vehicles for over 3 years and has never tried to come off. I keep it on the rear of the vehicle for others to discover.

Another thing to think about for armchair cheaters (which I could personally care less about since they are playing the game the way they want, even if it doesn't fit in with my own ideas about how it should be done...) is that there is probably a waymark at the location which will almost for sure have lots of pictures and info about the site! All someone would have to do is open up a virtual cache page and click on "Find... ...all nearby waymarks on Waymarking.com" and that will most likely give them all they need to know. On a somewhat related subject, I know some COs "ask" that a pic be taken at the site with the gps present to differentiate between people who have been there and are using "family vacation photos" vs people who went there for the cache. Now I am not going to get into ALRs for virtuals or earthcaches or whatever, but in this day and age, a lot of people finding these type caches probably don't have a gpsr with them when they found it anyway, and used a smartphone, which is also how they are probably going to take the photo, so it would not be possible to have it in the photo AND take the photo. I ran into this up at Niagara Falls, and just to try to please everyone, took the photos holding my wife's phone while she used mine to take the photo...silliness.

I recently did a complete wipe of my Dell Studio computer. Upon reinstalling Windows 7 and all my programs, I kept getting an error when I was trying to put the drivers back on for my Serial to USB cable that I had bought years ago from kawamall via eBay (which was naturally MUCH cheaper than getting an actual garmin cable for my old GPS 72) The cable worked just fine before I wiped the computer using GSAK, EasyGPS, or from the gc.com website "send to gps" I tried using the old driver I had saved, and also allowing windows to download the newest one all to no avail. After doing some research on why the driver would not connect, I found the following on the Prolific website The problem is, it appears that maybe 75% of all these cables that are sold under various names have the counterfeit chip! After much trial and error and internet searching, I found a solution to make the cable work again. Don't use the prolific drivers!!! Seralio makes a cable that is very similar to the ones that are made with the prolific chip. After deleting all old drivers for prolific, I installed the seralio driver for older cables (purchased prior to October, 2010): Download for Windows 7/Vista/XP (32-bit and 64-bit), then I restarted the computer. Once the computer was running again I plugged in the cable, and voila! It works perfectly! My GPSr can now talk to GSAK, EasyGPS, and gc.com again with no issues, and no prolific. If anyone else is having trouble making their Serial to USB cable work, I highly suggest you try this. It took me a good 5 hours to finally find this solution so I wanted to share it with the rest of the community. Happy caching! Kris

I had great fun finding a cache in a library in San Antonio. What Would Dewey Do? is in the Brook Hollow Branch Library. The owner of the cache is the user Brook Hollow Branch Library The cache page reads as follows: Questions, questions! The coordinates will take you near the cache (we think you are smart enough to figure this out), but this cache is only available during certain times: Monday: 12pm-8pm Tuesday: 10am-6pm Wednesday: 12am-8pm Thursday–Sunday: 10am - 6pm You will need help from the facility! There are almost always books, as well as various interesting odds and ends in the cache. Additional Hints (Encrypt) Can't find something at the library? Who do you ask? Grant it the cache was hidden 30 Apr 06 so it may be a grandfather type situation. It is also listed as a Mystery/Unknown cache type. Basically you walk right up to the desk and ask the librarian about the geocache and she reaches under the counter and hands you the tupperware and you can go sit at a table and peruse the contents. Simple and easy and gets people into their library.

Am having this same problem. Can submit logs for other waymarks, but for http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4KN_Devils_Elbow_MO I get the error 500 despite reloading and resubmitting multiple times ;(

Yeah I noticed. They have another topic that addresses similar functionality...the COMMENTS mention what my request is and not the original message, so hopefully they will consider all the comments and get it implemented. Good luck!

Go to http://www.geocaching.com/notify/default.aspx (from your profile page click on Set Up Notifications under Premium Features on the right side of the page) Once there set up your notifications to be sent to your email. (Also see http://feedback.geocaching.com/forums/75775-geocaching-com/suggestions/2149829-option-to-select-multiple-cache-types-when-setting?utm_campaign=ShortUrls&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=feedback.geocaching.com for an idea I submitted that has to do with this)

Right...that shows us the ones we HAVE logged as notes, but it doesnt show us what caches we have written a personal cache note for (the note section that is embedded in the cache pages where you write notes only visible to you)

I hope that this can be done as well...I have solved a lot of puzzles and put the final coordinates/methods to solving in the notes...several of them I did NOT log a note for or bookmark, so now I don't know which puzzles I may have the answer to but have not found!

I was wondering why when I would run a PQ that it would say X results found but then I would still only be able to see the ones that had not been ignored on the preview and map view. Sounds like from what you guys said that if I go ahead and put the PQ into GSAK I will be able to see the ignored ones. I would love to see Groundspeak just add the check box like I mentioned though to toggle the list on and off (hint hint to any lackeys reading this) Thanks guys. Kris

Is there a way to temporarily disable ignore list so that you do not have to remove everything from the list and add them back just to see them appear in PQs or on the map screen? If there isn't, wouldn't it be nice to have a button you could check on the list to enable and disable ignoring the caches on the list, or the button on the actual map screen to view/hide ignore list caches? This way your list remains intact, you are just choosing/toggling whether or not to view or ignore it.

Got one of these to make life easier for me with my GPS72 that I use USB Interface PC Cable for Garmin GPS V 60CSx 72 76C/S Bought one of these from KawaMall through ebay for $14 Works wonderful...came with a driver disk....downloaded updates from garmin and now the 72 is much more accurate and loads faster...waypoints in and out of GSAK very fast and easy too http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...userid=kawamall

USB Interface PC Cable for Garmin GPS V 60CSx 72 76C/S Bought one of these from KawaMall through ebay for $14. It is a Garmin to USB cable...no adapters needed Works wonderful...came with a driver disk....downloaded updates from garmin and now the 72 is much more accurate and loads faster...waypoints in and out of GSAK very fast and easy too http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...userid=kawamall

USB Interface PC Cable for Garmin GPS V 60CSx 72 76C/S Bought one of these from KawaMall through ebay for $14 Works wonderful...came with a driver disk....downloaded updates from garmin and now the 72 is much more accurate and loads faster...waypoints in and out of GSAK very fast and easy too http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...userid=kawamall

Price reduced to $50

For Sale a Garmin GPS72 still brand new in sealed original packaging. Was digging around the house and found this extra 72. Works great for caching but you have to have a special cable that is not included to hook to your computer if you want to download coordinates. Does not have mapping capability, just coordinates and points of interest. Was designed to be a marine GPS. $60 Manufacturer: Garmin MSRP: $129.99 Released: 2002 Rating: Reviews: 223 Owned: 1208 WAAS-enabled; 120 x 160 pixel, 4 level grayscale LCD; waterproof, impact-resistant, and floats; runs up to 16 hours on 2 AA batteries http://www.geocaching.com/reviews/gps_garmin_gps-72