parkrrrr

You might be able to post a query in the forum for your region of the country and get someone who already knows how to use a GPS to get coordinates for you. It's possible to get coordinates from an address, but they're notoriously unreliable, and the park is likely to be large enough that whatever coordinates you got wouldn't be close enough, unless "anywhere in the park" is close enough. That said, one place to do the conversion you want is http://www.geocode.com/eagle.html

You might be able to post a query in the forum for your region of the country and get someone who already knows how to use a GPS to get coordinates for you. It's possible to get coordinates from an address, but they're notoriously unreliable, and the park is likely to be large enough that whatever coordinates you got wouldn't be close enough, unless "anywhere in the park" is close enough. That said, one place to do the conversion you want is http://www.geocode.com/eagle.html

The closest cache to O'Hare seems to be over 4 miles away, so it would appear that what you need to look for is a cache that's near an El stop or somewhere where you can easily get there and back again by taxi. You might be able to walk to one of the closer caches if you walk quickly, but I wouldn't advise trying to walk in or out of O'Hare; the traffic is fierce and sidewalks are scarce. An alternative might be to take a parking shuttle to an outlying long-term parking lot and walk from there, but with all the freeways and rail lines that surround O'Hare, it will still be a much longer walk than the straight-line mileage might suggest. If you do this, note that the long-term parking is mostly on the east side of the airport, so you'll actually be starting further away from the first cache you see listed (but much closer to the fourth one.) Remember, too, that if you leave the terminal you'll want to leave at least an hour or perhaps longer to get back in, especially to the International terminal. The search below, if it works, is for coordinates somewhere in the middle of the parking structure in the center of the domestic terminal building. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest_cache.asp?origin_lat=41.9796&origin_long=-87.90446

quote:Originally posted by alexbu: In dare need of geochaching software for this brand new combo! Yes, it came with all Rand McNally stuff (useless). And (at least according to Deloren) it does not work with Solus. Help! I want to do geocaching! If it supports NMEA-0183 output, there are several programs you can use with it. You should be able to use Magellan's Nav Companion software with it, and you should also look at Cetus GPS at http://www.cetusgps.dk and GPS Tracker at http://www.gpspilot.com and see if any of them meets your needs. I use a combination of all three programs when I'm caching, with a preference (for now) for Nav Companion when seeking a cache.

quote:Originally posted by parkrrrr:I'd like to see last found/last logged dates on the search results page. Um... brain fart... of course last found is already there. What I really meant was a way to see at a glance if it's been logged without a find; perhaps an update on the condition or a "not found" or whatever.

quote:Originally posted by durianwool: The averaging function on GPSR's, to my understanding, are to average out the errors caused by SA. Unlikely. SA was designed specifically to defeat averaging. When SA was on, a track log of a stationary object would wander all of the place, but slowly (about 2-3 mph) and with some jumps as your receiver switched to a different PRN. A fifteen or twenty minute average of such a progression could be off from the actual location by as much as or more than any of the individual fixes that went into it. The only way averaging was any good under SA was if you averaged several hours worth of fixes, to give the error plenty of time to wander all over the target area. Even then, visual averaging of the resulting path was often more accurate than mechanical.

quote:Originally posted by Exocet: and I'm missing "normal" stuff like auto-averaging (I make multiple waypoints and average later) and having the GPS make waypoints for me every [defined interval] (auto-waypoints). You should look into Cetus GPS at http://www.cetusgps.dk and see if it will work with your receiver (I don't know anything about the Geode, as I have a Palm Vx and Magellan GPS Companion.) The current beta does averaging, and it's hands-down the best track logger I've seen for PalmOS. It's configurable, and it makes sure that random button presses and so on won't affect your track log unless you want them to.

Another $0.02. Pretty soon we'll be talking about some real money! I'd like to see last found/last logged dates on the search results page. This would be especially useful when watch lists are broken, as I could see at a glance whether there was any activity near me within the past few days.

quote:Originally posted by Elias: quote:Originally posted by parkrrrr: For whatever it's worth, this doesn't seem to work on Netscape 4.7x for Windoze. I know, I know, get a new browser... Can you be a little more specific as to the problem you're experiencing? Well, it's tough to be, because I can't get into this forum at all when I'm actually sitting in front of the machine that's running Netscape. Basically, it just won't let me log in at all. I can log in to geocaching.com, but when I hit the "login" link here it just takes me back to the geocaching login page. If I log in at that page, it brings me back to the main forum page, but says I'm still not logged in. If you think it would help I can log the HTTP headers while I try to log on.

quote:Originally posted by Elias:So we modified the procedure a little so that we log you into the Geocaching.com site immediately, then when you go to the forums and do something that requires a login (or click the Login link), the forums query the geocaching.com site for your login info. This causes the double login I believe you are referring to. For whatever it's worth, this doesn't seem to work on Netscape 4.7x for Windoze. I know, I know, get a new browser...

