Royalott
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I have Geocaching for Android installed on my Samsung Galaxy Tab and it seems I have to have a data plan or by near WIFI to see maps. Is there a way to preinstall them on my Tab? I also use Backcountry Navigator and can load any maps I wish but it does not seem to have all the information on Caches I want. Am I missing something or do I have to have a data plan, which I do not intend to purchase.
Thanks guys
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I have not been doing much Caching yet this year but I just went to Google Earth, which I used all the time when finding caches to hunt and it says that "Network Link KLM Disabled" What the heck does that mean. I clicked on the link and have found out nothing.
I think this feature was very valuable and hope that Google and Geocaching have not had another falling out and we have to suffer for it.
Can anyone fill me in on what the problem is? Did "I" do something wrong?
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WOW Walts that Locus app is amazing!! I just bought a 7" Viewpad & was scouting for the best offline map option and,, GEEZ I wasn't ready to find such a NICE app!!
Did you get the full/Pro version? Is it identical as the free one just no ads?
I did get the pro version after using it for a month. I am not sure of all the extra features but I did it mostly because I like to support apps that I use and this one I love. I will be in a non 3g area this weekend (I am pretty sure) and after I return from caching I write my notes in Locus and upload them (just like a regular GPS, except I don't have to hook up a connection to the GPS) when I get home. I also download maps while at home on wifi for areas I will be traveling to so I have them when there is no connection and I don't keep downloading the same maps each time, Picture me sitting along the shore of the American River enjoying my evening cocktail and logging away.
I bought the Pro last night and have been playing with it a bit. I can not seem to download maps in much detail for some reason. I try to zoom in on them and they go all blury. I see there are different choices you can make while downloading them and have not found one that zooms worth a dang. Do I have to make smaller choices when downloading a map?
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I don't understand how you think you will get the information if you are not online. The Groundspeak app access' the website for all its info so it will use your data plan and without one it can't get the info it needs if you are in that mode.
However if you download PQ's to it then all the info is there and so you should be able to hunt for it. But you will only be able to use the compass since it won't download maps.
I don't think i would be carrying around such an expensive device to hunt. Dropping it can be real expensive.
If you want the best offline program get LOCUS (an android app) that allows you to donwload PQ's and download maps to it. They can be used offline.
I use LOCUS on my XOOM for those rare occassions when I travel and might be out of 3G range but do have to plan ahead to download maps.
I just downloaded the Free version of LOCUS for my samsung Galaxy Tab and will give it a try. Thanks much. Now I have to figure that sucker out
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I haven't tried to use the official app "offline," but it seems like it would defeat the whole purpose of using that app. For offline use, there are better apps out there.
I don't really understand what you are saying I guess. I thought the purpose of the app was to help you find the cache, not to burn up a data plan. That is sorta my point in my original post. If this app will not do the job because I have to be hooked up 3G with it, what apps are there out there that are better? I don't know, maybe this one will do what I want but if someone knows how I would be happy to know.
I just don't want a data plan to use this thing. I can hook up Wifi before leaving home and download the information, I have plenty of room with a 32 gig memory card and then go out and hunt caches. I know it can be done and just wanted to know if it can be done with this program
Royal
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I have a new Samsung Galaxy Tab and bought the Android app for geocaching. It works great when on line but I do not want to use my Tab except with Wifi. Can I do it with the Geocaching App?
I also have the BackCountry Navigation Pro on the TAB and I can load the caches while on Wifi and it will still work when I am off like but it is not as nice as the Geocaching application. Very useable though.
I thought the Geocaching app was pretty slick until I canceled my Verizon account and now it does not seem to work when I am out in the field. Have I some setting wrong or do I have to go back to the BackCountry application?
It seems silly that once I have the caches loaded on the Tab that I would have to be on line to find the caches.
Thanks guys and gals.
Royal
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Just recalibrate. I know they say that you only need to do that when you change batteries, but I have found that it isn't all that uncommon for it to suddenly get confused. I just recalibrate when it acts strange, and everything is as it should be.
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Thanks for both fast replies. I contacted Garmin and they told me much the same thing, Calibrate! I had not done it in two years, forgot how and since the last place I used it was Hawaii in Feb they figured it might be a bit confused.
I just calibrated it and will try it again tomorrow.
Thanks again, Royal
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I went out today to do some maint on three of my cashes that were reported wet.
I set the GPS to go to the first one and it worked perfectly. The arrow pointed me to the cashe and the countdown as I neared it worked great.
I then set it to go to my next one, in the same general area a half mile off and headed toward it. Now the goofy GPS was pointing me 180 degrees off but the countdown was still working fine. I ignored the arrow and headed to where I knew the Cashe is. I did not know exactly as I placed it a couple years ago but knew generally where it was.
As I neared the thing I noticed the goofy arrow adjusted toward the cashe but still with the back of the arrow, not the point. The countdown still worked and I finally found it using that.
