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Emma Interesting

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  1. I've been away from GC for a while and back in the day I used my HTC Evo 4G with c:geo. I haven't reproduced those results with any other phone since. I want to purchase a handheld GPS mainly due to battery drain when using iphone for GC, but the more I try to educate myself the more I feel I don't understand. I understand the # of channels is important, and that virtually all new models have sufficient channels. Ditto for GLONASS. I need to stay in the lower priced models and am ok with missing some bells and whistles. But I am getting mixed messages about the actual antenna, and how much it matters. Many of the articles are over 10 years old. There are external antennae, and therefore the device would need a jack. I see some feel external is important if in treed area, or in car, etc. Others say not important any more - technology on built in has improved. Patch, High Sensitivity WAAS enabled (is this PATCH?), Quad Helix, and some other types I've never seen listed for geocaching gps receivers. Supposedly Quad Helix you point up and PATCH you point horizontally? Not all the lower end receivers show what type of antenna they have so I don't know how important this is. Most geocaching I would do would be fairly urban, so possibility of tall buildings on one or more sides, tree cover, and some blocking by hills. I know there is no magic bullet gps that works flawlessly in less than optimum conditions, but would be good to get a better understanding of the different types. Most also come with external memory slot which I think is fairly mandatory these days. And with Premium to create PQs the Waypoint limitation is not as critical a factor any more. Am I correct?
  2. Sorry if this is a duplicate post but can't find a solution. I know there are separate threads about beta maps in general, but I can no longer use the feature on my Evo since last upgrade. The map criteria covers half the screen - looks like it has a pull icon to make it disappear but that is inoperable. Also I can see some wording aabout using previous maps but that also is inoperable. Any suggestions? I can use other apps to access properly but would like to be able to access geocaching.com directly as well.
  3. That's great. I had a stroke two years ago and still have some cognitive deficits including some rather bizarre visual closure issues. Geocaching has been very helpful to me although sometimes the puzzles are easier than actually finding the cache. I know the therapists really struggled at acute rehab because they were used to older, retired patients and really didn't have many tools for those of us wanting to go back to work. This I think would take the patient one step closer to finding those new pathways in the brain. Maybe you could alter the types of caches and hiding spaces based on the individual patient's deficits (she says a she spends 20 minutes looking for the apostrophe on the keyboard!) Will be interesting to see how this works out for you.
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