[This post originally listed caches that weren't really eligible for inclusion in the list. I'd delete it, but then the reply below it wouldn't make sense. ] [This message was edited by parkrrrr on March 08, 2002 at 01:00 PM.]

[This post originally listed caches that weren't really eligible for inclusion in the list. I'd delete it, but then the reply below it wouldn't make sense. ] [This message was edited by parkrrrr on March 08, 2002 at 01:00 PM.]

quote:Originally posted by Zuckerruebensirup:Also, I notice that the system converted a whole bunch of the single quotes (such as in contractions like "can't") to boxes. What's up with that? It's because you wrote that post with an app like Microsoft Word or something similar with "smart" quotes turned on, and it used some characters that look like single quotes but aren't really.

quote:Originally posted by MMMike: BUT...what I am looking for is software that will point to the direction of a waypoint. Not point north or simply show me the direction I am heading, but to point in the direction of the waypoint, or, in the direction of the cache. Mike Magellan Nav Companion can do that, but it might or might not work with your receiver. Cetus GPS can also point to destinations, but it doesn't currently work with waypoints (give the author a few more beta cycles; it's on his todo list) Here's an excerpt from a recent post I made about these two on another topic: quote:Another program I've found that's pretty good is Cetus GPS (http://www.cetusgps.dk/). This is copyrighted freeware and is actively under development. In the current beta, it supports navigating to a point, but it doesn't support keeping a waypoint database, so you'll have to enter the coords by hand. One thing it does do that I haven't found any other programs for is averaging (Tracker might do that, too, but I've only used a demo copy of Atlas, so I couldn't tell you.) Another program that might or might not be useful is Magellan's Nav Companion (http://www.magellangps.com/downloads/Nav_Companion.zip) which is designed to work with the Magellan GPS Companion but may work with other receivers as well. Its strong points are that it can keep a waypoint database (though there is currently no way to work with that database on the PC) and it can navigate to any point in the database. This can be handy if you need to find your way back to the car after your caching expedition (Cetus would require you to manually transfer the coords of the car from the memo pad, where it logs waypoints.) It occurs to me that I might have given the impression that Cetus doesn't let you log waypoints. In fact, it does, but it logs them in the memo pad and it's currently incapable of then using those logged waypoints for navigation.

quote:Originally posted by MMMike: BUT...what I am looking for is software that will point to the direction of a waypoint. Not point north or simply show me the direction I am heading, but to point in the direction of the waypoint, or, in the direction of the cache. Mike Magellan Nav Companion can do that, but it might or might not work with your receiver. Cetus GPS can also point to destinations, but it doesn't currently work with waypoints (give the author a few more beta cycles; it's on his todo list) Here's an excerpt from a recent post I made about these two on another topic: quote:Another program I've found that's pretty good is Cetus GPS (http://www.cetusgps.dk/). This is copyrighted freeware and is actively under development. In the current beta, it supports navigating to a point, but it doesn't support keeping a waypoint database, so you'll have to enter the coords by hand. One thing it does do that I haven't found any other programs for is averaging (Tracker might do that, too, but I've only used a demo copy of Atlas, so I couldn't tell you.) Another program that might or might not be useful is Magellan's Nav Companion (http://www.magellangps.com/downloads/Nav_Companion.zip) which is designed to work with the Magellan GPS Companion but may work with other receivers as well. Its strong points are that it can keep a waypoint database (though there is currently no way to work with that database on the PC) and it can navigate to any point in the database. This can be handy if you need to find your way back to the car after your caching expedition (Cetus would require you to manually transfer the coords of the car from the memo pad, where it logs waypoints.) It occurs to me that I might have given the impression that Cetus doesn't let you log waypoints. In fact, it does, but it logs them in the memo pad and it's currently incapable of then using those logged waypoints for navigation.