GPScooterphish

Where's a good place in Portland to pick up a bluetooth GPS tranceiver (to pair with my spiffy Palm Centro)?

Folks, dick621 is here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitstaff and thanks for coming tonight.

My Palm treo 650 has CacheMate loaded and also the CacheNav plugin. CacheNav does communicate with my bluetooth GPSr. I download Pocket Queries from gc.com, use MacCMConvert to make them into a PDB (palm database) that I load on to a SD card in my Treo. CacheMate imports it. I only recently discovered that I can use CacheMate to mark my current location as a waypoint and find my way back (I probably would've already known that out if I RTFM). But again, it comes down to your PDA having some way to talk to the GPSr - either built in or as an addon accessory.

Being a newbie geocacher/benchmark hunter, when I saw the "B M" sticker, benchmark wasn't the BM I immediatedly thought of....

If I may ask: what is a "shozbot"? Is that like "the cat's meow" or "bottom of the barrel"? Shozbot? Nanoo nanoo? Mork from Ork? Erm, never mind.

Apples and Oranges, but the consensus (at least from what I've read) is pretty much that each respective program is the shozbot for each PDA platform. CetusGPS for Palm is free, but CacheMate is so much more feature filled and worth the $$.

Only if it runs PalmOS. IIRC, it runs a custom OS, not PalmOS, though.

Mac GPS Pro is GPS desktop software and the site is pretty comprehensive as far as devices and Mac connectivity, Topo maps, other software etc. If you go to any of the hardware pages (like the Gecko 301), they've got links to obtain Mac USB connectors or it's packaged for Mac USB (ie, Garmin GPSMAP 60CS). If you're using a newer mac (OS X), USB is definitely the way - or Bluetooth; I didn't opt for the Bluetooth on my Mini because I already had a Bluetooth USB 'dongle' (yes, "dongle" - I'm old school okay?). Even Palm finally caught up with Mac hardware and uses a USB hotsync cable

This might be helpful - at least get you started.

It's a satellite. We utilize satellites. It's 'on topic'

What I use and have used: On my Treo: CacheMate w/ the CacheNav plugin THE geocaching utility for Palm devices, IMNSHO. Works on any device with Palm OS 3.0 and above. Best $8 I ever spent (well, there was that time in high school when I...nevermind). Maps? I load those separately - hardly need them. There's new hacks for Google Maps to put your waypoints on them (search the forums). CMConvert and CM2GPX CMConvert - This program is used to convert EasyGPS XML file formats (LOC and GPX) to a format that can be installed onto a Palm OS device and imported into CacheMate. Options are also available to list waypoints contained in an XML file, and selectively convert specified waypoints. CM2GPX - This program is used to convert CacheMate backup or import PDB files to equivalent GPX files. Extensions specific to Geocaching.com and CacheMate are automatically used as needed. Filter options are available, to selectively convert waypoints. When I used my Nokia Series 60 phone: GPSXC - Waypoints, maps, GPS. The author is VERY interested in putting geocaching specific features in the program (he already plans on putting a ROT13/hint decoder in, thanks to my suggestion). GPS Babel - Take ANY format and convert it to ANY OTHER format (Oziexplorer, Garmin, loc/gpx to Streets & trips, PDB, etc). I still use GPS Babel, it's indespensible.

Who cares? It's got nothing to do with the DoS attack, etc. Okay, I'm going to stop feeding the troll now.

I think a little more specifics are needed; upload/download to/from what? I have a mac and I'm doing just fine (see the sig).

My brother works for Gerber Tools. If I ever lose or forget my multi, he just lets me grab another from his assortment.

If I am to understand correctly, you're saying caches aren't burried?!!? Okay the horse is definitely dead, I'll stop beating it now.

It's all in my sig.

In Egyptian and many many other mythos, the scorpion is a protector. It was protecting the cache from muggles and other threats.

Hey, you're right, but doesn't that second symbol look like a little blue pill...to some degree? I know what you're thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here: Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill?

#2 yes. All of Nextel's phones (after October 2001) have GPS standard. Additional software (and usually a subscription to a service) is needed to utilize it, though. Otherwise it's as the other poster said - it's there for emergency services to be able to locate you.

Oh, man. You beat me to it. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.

Hey, that's pretty darn slick. Must have a generous bandwidth allottment to support hosting those images

Click on the "download all results to *loc" and then use gpsbabel to convert it to a gpx file.

Cachemate runs on PalmOS 3.0 or later.

Go to Smittyware. Download the trial and play with it. In conjunction with the free cachenav component, and the included plugins, that software does EVERYTHING, man. Before I downloaded it, I was using something like 3 separate programs to do the jobs that Cachemate does by itself. If you download cmconvert (linked to on the smittyware site), you can "roll" pdb (palm data base) from a pocket query or individual Loc/GPX to load on your palm. Cachemate give you access to everything - hints, description, a 'log' for your finds that you can export. Nearest caches, benchmarks, It's amazing. Powerful. (I sound like such a shill . That's fine by me). You'll find "The best $8 I ever spent" comments about CacheMate all over the forums. I'm proudly a part of that crowd. [edit - for some reason, the forum sig isn't reflecting the change I made in my profile for the forum sig...I'm using a Treo 650, Cachemate, cachenav and a Navman 4460] [edit the edit - doh! RTFMed and all is updated. sheesh. ]

Maya, having worked for Nextel long ago (in the grand scheme of things), I can tell you that even though your phone has GPS capabilities, you'd still need software to take advantage of those capabilities. Check out this link to various GPS applications for Nextel phones - not a huge variety (there may be more out there, I just searched Nextel's site). Nextel seem to be still stuck in their 'We cater mostly to businessy types who refuse to ask directions and want to find the nearset Ritz-Carlton" mentality . Keep in mind that not all Nextel phones can run programs that take advantage of the GPS capabilities - even though they all have GPS internally. Oh, and welcome to the sport!