BigNick

I just noticed that you have your new GPSr in the photo, must be a quite recent pic

I just noticed that you have your new GPSr in the photo, must be a quite recent pic

Very cool - it is a pity there was no mention of geocaching.com so people would know where to go to get more information. Good on you for getting it into the paper. Cheers Nick.

Very cool - it is a pity there was no mention of geocaching.com so people would know where to go to get more information. Good on you for getting it into the paper. Cheers Nick.

Well after having a play with both NZMapped and TopoMapPro (thanks tgsnoopy and brentc) I have decided to keep saving for TopoMapPro. The main reason for this is two fold: 1) I am running on a Mac, and as the software is PC only, the performance of TopoMapPro was much better under VirtualPC than NZMapped (though both communicated with the GPS connected via a keyspan USB-Serial adapter with no problem) 2) TopoMapPro uses JPG images to build it's maps, this will allow me to write some software to replicate the TopoMapPro functionality, but running native under MacOSX (this probably violates the licencing for TopoMapPro, but as it will be for private use, hopefully they won't mind) (thanks to swanny for pointing that out, and how the jpg filename and folders relate to the co-ords) This also means that I will be able to implement the functionaly I want (now where was that Garmin interface specifications I downloaded...) Thanks to everyone who has expressed their opinions on these two pieces of software. Cheers Nick.

Well after having a play with both NZMapped and TopoMapPro (thanks tgsnoopy and brentc) I have decided to keep saving for TopoMapPro. The main reason for this is two fold: 1) I am running on a Mac, and as the software is PC only, the performance of TopoMapPro was much better under VirtualPC than NZMapped (though both communicated with the GPS connected via a keyspan USB-Serial adapter with no problem) 2) TopoMapPro uses JPG images to build it's maps, this will allow me to write some software to replicate the TopoMapPro functionality, but running native under MacOSX (this probably violates the licencing for TopoMapPro, but as it will be for private use, hopefully they won't mind) (thanks to swanny for pointing that out, and how the jpg filename and folders relate to the co-ords) This also means that I will be able to implement the functionaly I want (now where was that Garmin interface specifications I downloaded...) Thanks to everyone who has expressed their opinions on these two pieces of software. Cheers Nick.

quote:Originally posted by BaldEd: I don't understand the comment that someone made about not being able to upload tracklogs. I do that all the time with my data cable! I have been playing with tgsnoopys copy of NZMapped that he has let me borrow. I have not found how to do this - from what I have seen NZMapped refers to getting data from the GPS as uploading, while putting data onto the GPS as downloading (I would have though this should be the other was round...) - so in NZMapped terms, can you draw a track onto the map and then download this to the GPS? Cheers Nick.

quote:Originally posted by BaldEd: I don't understand the comment that someone made about not being able to upload tracklogs. I do that all the time with my data cable! I have been playing with tgsnoopys copy of NZMapped that he has let me borrow. I have not found how to do this - from what I have seen NZMapped refers to getting data from the GPS as uploading, while putting data onto the GPS as downloading (I would have though this should be the other was round...) - so in NZMapped terms, can you draw a track onto the map and then download this to the GPS? Cheers Nick.

I am planning on changing from TUMONZ and was wondering if anyone used both TopoMapPro and NZMapped and can comment as to whether the extra money for TopoMapPro is worth it? Fom the respective websites I can't see a lot of difference (except TopoMapPro has a more normal looking interface ) - can NZMapped import a list of waypoints in WGS84 format (the website says Northing and Easting, implying NZGD49, is this the case?) By the looks of it, neither will let you upload tracklogs which is a pity. I have seen TopoMapPro running on a laptop being used for moving map display - has anyone done this with NZMapped and can comment? The final question is about zoom - TopoMapPro has all the different maps scanned 1:50000 1:250000 etc I can't tell if this is the case with NZMapped - can you zoom out (eg to see a map of NZ like on Buxley’s geocaching page?) Cheers Nick.

