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Nothing silly about your post in fact I think it is a great idea. It would just give you that extra info letting you know a wider search is probably needed.

@ MBface Im only guessing but I think that was a joke.

A lot of places have now started to attach number tags to there trees usually with 1 inch nails. This is what our council do, so no problems here, a fire tack is tiny in comparison. many , many places now use these tags so maybe thinking has changed?

He could not comment on this guy, but when I asked if I could get a criminal record for geocaching in his area he said No, like I said there is more to it than we have been told.

Unfortunately as is normal we do not have all the facts here there is a little more to this which we you are not privy but I can not say. Aside from that it is a surprise in this day and age that even though the police and anti terror squad in london know all about geocaching this information has not been disseminated across all police forces. Hopefully with the new police network that has just been finished all police information will be effectivly shared. And spare a thought for the police would you want to reach in and pull out that box if you thought it might be a bomb? I wouldn't

Good point mind you some kids think three months is old for a phone lol LOL..got it Release date 2009..and Just got the Thunderbolt last week. She is too pretty to go out into the wild like the Droid did. the Droid can take the abuse... And I figure I might as well get some use out of it... It's quite ironic, if it works that means you have taken a phone and turned it into what some people would call "A real Gps" !!!!!!!!

Good point mind you some kids think three months is old for a phone lol

The gps will work but it will take longer to get a lock. the phone uses, phone cell towers and wifi to get a rough position which speeds up getting a lock. as for Locus pro it has no ads and seems quicker, there has been lots of work put in to it recently so maybe now its finished the writer wants to get a little money back for all there hard work, Me I was happy to pay as its a great program.

Locus pro is out even better !!!!

If you take the time to read talkytoaster's UK OSM site, about half way down, you'll see that he offers to write them to a card that you supply - or will sell you a card with the maps installed. But TBH it's very easy to just download and install them yourself.... I have looked but the maps Im downloading are much more detailed (zoom level 23) (800 MB for a 120 mile by 150 mile area)

use locus pro on an andriod phone and you can have better quality maps, can import gpx files and you get a phone and a hand held gps all in one just buy a spare battery an you are off!

Ok will have a look you are a head of us in the midlands then. The people I mix with have not long gone to using phones as a back up, they all use gprs for "serious caching", so not much info around, so maybe we need to spread the word. I think with offline maps and being able to store PQ'S on the phone as well as use it live ,the old guard maybe tempted to put down there gprs and pick up a phone for serious caching trips. Only one question you maybe able to answer, can you buy open street maps on a sd card like you can buy OS maps (view ranger) if this has been around for a while, instead of having to download it myself it would be much easier to just buy them ready done.?

If using Atlas creator select zoon levels 7 to 15 ( thats the same as the phones zoom 23) also save as Rmaps SQlite

Intresting what you said ab Atlas creator. Is it quicker than doing it on your phone? I have just out made a map 120 miles by 150 miles and it took 18 hours the file produced was 750 meg The map is great maybe I just have to be patient ,after all you only make each map once.

Fair comment but I am from the uk and no one I have spoken to here new about this maybe we are slow or maybe nobody posted about it so Im hoping to spread the word in the uk.

When on the map screen, press the top right hand button, up comes three tabs the right hand one says download. Click download and you have several options I normally download screen (zoom till you have the bit you want filling the screen). you then get a list of zoom levels tick the ones you want I do 1 to 23, and set it going (I normally set phone display to never turn off) it will take some time to download Im just downloading a 100 mile by 150 mile ish part of the uk this will be around 800 megs in size. Im still learning. cheers paul

IT just got better now you can have offline maps and put your PQs on your phone! Well at last I can download open street maps to use offline with my android phone! There is an app called Locus maps this allows you to view online maps ,and now download them as well. when downloading I would sugest selecting zoom levels 1 upto 23 as level 24 takes 4 times as much memory and you dont really need it. You can also put gpx files into the locus directory on your phone and they are displayed on the map. Locus can display cache details , description and logs without the need for another geocaching app on your phone. If you use G:geo any list (nearest caches , stored caches etc) can be displayed on external map ( press menu display on externay map then pick locus) Once a map is saved on your phone it can be copied off of the sd card onto your pc and shared it takes a while for ech map to be created by your phone so sharing is good. :D There is a program to run on a pc for making maps to be displayed on Locus instead of doing it on your phone but I have not tested that yet, it's called Mobile Atlas Creator

Well at last I can download open street maps to use offline with my android phone! There is an app called Locus maps this allows you to view online maps ,and now download them as well. when downloading I would sugest selecting zoom levels 1 upto 23 as level 24 takes 4 times as much memory and you dont really need it. You can also put gpx files into the locus directory on your phone and they are displayed on the map. Locus can display cache details , description and logs without the need for another geocaching app on your phone. If you use G:geo any list (nearest caches , stored caches etc) can be displayed on external map ( press menu display on externay map then pick locus) Once a map is saved on your phone it can be copied off of the sd card onto your pc and shared it takes a while for ech map to be created by your phone so sharing is good. There is a program to run on a pc for making maps to be displayed on Locus instead of doing it on your phone but I have not tested that yet, it's called Mobile Atlas Creator

How mush are they now has argos ever got any in?

Tested outside the GPS now gets a full lock in 5 seconds thats amazing. tried out http://go4cache.com/ aswell cool

Really good news Today I got the upgrade to the software 2.2 is here for the wildfire, and its great the gps now gets a lock even in the house! the programs run faster and yet to be confirmed the battery is supposed to last even longer. The best just got better!!!!!!

so when you bring a magnet to silva compass why does it point the wrong way?

ok no probs wont bump, just thought this was usefull info and not many people had seen it. its something you tend to read but not reply to so it disappears off the page really quickly, hoped this would be helpful as it took a while to work out what was happening, as phones are just taking off in the uk I hopped to spread the word.

Im going to try that thanks

Thats great yours is working. this problem seems to afect the uk, usa and canada seem fine from the posts on here I did post this in uk sectiom but Groundspeak moved it here!