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    Geocaching for weather balloons!

    in General geocaching topics

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    Growing up on a farm/ranch in eastern Colorado in the late 60s and early 70s, my father and I would occasionally find a sonde/balloon. Sometimes on our fields/pastures, some on neighbors. We'd be driving down a country road and see something odd in the distance, stop and walk out to it and collect what we could. They were easy to see since that part of the country is bare of trees and the land is relatively flat. Dad would send the sonde in and I had a parachute attached to a wooden hoop to play with. We probably found one or two a year. I don't recall all the details but I'm pretty certain the ones we found were launched from Denver.

     

    With the proliferation of GPSr availability, if the data was posted somewhere, there's definitely an upside for savings some goverment revenue (i.e. taxes)

    Missing Mapsouce Feature

    in GPS technology and devices

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    Using Mapsource 6.14.1

     

    Earlir versions of Garmin Mapsource used to have a feature that once you selected a point, with a right mouse click a menu would appear that would allow functions, noticeably a link to gorundspeak displaying nearby caches. I just noticed that 6.14.1 does not have that ability. :unsure:

     

    Is this feature disabled or gone for good?

    Allegheny Forest - Tracy Ridge Are

    in Northeast

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    Heading to the Tracy Ridge system in the Allegheny Forest in PA next week. Does anybody have or know of someone with GPX files of the trails in the area? I found a file for the North Country Trail from where it crosses Rt 59, west of Warren, to the Handsome Lake Campground area. I'm looking for files of the other trails in the area. My intent is to overlay the trails on top maps of the area to print them for fellow backpackers. :laughing:

    Reloading Tracks To Usaphotomaps?

    in GPS technology and devices

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    But, how do you get it to re-display the tracks from the CSV files later?????

     

    GPS:Tracks:Display opens a dialog box where you can pick the .CSV file your interested in.

     

    Thanks Shills! I would never have thought to look under GPS!

    You're welcome.

     

    USAPhotomaps is one of the best and easiest to use programs available with lots of features.

    S&t Data Import With Pushpins

    in GPS technology and devices

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    I have a spreadsheet of data that I need to import into Streets & Trips. This data breaks down into three or four different categories. Is there a way that I can add an identifier to my spreadsheet so S&T will give the data within the categories a unique pushpin?

     

    For instance, say the spreadsheet had a list of people's addresses. Some people were work contacts, others church contacts, relatives, friends, etc. Could I put an indicator for each person in the spreadsheet to give them a different pushpin based on the group that they belong to? I would like to do this without breaking the spreadsheet into smaller spreadsheets, if possible.

     

    Check this guys website out Pushpins by Craig Givens. Written for geocaching but overall is a good description of importing. This procedure uses a small executable (can be downloaded from his website) that controls the import and pushpin selection. Read thoroughly before using.

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