I am planning on changing from TUMONZ and was wondering if anyone used both TopoMapPro and NZMapped and can comment as to whether the extra money for TopoMapPro is worth it? Fom the respective websites I can't see a lot of difference (except TopoMapPro has a more normal looking interface ) - can NZMapped import a list of waypoints in WGS84 format (the website says Northing and Easting, implying NZGD49, is this the case?) By the looks of it, neither will let you upload tracklogs which is a pity. I have seen TopoMapPro running on a laptop being used for moving map display - has anyone done this with NZMapped and can comment? The final question is about zoom - TopoMapPro has all the different maps scanned 1:50000 1:250000 etc I can't tell if this is the case with NZMapped - can you zoom out (eg to see a map of NZ like on Buxley’s geocaching page?) Cheers Nick.

quote:Originally posted by Jeremy (Admin):GPX will most likely be the next format available for the Pocket Query. We will extend GPX to provide additional Geocaching details (decoded hints and such). Do you have any idea how far away the GPX option will be? (Not that there are any unvisited caches close to home, but I am keen on writing a OSX->Palm Memo software for when some are placed ) Cheers Nick.

quote:Originally posted by Jeremy (Admin):GPX will most likely be the next format available for the Pocket Query. We will extend GPX to provide additional Geocaching details (decoded hints and such). Do you have any idea how far away the GPX option will be? (Not that there are any unvisited caches close to home, but I am keen on writing a OSX->Palm Memo software for when some are placed ) Cheers Nick.

Now I want one of these GPSr units. Maps that you can download that are not in a propriety format... yummy Nick

Now I want one of these GPSr units. Maps that you can download that are not in a propriety format... yummy Nick

quote:Originally posted by The Artful Dodger:I have 4 geomonkeys that are trying to get to New Zealand ... The hardest part is getting the little dudes to leave the friggin' country!!! Any country overseas will do for now ~ A fellow cacher from New Zealand (RedIguana) is currently in DC until November - if you can get a geomonkey into a cache near him (that is not virtual!), and let him know, I am sure he will keen on trying to uplift and bring back. Cheers Nick.

For those you are new and have not fully explored the geocaching.com website, the "gear" that Gav is talking about above can be viewed here. For South Island orders I can be contacted at nick at automata dot co dot nz Cheers Nick.

For those you are new and have not fully explored the geocaching.com website, the "gear" that Gav is talking about above can be viewed here. For South Island orders I can be contacted at nick at automata dot co dot nz Cheers Nick.

Nuts, Mobi is only for Palm OS 3.x, guess us OS 2.x users are out of luck (I have an orignal 1000 with the 2.0.5 upgrade) Nick.

Have you talked to Karl, as it sounds like you are both working towards the same goal. Check out this web page and this thread - I have been playing with version 0.2 and it works great (although I have been guilty of not contacting Karl with any bug reports, a crime is will rectify today, now that I have been reminded ) But hey, normally us mac users don't have any choice for software, it will be nice to be spoilt for choice for once Nick. (TiBook, Keyspan, yellow etrex)

Have you talked to Karl, as it sounds like you are both working towards the same goal. Check out this web page and this thread - I have been playing with version 0.2 and it works great (although I have been guilty of not contacting Karl with any bug reports, a crime is will rectify today, now that I have been reminded ) But hey, normally us mac users don't have any choice for software, it will be nice to be spoilt for choice for once Nick. (TiBook, Keyspan, yellow etrex)

quote:Hasn't been an issue to me... Up on that hill trying to get a 10m Minutewar capture would have been easier with 1m display rather than 10m display Nick

quote:Hasn't been an issue to me... Up on that hill trying to get a 10m Minutewar capture would have been easier with 1m display rather than 10m display Nick

quote:I didnt realise that it was in the Nelson area , I have checked out caches that have the area in brackets after the cache name on the geocache website. For a good overview of the NZ caches, check Buxley's page out. Nick.

quote:I didnt realise that it was in the Nelson area , I have checked out caches that have the area in brackets after the cache name on the geocache website. For a good overview of the NZ caches, check Buxley's page out. Nick.

Congratulations on hiding your caches. I was planning on coming up last week, but the weather foiled me - now with more caches I will definitely have to find the time. When are you planning on hitting "Para Para Noia" Nick.