teald024

huh?? when did someone assuming ownership of a TB become an issue? trade = take something, leave something...

Travel bugs are not trade items, there is NO requirement that you must leave one to take one. In my original post, I meant to say "but I think you may be forgetting that if a TB is taken, then one should could be left in it's place for the next cacher." I agree that there is NO requirement that you must leave one. The OP was woried that they were taking something away from the game. If they are woried, then they could put one in when they take one out.

quote edited for length. Slower Pace, you are right there are people out there that want to get as many TB's as possible, but I think you may be forgetting that if a TB is taken, then one should be left in it's place for the next cacher. I am sure your local hound has done this and is not hoarding EVERY TB they have found. With this in mind, then no "shortchanging" should occur. I have revisited a cache to grab a TB that I wanted, and traded evenly. Trading removes any guilt that I may have. But I am not a TB hound. So what if you have been there before!! The fun it moving TB's is just that: FUN. I believe you are shortchanging yourself, no guilt is required.

I would love to see a pic of that.

Agreed! I believe the intent of the rule is that we should not be out there with a shovel & axe trying to find caches, digging everywhere, like in the movie "Holes." It is not right to dig up the ground looking for the cache. It should be acceptable to hide a portion of the cache below ground level as long as the finder is not required to move dirt to find / access / read / sign the cache.

I have never had a FTF and I doubt I could ever say that I ONLY had 4 FTF's for the month.

Thanks all. I will try the maps and see how helpful they are. The trip is in June and I will post a response when after I make the trip. teald024

I have a garmin GPS. Does anyone know where I can find detailed maps of the Caribbean / St. Lucia? I am planning a trip in the next few months and would love to have more than a big black blob. The standard BaseMap that came with the unit shows my hotel out in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. Thanks in advance. Teald024

Marge... What am I going to do with this guy?? I though I told you to call the guy who can part water!! I already KNOW where the stupid cache is.

I agree with 'the hermit crabs.' It all depends on the cache. I had 2 DNF's for a cache last summer/fall. It seems that the dense leave cover above, heavy brush and leaves on the ground make it impossible for me to see. Once the snow came, it make it easy to spot the large pile of sticks/leaves the cache was under. The camo'ed box might also stand out more against the (generally) white snow. I would imagine that micros in the woods would be difficult in the snow if placed at ground level. The couple I have done were hidden above snow level. teald024

Opps, my bad. I meant to say "Longitude lines increase ABOVE zero as you go East in the Eastern Hemishere." I also had no issues with overhead sats. They were spread out just as I see them here in the States. Teald024

Thanks Shorelander. I understand what you're saying about segments between nodes. There still has to be a process that knows what businesses /homes/etc lie between the points on the line segment. I can't figure out how my software knew that JB's grill was on the corner of an intersection. Google earth can take addresses and map them. There has to be some database for correlation. T Your GPSr knows the address of "JB's grill" is 340 Main Street, Anytown, Any State. It finds the address just the same way as if you were looking for the address and then chooses the best route to get you there. the Software also knows that even numbers are on one side of the street and odd numbers on the other. My maping softeware (Garmin City Select NA), has Point of Interest names, addresses and phone numbers all stored on the DVD. When I download the data onto the GPSr, the same is saved for future reference. teald024

There are no issues. This is why is it a GLOBAL Positioning System reciever. I have used my in Japan, U.K. and the Netherlands. Only thing to remember, Latitude lines increase ABOVE zero as you go East in the Eastern Hemishere. The GPSr knows this, but may seem backwards to the operator. California is W121 (-121) , NY is W072 (-72) Netherlands are E005 (+005) , India is E073 (+073) Cache away....

I am a Mechanical Engineer by education working in the technical sales dept of my company.

very nice paint job. looks like the camo that hunters wear . Painted on so it wont slip off like cloth will.

I originally bought it to use with my quad in the trails. Found Geocaching when searching out the unit I wanted to buy. Now I use it much more frequently to cache and getting me to unknown places in the car.

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I live in a very populated area near Albany, NY. About a year ago, there was some construction done to change the location of the roads to put in a Shopping Plaza. The roads showed correctly, but the location of the businesses was on the older main road, not on the new Plaza road. You would still be able to find them using the routing feature, but not take you to the front door.

I have an eTREX Legend C. All below information is based on Mapsource products. With the base map provided with the GPSr, the Auto-routing feature work for Major interstate highways. I pruchased Topo for the US and the Auto-routing capabilities did not change. The GPSr did not regonize the road data with the Topo maps as available roads. They were just shown on the map. I then pruchased City Select North America v7. The Auto-routing capabilities are awsome and can be done both in the PC and on the fly in the GPSr. The routing feature works the same as any online website like Google or Mapquest. Basically it comes down to preference: Topo if you want topo lines and non-routable road maps Metro or City Select if you want routable maps and buisness details (addresses) hope this helps.

I just installed City Select North America v7 on my computer (with XP). The software comes on a DVD so a DVD drive is required. Apparently with DVD ROM's being more populiar now, Garmin didn't feel the need to provide the data on 3 CD's. I also had to buy the DVD writer that I had been putting off. If I remember correctly, the HD space requirement was 1.6 Gb actual space. The install puts all maps and software on your computer. As a side note, when you install multiple Mapsource products on your computer, you need to select which one you want to use after you open Mapsource. There should be a drop-down menu. You can not view Topo data and City Select data at the same time. hope this helps.