I was reading over the manual on how to use this to geocache is it me or does this sound a lot more complicated than a garmin unit?
1. Visit www.geocaching.com and select the geocache you want to try to find.
2. Save the geocache’s .loc file to your computer.
3. Open Topo USA and click the Draw tab.
4. Click File to open the draw file editing area.
5. Click Import. The Import Draw File dialog box displays.
6. From the Files of type drop-down list, select LOC file (*.loc).
7. Browse to the location where you saved the .loc file in step 2, select the file, and then click
Open. The draw objects in the imported file display. A new draw file is automatically created for the imported file.
8. Click Done to return to the Draw dialog area.
9. Click the Handheld Export tab.
10. With the map centered on the geocache area, click the Edit tool and then click the rectangles
on the map that cover the map area you want to export to the Earthmate GPS PN-20.
11. Name and save your map package.
12. Click the Exchange button in the Topo USA toolbar.
13. Send the geocache waypoint layer and map package to the device and then click Done.
Once the map and waypoint are loaded on the Earthmate GPS PN-20, they use the Waypoints Page
to locate the coordinate that was provided in the cache’s clue. Once the waypoint is found, they
create a route from their current position (home) to the waypoint location.
14. Press MENU and then select Waypoints.
15. Highlight the geocache waypoint from the list and then press ENTER.
16. Highlight the default symbol and press ENTER. Scroll to the geocache symbol and then press
ENTER.
17. Use the arrow keypad to highlight the Route button and then press ENTER.
18. Use the arrow keypad to highlight the Navigate button and then press ENTER.
19. Press PAGE until the Compass Page displays.
20. Use the Compass Page to find the necessary direction of travel. The bearing arrow (large green
arrow) points in the direction of the next stop in the route. Use the bearing arrow to determine
the correct direction of travel towards the waypoint.
Once they arrive at the cache, they take a trinket from the cache and leave a pencil they bought while
on a recent trip to Niagara Falls and then update the waypoint symbol on the Earthmate GPS PN-20
to the geocache found symbol. When they return from their adventure, they visit the cache’s page on
www.geocaching.com and enter a log about their experience.
OR
Open GPX or loc file in map source
Click send button in the tool bar
press and hold find
select Geocache
select the cache desired (nearest is already selected)
press enter
find cache, mark found, then find next is displayed.
I am thinking about a PN-20 or a 60csx and I really value simplicity.
