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The version of mapsorce that came with my etrex legend had a GPS feture where you could see real time data from the GPS. i have updated the software to a newer version. does anyone know how to acess this feture on the newer version?

personally i walk down the trail until i am as close as possible. then i look around (very suspisiouly) if noone is around i dive into the brush. make sure you check your landing pad before you jump so you dont jump into thistle

this gives me an idea..... goto the dollar store and find a watch that looks expencive. drop it near a cache and see if anyone tries to return it.

i believe this is the link you were trying to post http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/usb_se...er_pinout.shtml . you could make a serial to USB converter and skip the serial ports and make the into one cable. does that make sence or no?

i only want to carry one cable at a time because plan on doing mapping on my laptop (yes i know how to do that). i think it is possible to do it because i have made an Super Nintendo Controller into a USB device. I just need the directions and the drivers to do so.

I found this cable link on garmins web site. i see that it has 4 wires and i know that a USB cable has 4 wires. Does anyone know of a site that explains how to make a USB cable for the etrex? or have a idea on where to start looking for the directions and drivers for one? thanks

if you go to google and get google earth (do a serch on google for 'google earth') and install it. its free. then goto your "my Account" page on this tGC.com site and you can download a plugin to show you the caches on the map. I have used google earth for a while to find caches and i really like it. the only propblem would be if you dont have a broadband connection you cant use it.

what is the easiest way of transfering all of my history to a new account?

where do you people get your cache goodies. im looking for large quantities of cheap or free swag. god any ideas?

what is this website?

one of the options on the bottom of the pocket quere [sp?] page is would you like to recieve .GPX files. go in and doan edit and click that box. its on the very bottom

mine does the same thing. if you stop and wait for a minute and wait till it settles down it will be more accurate, but when you stop stay still if you spin around the arrow will point you in the wrong direction.

i just have a bag of goodies so if i take something somewhere i will leave it somewhere else.

Is it possible to change my name? or do i have to make a new account and back log all of my finds (11 shouldnt be hard) any help would be appreciated thanks

Example: Geocacher - a strange creature wandering in the woods stareing at an cell phone like device. Add your own humorus terms.

The harness i use looks like a seat belt with 2 seat belt leg loops. i like it because its light and for the most part comfortable (until you take your weight off of it (figure that out)and it stays buched up in places it shouldnt be bunched up in). one way that i have found to make your harness more confortable is to get the waist belt really tight. and leave the leg loops with a little slack (about 2 fingers should fit through) use for vertical rope only repeling and its pretty confortable.

I was originally introducted to geocaching via a call called Outdoor Adventures. Does anyone else know of school programs that introduce youth to geocaching?

Interesting points you all got

assume both person A's and person B's GPS said they were right on the spot if person A has an accuracy of 40 feet and person B has a accuracy of 30 feet would it make sence that the cache is in the green area?

How do i post pictures on my cache pages? please give me a link or some help. Thanks

theres nothing wrong with barrowing a GPS unit from school thats how i found my first caches.

that works too but i dont like math so pick or choose what ever works best for you heres the easy way of doing the math minutes/60= '.'degrees

i have now started downloading waypoint instead of punching them in manualy . i have a premium membership and im wondering if i can download multipul GPK files the same way i can download multipul LOC files

those 2 cordinates are not the same thing you entered degrees '.' thousands of degrees. (hdd.dddd) all the coordinates on this site are degrees minutes '.' hundreth of a minute (hddd mm.mmm) you need to find the setting on your GPS to make it understand the other position format it will probably look something like this hddd.dddd and you want hddd mm.mmm' h=heading d=degree m=minute s=second did that make sence? if you have anymore questions let me know i would mind helping