My batteries are fresh and I had done a full reset a month ago and reloaded the Michigan cashes with GSAK.
Has my GPS had a stroke or what?
Are they worth getting repaired or is the cost of repair as much as a new GPS? if that is what I need. I hope I have some setting wrong but doubt it.
Royal
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Why would you want to hold your GPSr while driving?
I once saw a cute little airhead putting her contacts in while driving down I-75 near Detroit during rush hour. That was years ago and I am sure she is dead now. Traffic accident I suspect...Probably poked her eye out too
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/dro...e03/summary.htm
Old report and I'm sure things have changed since then.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/275387...ss-drivers.html
It's not the ticket I fear, it's where we're headed that scares the crap out of me.
What about that second link scares you? Is The Man really coming down too hard on people who kill others?
I am all for it myself. A driver is suppose to be driving the car, not watching tv or talking on a phone or texting. They are no more alert than a dang drunk. I don't feel the cops are intruding on me, I feel the airhead is intruding on my rights. We forget who the enemy is here.
Hahahahahhahaah Got me!!... or looking at cute girls...
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http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/dro...e03/summary.htm
Old report and I'm sure things have changed since then.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/275387...ss-drivers.html
It's not the ticket I fear, it's where we're headed that scares the crap out of me.
What about that second link scares you? Is The Man really coming down too hard on people who kill others?
I am all for it myself. A driver is suppose to be driving the car, not watching tv or talking on a phone or texting. They are no more alert than a dang drunk. I don't feel the cops are intruding on me, I feel the airhead is intruding on my rights. We forget who the enemy is here.
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Why would you want to hold your GPSr while driving?
I once saw a cute little airhead putting her contacts in while driving down I-75 near Detroit during rush hour. That was years ago and I am sure she is dead now. Traffic accident I suspect...Probably poked her eye out too
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Personally I just like going to areas I would never have known about if it were not for Geo Cashing. I don't care if there is anything in the cashe other than a notebook and pencil, I never swap anythng, just sign the book.
When I hide a cashe I try to put it in an area that I find interesting and think others might too. I try not to hide is so well that it will be a huge challange to find it, after all it is the scenery that I am trying to draw people too but I do try to put them in an area that nobody has to worry about mugglers.
I love the out of doors and this gets me there. I do not care for the little cashes and try to filter them out. That is just me. Cashes in Urban areas do not interest me. Cashes on private property do not interest me.
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Personally I just like going to areas I would never have known about if it were not for Geo Cashing. I don't care if there is anything in the cashe other than a notebook and pencil, I never swap anythng, just sign the book.
When I hide a cashe I try to put it in an area that I find interesting and think others might too. I try not to hide is so well that it will be a huge challange to find it, after all it is the scenery that I am trying to draw people too but I do try to put them in an area that nobody has to worry about mugglers.
I love the out of doors and this gets me there. I do not care for the little cashes and try to filter them out. That is just me. Cashes in Urban areas do not interest me. Cashes on private property do not interest me.
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And for everyone that says "I used it every day" there are those of us that never used it at all and don't miss it one bit.
Not trying to make light of you missing something that was useful, but there are other options.
And none do what we got from the one that is gone.
Once again, What function is going to be cut off next? Will it be one you use and enjoy?
Oh heck, to some if it not their ox being gored it is ok. Seems sorta playground attitude to me
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Thanks for the reply. That is nuts though! I found that feature extremely useful, especially when showing others on forums how many cashes there are in their areas.
Why in the world would they discontinue such a useful feature? That had to be political or financial. It can not be common sense or care for the user.
This sucks
By the way, who is the "THEY" that did away with it? Google or Groundspeak? "They" are sure not looking out for "Us" the user
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How in the heck do I get all the cashes to show in Google Earth. I had it before but formatted my computer. Now I go to my page and can not find the KLM file to download. Where did the dang thing go or are my old eyes a failing me?
Thanks in advance for any help
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I just formatted my drive and am reloading everything but I can not find the link to download the cashes to Google Earth like I could before. Has it chaged or am I blind
I am sure it was on my profile page but I can not find it now.I found this very useful and sure hope it is still available.
Thanks, Royal
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I have used GSAK for managing my cashes. I see that if we have a Garmin Nuvi in our car we can use it for cashing. http://pilotsnipes.googlepages.com/index.html
I happen to have one and I followed the directions and the dang thing just works great so far. It is completely paperless!
I loaded the cashes on my Nuvi and headed from my home in Waterford Mi to my place in Roscommon Mi taking I-75. I turned the thing on and when I got up the road to the area I started hitting the cashes loaded in my Nuvi it signaled me at every one. I had the nuvi set to signal me at any within 3000 ft of my travel.
It gave an alarm and a bar at the top of the screen told me there was a cashe. I touched the bar and it displayed EVERYTHING that is on the web page, discription, and all the comments other finders posted.
