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Slainte

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  1. How can I remove gallery pics from one of my cache pages? A recent finder has all but ruined the challenge of the find!
  2. So many good ideas! Thanks to you all. Oh, and yes, there's some Scottish back there somewhere, but the frugality comes from having two daughters in college. Yikes! Anyway, thanks again, and sláinte mhath to you all!
  3. Thanks to all who responded! Now I'm off to download Scottish cache pages. Some nice bagpipe music should help get the job done. Thanks again!
  4. I thought this was a fairly generic, how-to question. Basically, is it possible to geocache without maps installed on your GPS? I will revisit the sites mentioned; thanks for the reminder.
  5. My daughter will spend the rest of the summer at Napier University in Edinburgh, and would like to do some caching while there. However, I'd rather not spend the money on a set of UK maps for her GPS. If she takes the unit and information pages for some Edinburgh sites, she'll be able to locate the coordinates, then use the info pages to locate the caches, won't she? No roads or references, I know. Just trying to save a few dad-bucks here.
  6. A friend is heading to Indonesia to visit his son, and he'd like to take along his 60Csx to set some waypoints on the island of Morotai. Short of purchasing Garmin's Asia map set, how might he be able to load a usable (preferably free) reference map onto his gps? Thanks for any suggestions.
  7. Thanks to Nomex in northern California. Taking time out from caching so the rest of us can go out and play; these reviewers must be nuts. Thank heaven they are!
  8. I just got off the phone with Garmin. Very nice folks. However, it seems that as of May first, things, at least as I understood them, have changed a bit. First, when you purchase CN, you are purchasing application to only one GPS, not two as was the situation before. Second, if you already own CN and were planning to use that second unlock for another GPS down the road, you are now out of luck. I had to pay $117 for one unlock code. They were very decent and let me have my second code, as I purchased the software quite recently. Now I have three well-mapped GPSs, but I expected to have a fourth code waiting in the wings. Just thought some of you might be impacted by this, too.
  9. I supervise a high school caching club, and I'd like to provide members who reach goals (100 finds and so forth) with a commemorative coin of some sort. Does anyone have reliable sources for this sort of thing? We can't afford custom coins, but something generic would be fun for the kids. Thanks for your suggestions.
  10. OK, here we go. This is how to enter coordinates by hand into a Garmin Legend (Old Blue). Turn the unit on, and push the upper right-hand button until the screen shows a menu item called Mark. Use your thumbstick (joystick) to move to that item, and then push the thumbstick straight down to select. You'll see a screen with a little guy with a flag in the upper field. Use the thumbstick to select the second field down called Location. You should see a set of coordinates there, starting with "N". The "N" is already selected, but you shouldn't have to change it. You'll see a little calculator-like keyboard with numbers and arrows on it. The right-hand arrow at the bottom should be darkened. When you push your thumbstick straight down, you'll notice that the first number to the right of the "N" is now selected. If the coordinates of the cache you're trying to enter start with that number, push the thumbstick straight down again and again until the first number you need to change is highlighted. To change the number you've highlighted, use the thumbstick to navigate up/down/left/right on the little calculator-like keyboard. Let's say the first number you need to change is a three to a four. With the number you want to change (3) highlighted, navigate on the keyboard to the digit you want (4), and then push the thumbstick straight down again. The three should have changed to a four. Just keep repeating this process until all your numbers match the new ones. Here's something to keep in mind: you must use the little arrows (triangles) at the bottom of the keyboard to move the selection cursor in the Location field. If you don't navigate back down to the arrows with the thumbstick each time you want to change a number, you'll keep changing the same number over and over, which isn't all that useful. Once you've changed all the numbers you need to change, navigate down to the bottom of the keyboard and press "OK". You've just entered a new set of coordinates! Don't worry about the Elevation, Distance, and Bearing fields at this point; they'll take care of themselves. Now, you'll probably want to name this set of coordinates using the name or GC number of the cache you're going to look for. Use your thumbstick again to navigate up until the 001 or 002 or whatever is in the name field is highlighted, and push the thumbstick straight down again. Up pops another little keyboard. Use the thumbstick to navigate to and select each letter you want to use to name your set of coordinates. Remember that you onlly have ten spaces, so you may have to abbreviate. Once you're finished, navigate over to the OK key and push your thumbstick straight down again. All you have to do now is hit OK at the bottom of the screen and your new set of coordinates will be entered into your unit's memory. When you're ready to go caching, hit the Find button, choose Waypoints (Caches are special waypoints), choose either Nearest or By Name - whichever you like - and your whole list of coordinates will pop up. Choose the one you want to find, and hit "Goto" at the bottom left corner of your screen. You should be in business. I hope this wasn't too confusing. Obviously,using a software program such as EasyGPS and a data transfer cable is much faster and easier, but it's still good to know how to do this. Have fun!
