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    Looking for a website mentioned here

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Hello All,

     

    The other day I was reading a post and somehow ran across a website that had a whole bunch of articles written by geocachers and I can't seem to get back to it for the like of me.

     

    As an example there was an article about a missionary in Equator and how he heard about geocaching in the states and found 1 in Equator and has since placed quite a few.

     

    If anyone knows of what site I'm talking about I would appreciate any help.

     

    Muggs

    Paperless caching

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    Hello All,

     

    I am wanting to buy a GPSr for the car and thought that I could also use it for paperless caching as I've seen something about putting cache pages as POI's into the nuvi.

     

    First, is this plausible and second would a nuvi 760 work for something like this?

     

    Thanks,

    Muggs

    Watch this geocaching documentary

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Great job! I love watching other cachers and what they find interesting.

    For me the real beauty of geocaching is the interesting things you find along the way.

    As kids we would really LOOK at things, but as we become adults, we see things, but rarely take the time to look at and enjoy the things we see.

     

    Thanks,

    Muggs

    60CSx wierdness

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted · Edited by Muggs

    There are two places that I'm aware of that talk about proximity alerts.

     

    1. Setup>System>Proximity Alarms.

    I think I've always had this on.

     

    2. Proximity>Proximity Alarm Tones>Proximity Alarms.

    I think I've always had this on (checked) as well.

     

    I have always heard a beep whenever I get to within 40 feet of a cache, but I have never seen the Alerts in the red box thing before.

     

    Thanks,

    Muggs

    60CSx wierdness

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted · Edited by Muggs

    Hello All,

     

    Today for the first time My 60 CSx started to give Alerts in a red box whenever I approached a GC.

    I've never seen this before and don't really know what it's telling me as it only stays on for a second or so.

     

    Has anyone else ever experienced this behavior? And how can I turn it off?

     

    The message - Alert: HOME/Oth/N/HOME

     

    Thanks,

    Muggs

    My Geocaching Bag

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    ***Snip***

    But when I make a day of it (which doesn't happen very often anymore) I will grab my bag. It's a knock-off of the Maxpedition Fatboy. (like $16 on ebay)

    ***Snip***

     

    Can you please tell me the name of the "knock-off" bag?

     

    Thanks,

    Muggs

    Has anyone else been screwed by...

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Keystone

    I don't think there is any intention to "screw" anyone.

     

    I'm told that the owner of the site has been very sick recently. Your six dollars has been refunded.

     

    Well now, don't I feel [bad].

     

    I did in fact get a refund and an explanation of the circumstances of the situation. The gentleman is ill and unable to make it to the post office.

     

    But this is a great example of how being upfront and forthright with people would have kept me from making a fool of myself and doing possible damage to your business.

     

    I apologize for the rant and any harm I may have caused your business.

    I hope people read to the end of this thread.

     

    Muggs

     

    [Edited by moderator for potty language.]

    Has anyone else been screwed by...

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Ohh... I...

     

    ohhh.... never mind...

     

    I see now that this thread is about problems with an online vendor.

     

    My mistake....

     

    I had initially thought, upon reading the title, that this thread was perhaps about my ex-girlfriend Adelle, a social worker and, as it turned out, closet sex addict, who gave me about a half-dozen STDs back in the late 1980s. But... my mistake... never mind...!

     

    LOL! Yeah, I think I knew her as well.

    Has anyone else been screwed by...

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Hello All,

     

    Has anyone else been screwed by onestopcacheshop.com.

    I ordered something a month ago and when I inquired a few weeks back I got an email saying they were just back from vacation and would get the item out ASAP. Well now the website says "Store Closed".

     

    Oh well rant over.

     

    Thanks for letting me vent.

    Muggs

     

    This link says that they are "closed for remodelling" : http://onestopcacheshop.com/oscs/

     

    (although that's a pretty tacky way of running a web-based business, if you ask me!)

     

    You say that you've had email contact with the owner... have you since tried asking him what's going on?

    Yeah, the email address is Yaddayadda@onestopcacheshop.com and so bounces right back at me.

    Has anyone else been screwed by...

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Muggs

    Hello All,

     

    Has anyone else been screwed by onestopcacheshop.com.

    I ordered something a month ago and when I inquired a few weeks back I got an email saying they were just back from vacation and would get the item out ASAP. Well now the website says "Store Closed".

     

    Oh well rant over.

     

    Thanks for letting me vent.

    Muggs

     

    Problem corrected! Read to the end.

    WHOHOOOO!

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    You can also use a macro in GSAK to send all of the cache info to the GSX as custom points of Interest, which will create as many screens as needed for the data, e.g. one cache might use 4 or 5 POI screens to display the entire description, hint, past logs, etc.

     

    What Macro please vwaldoguy?

     

    Thanks,

    Muggs

    MapSource question

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    Thanks, that works after I made my own folder and put the file you so kindly supplied.

     

    I guess my questions are:

     

    Why wasn't the folder (and the two sample files) created on my Windows Vista machine?

    Have people (smarter than me) made up other .wlx files?

     

    Thanks,

    Muggs

    MapSource question

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    Hello All,

     

    I just read about being able to RMB on a map in MapSource and selecting "Find Near Caches on geocaching.com".

     

    But it's not there! And in Edit>Preferences>Web Links there nothing there.

     

    Any thoughts? Should I reload from CD or is the file located somewhere on my HDD that I should be looking for?

     

    Thanks,

    Muggs

    Garmin 60 CSx

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    Well I've retired the etrex and I've purchased a refurbished CSx from from Megagps.com; haven't recieved it yet, what should I expect?

     

    Has anyone mentioned a really spongy feeling rocker 'button'? Or annoyingly dull screen. Or bad ergonomics that require two handed operation and lots of thumb moving from rocker to enter for data entry? If not then let me do that now.

     

    Well, I don't have a problem with the buttons. I acually prefer them this way (on the front) however, I will admit that the screen is not a bright as my Vista Hcx.

    What do use to "clean-up" tracks

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    OK, After some messin' round I find it fairly accommodating.

     

    So... Here's my plan:

     

    1. Ride around on my Mtn bike collecting data.

    2. This will save as a track on my microSD card.

    3. Maybe I'll make waypoints at the intersections and such.

    4. I get home and get the track(s) off of the GPSr and upload them into MapSource.

    5. In MapSource I'll make new tracks and draw over top of the uploaded track and call it "trail-1" etc.

     

    Does this sound like how most people do this kind of thing, or am I misssing something?

     

    Any help is welcome,

    Muggs

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