You click GO and the normal display shows and takes you turn by turn to the cashe area. I guess you then have to go to off road mode to go to the cashe. I have not gotten that far into it yet.
I did follow it to a cashe I had already found to try to see how close it would take me and it got me withing 50 ft or so but there was a guy walking his dog and watching me and I just decided to come back later.
I doubt I would use it for pinpointing but who knows. It should work great! I have not figured that all out yet but it sure guides you right to the area nicely.
I am sure glad I bought a Nuvi last winter
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Actually if there are a lot of people in the area I just don't hunt the cashe. I like the wilderness cashes and pretty much ignore the rest. I saw one that was in a Walmart parking lot and there is no way I would hunt that sucker.
That is just me though
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TFTC is simply a short way of saying 'Thanks For The Cache.Yes, all my cashes are in remote and scenic areas and I have gotten mostly good replies but there are some that just seem determined to be rude or lazy, I don't know which. I suggest it is both.I refuse to call other cachers rude or lazy simply because they were thankful. I do, however, make judgements about people who call others rude or lazy.
Further, I refuse to get upset by tiny things that don't affect anything or anyone, such as when some other cacher logs 'TFTC'.
Good for you. I will try to pattern my life after you. I do not call cashers rude or lazy. I call rude lazy cashers rude and lazy. Most are fine.
You must be a wonderful person.
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Yes, all my cashes are in remote and scenic areas and I have gotten mostly good replies but there are some that just seem determined to be rude or lazy, I don't know which. I suggest it is both.
Rude or lazy? Quite an indictment. Perhaps you need to implement ALR. "Only people saying nice things about my cache may log it."? One does wonder about those cachers. But calling them rude or lazy seems a bit presumptuous. Different strokes for different folks. Reminds me of the find I had deleted 'Because you never have anything nice to say about our caches." (It was hidden behind the 'Handicapped Parking' sign nailed to the side of a restaurant. Nope. Couldn't think of anything nice to say about it.)
Hey! I'm happy if people find my caches!
I was posting MY opinion of these rude people, I was not speaking for you or anyone else. I consider them rude and lazy.
You are happy if people find my cashes, you say. That is good. You are happy. I am happy if people take the time to do more than TFTC. Is that ok with you?
I don't set my standards by what others think.
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With the advent of outrageous gas prices how much does our sport cost you? I figure I spend about 5 dollars on every hide and close to that for every find. Maintenece in our area so far, on my 10 hides, 2 maitenence visits ( 1 muggled and 1 vandalized) in 3 months is averaged to about 1$ per cache over 3 months or 4$ per cache per year. That isn't too bad for something I love to do, certainly cheaper than going out to eat twice a week! I know our caches aren't too far away and some of you have huge distances between caches so where are you caching and how much do you spend on hiding, finding, and Maintenece? I'm in the upper midwest.
I agree with Team Go Fast. There are some things I just don't want to know
I find myself using my Honda Helix much more while casheing, it gets 70mpg 
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a person that only signs "TFTC" when registering a find on the web. Now it would be nice to see a little more of a response to a hide. It takes a bit of effort and time and a little cash to hide one and something more would be nice.
I have caught myself doing about as bad but it is something that cashers should think about. Some, including myself, want to know that their efforts are appreciated. It is nice when the finder lets me know if the hide was a good one and well thought out or not. I have found 45 and have been told I have much to learn but if the old pros don't pass on their knowledge how are we to learn?
If my hide is in a lousy area or not hidden well I would like to know.
Now don't get the idea that I am all bent out of shape over this but as I was reading some of these posts I thought about it and though I would pass my thoughts on
A small story or anecdote in the online log is nice to see
Much better than "NICE" which is what some cachers in our area post..
I agree. There would be no hobby without those that hide the cashes.
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TFTC is more about the cacher than the cache.
I used to write logs about every cache, some pretty long.
That was time consuming and, after hundreds of caches it was hard to find anything unique to say.
After finding thousands of caches I quit saying much but TFTC... fun, unique and interesting caches are still plentiful, but interesting things to say about them are harder to come up with!
That does not reflect on the cache in any way.
Remember that this forum is but a small sub-set of the geocaching community. Just because some say in here that TFTC is a statement on the cache does not make it so.
Oh I caught that right off. I have met quite a few cashers and there are few that would insinuate that a person that did not put out a cashe that was exciting to them means that it does not deserve a comment. I don't figure there are many out there thinking that way. Just a few.
I don't get many like that but it come to mind and I thought it might be interesting to see what the general feeling was.
I am sure it was on my profile page but I can not find it now.
I find myself using my Honda Helix much more while casheing, it gets 70mpg 
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With some of the other map programs you can download maps from many sources at no cost. You pick the area you wish to hunt and depending on your memory card size you can download detailed maps of any area. It suprised me that this was not available with the Geocaching Android program. I was hoping I was wrong. Before I use the other Map program I go to a WIFI spot and download the maps and it is free. Thanks for the reply