  11. OK, here we go. This is how to enter coordinates by hand into a Garmin Legend (Old Blue). Turn the unit on, and push the upper right-hand button until the screen shows a menu item called Mark. Use your thumbstick (joystick) to move to that item, and then push the thumbstick straight down to select. You'll see a screen with a little guy with a flag in the upper field. Use the thumbstick to select the second field down called Location. You should see a set of coordinates there, starting with "N". The "N" is already selected, but you shouldn't have to change it. You'll see a little calculator-like keyboard with numbers and arrows on it. The right-hand arrow at the bottom should be darkened. When you push your thumbstick straight down, you'll notice that the first number to the right of the "N" is now selected. If the coordinates of the cache you're trying to enter start with that number, push the thumbstick straight down again and again until the first number you need to change is highlighted. To change the number you've highlighted, use the thumbstick to navigate up/down/left/right on the little calculator-like keyboard. Let's say the first number you need to change is a three to a four. With the number you want to change (3) highlighted, navigate on the keyboard to the digit you want (4), and then push the thumbstick straight down again. The three should have changed to a four. Just keep repeating this process until all your numbers match the new ones. Here's something to keep in mind: you must use the little arrows (triangles) at the bottom of the keyboard to move the selection cursor in the Location field. If you don't navigate back down to the arrows with the thumbstick each time you want to change a number, you'll keep changing the same number over and over, which isn't all that useful. Once you've changed all the numbers you need to change, navigate down to the bottom of the keyboard and press "OK". You've just entered a new set of coordinates! Don't worry about the Elevation, Distance, and Bearing fields at this point; they'll take care of themselves. Now, you'll probably want to name this set of coordinates using the name or GC number of the cache you're going to look for. Use your thumbstick again to navigate up until the 001 or 002 or whatever is in the name field is highlighted, and push the thumbstick straight down again. Up pops another little keyboard. Use the thumbstick to navigate to and select each letter you want to use to name your set of coordinates. Remember that you onlly have ten spaces, so you may have to abbreviate. Once you're finished, navigate over to the OK key and push your thumbstick straight down again. All you have to do now is hit OK at the bottom of the screen and your new set of coordinates will be entered into your unit's memory. When you're ready to go caching, hit the Find button, choose Waypoints (Caches are special waypoints), choose either Nearest or By Name - whichever you like - and your whole list of coordinates will pop up. Choose the one you want to find, and hit "Goto" at the bottom left corner of your screen. You should be in business. I hope this wasn't too confusing. Obviously,using a software program such as EasyGPS and a data transfer cable is much faster and easier, but it's still good to know how to do this. Have fun!
  12. Mine gave up just a few days ago. The problem does seem to be heat. Our temperatures have been in the mid eighties, and every time I use the unit, things get pretty gooey. I talked to Garmin today, and they recommended I send it back, and that the turn-around time would be seven to ten days.
  13. By numbers do you mean the coordinates? Are you trying to transfer cache information from the website? What make and model GPS are you using? We'll need a bit more specific information before we can help.
  14. You bet. Travel bugs are kind of a game-within-the-game of geocaching. Most, if not all, TB owners want their bugs to travel far and often. Stopping by a known cache and picking up a traveler is perfectly OK. Just be sure to log them correctly on the geocaching website and everyone will be happy. Have fun!
  15. I know my little blue Legend has limited (8mb) of memory, but I'd like to load it with bits of the more detailed maps I purchased for my Legend csx. The process is very straight-forward, but when I get to the final tap, the screen announces that I am about to erase existing data, and am I quite sure I want to do this? What, exactly, am I about to do, and do I want to do it?
  16. Sounds like you had the best of times. Congratulations on going the extra mile to make things special for your daughter. I'm in the throes of putting together a similar party, but mine will be the eighteenth birthday version. (Interestingly, it probably won't be all that different from yours.)
  17. After reading my personal profile, another cacher contacted me regarding some career-related issues. As a result of that contact, he's changed jobs and is tremendously happy with how things have turned out. Never underestimate the power of connections!
  18. 52,50.20,17. Hmm. That's 139 altogether. You'd think we'd know what we were doing by now!
  19. one eTrex one eTrex Legend cx ten eTrex Legends two 60 csx (soon!)
  20. I think I'll go with the old Legend. The cable is a selling point, as is the base map. The lack of map context on the yellow etrex bothered me, but its simplicity appealed to me. The Legend will be a good compromise. Again, thanks for your collective insight.
  21. I hadn't considered the software issue. Also, though I've never used one, I think the simplicity of the eTrex will appeal to the majority of my students. Maybe I'll get one or two 60 csxs, just on the chance "Joey" shows up. Thanks for your perspective.
  22. I'm in the enviable position of needing to purchase about a dozen new GPSs for use at a school. My idea is to purchase three different models of increasing complexity, to allow our junior and senior high students who may be leery of things-that- go-beep-in-the-night to enjoy some simple geocaching, while the geekier kids can move on up the electronic food chain. I'm looking at three Garmin models: the yellow eTrex for beginners, the Legend cx for the wannabes, and the 60csx for the alpha-nerds. I have a Legend cx that I've been using for four or five months, and I've noticed none of the sadnesses mentioned in the "Legend cx ... accuracy" thread on this forum, but I'm not locked into these models - yet. Can anyone give good reason to consider others? I'm spending California's money, here, so I want to do the job right! Thanks for any suggestions.
  23. Revisited a cache site because it was a good place to view the ISS as it cruised over. Checked the cache, just for fun, and found an unregistered geocoin. It concerns me how cool I think it was to find that coin. Ah, well, not the first time I've been concerned about myself. Anyway, thanks again to Hogwild.
  24. I like caches that take you to places that have a high surprise factor, regardless of whether they're city or country. We live in the mountains, and it was quite awhile before I knew that the skirts on lamp posts lifted up. I've done a few of these, and, like many of the city caches I've seen, I found them disappointing. However, I know I'm spoiled living where I live, so I suppose it's really "cache where there are caches."
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