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Thanks for the info, parsa. Do you know of any map software I could bring on my laptop?

I'm going to be travelling to Korea in about a month. (for business. I don't know if I'll have the opportunity to do some geocaching, but I want to be prepared.) What kind of maps are available for this unit? Is there a basemap of this area? How about detailed maps? I don't speak (or read) a word of Korean (yet) and the GPS could come in handy.

Thanks for the help. I removed the modem. No luck. I don't have any PDA sync software. I can't imaging any of my startup programs would touch the com port, but I guess that must be what's going on. I've rebooted lots of times. I'[ll try rebooting into safe mode, to stop everthing from loading at startup. My short term fix is to just ues the SD card and not the serial cable.

Any help anyone can give me would be appreciated! Thanks, nfa-jamie Did you ever solve this problem? I'm getting the same error. It's a new computer, I guess it could be the modem.

How does the FWS relate to geocaching? See the thread pinned at the top of this forum. There seems to be an assumption that the FWS can be counted upon to act reasonably. This article casts doubts on that assumption. Someone in the FWS sought that warrant, apparrently on some pretty flimsy evidence (an incomplete email). Here's another story on the subject. This reporter isn't nearly as nice to the FWS. Orchids... not Osama

Orchid Biz Raided by Feds Thank goodness! They're coming for you next, Jeremy!

Or, they could see that they already have x number of caches on their site for y number of years and everything has been fine all along. Public (collectively owned) land invariably leeds to conflict about who gets to do what with it. Privately owned land does not have this inherent flaw.

BTW, Criminal, I mostly agree with original post, but only as it applies to public lands. If someone wanted to place a cache on my private land, I'd expect them to ask for my permission first. If they didn't, and I found out about it, I would see to it that the cache was promptly removed. But assuming the land I owned was suitable for geocaching, I'd almost certainly grant permission when asked. And I'd be sure my land manager (if I needed one) understood this too.

The big question is: "Who owns what?" Do you need to ask permission to place a cache? It all depends who owns the land. If the is land owned privately, yes, you need permission not only to place the cache, but all the cache seekers need permission to use the land as well. (Maybe that's implicit in getting permission to place the cache, maybe not, but in the strictest sense, anyone using the land needs permission.) If the land is 'public' you have to ask yourself, what does that mean? It means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Is the land owned by the "land manager", the town government, the county government, the state government, the federal government, any one of the hundreds of beauracracies thereunder, or could it possibly mean that it's owned by "We The People"? Robert LeFevre recorded a series of commentaries and one of them deals with this exact problem, which he called 'collective ownership' of property. Listen Now: Robert LeFevre on Ownership I found it rather entertaining, and I hope you all will too. It's a free download. If you like that one, you might like the rest of the lectures, which are also available for free. Robert LeFevre Commentaries

Here's the latest from the website: quote:Notice to Geocaching contest participants in Southern California - We apologize for the inconvenience, but we have learned that the coordinates for the Moroccan treasure location are incorrect. The correct coordinates are being confirmed and will be posted as soon as they are available. In addition, we will reveal coordinates for a second and accurate treasure location in Southern California as well.

What would one use the area calculating function for?

Thanks, Stunod. That makes my decision harder! I guess what I really want is something like Topo, but with the POIs from Street. They don't make something like that, do they?

So, what's the difference? If I buy Topo, I get everything Street has, plus I get the Topo stuff. I assume Topo costs more, correct? And I also assume that the maps are larger, taking up more memory to show the same area. Am I on the right track? FWIW, I'm going to purchase a Meridian in the very near future. I just need to decide which model is best for me.

Is it possible to get in on this deal withiout buying a membership at Costco? I already have a BJ's membership (it's basically the same store, as I understand it). Can I borrow a friend's membership card? What if I accompany him to the store?

I have a Magellan GPS Companion for my Handspring Visor. It's my one and only GPS unit. It works well. I've never used a 'dedicated' gps unit, so I don't have anything to compare it to. I've been using it for over a year now, and it's still running fine. I just brought it with me on a trip to Alaska, including a hike in the Mendenhall Glacier area. Still, I'm currently shopping for a standalone GPS unit. I'm looking for something more rugged, water resistant, better battery life, maybe able to take an external antenna, etc.

quote:Originally posted by WaldenRun: quote:Originally posted by BigNick:Congratulations. A local cacher did a similar thing: He hid a cache with the ring, then made up a fake geocaching cache page and printed it. He then hunted it with his girlfriend Quite similar to the story for http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=41863. -WR Yup, that's my handywork there! Now I'm planning a honeymoon - an Alaskan cruise. We'll have to find a few caches while we're out there. Hmm, I wonder if anyone has put a cache on a cruse ship yet.