[Map 60cs]

 

I've found the compass to be very useful, I just don't want to have to calibtrate it each time I use it.

 

 

Why not? All it takes is 10 seconds and makes sure it is accurate.

[How Waterproof Is A 60csx?]

It is pretty wet in Scotland and I wear my unit on my rucksack shoulder strap never had any problems.

[Which Mapsource Product Is Best?]

City Navigator, City Select, or Metroguide?

 

(I really tried to answer this on the Garmin website, but could not)

 

GeoBobC

 

What do you want to use it for? A little more info may help with some answers?

[Garmin Gpsmap 60c Road Routing]

What software should i purchase to get the routing working in the uk ?

does routing work with the topo maps ?

 

 

Hi I have the 60CSx and the UK TOPO routing works on that.

[So Does Anybody Like Their 60csx?]

Love mine to bits. +/-3 m (or 10 ft) all of the time.

 

Make sure you have solid navigation skills to use the device.

[Not Entirely Happy With My Gpsmap 60csx]

Hi TracknQ

 

Thanks for the detailed post. Yes the post was "directed" at you but let me expand it a little.

 

I'm first and foremost a mountaineer and for the last 30 years have used a map and compass only "getting into" the GPS world in the last few months. In the past I have worked in Mountain Rescue Teams so my navigation has had to be good - people's lives have relied on it, both in finding a casuilty as quickly as I could and getting the location to other people and helicopters to get an injured climber back to hospital as fast as possible. Hence, I am a bit cynical about pure Geocasheing (sorry boys and girls) for me the GPS is a navigation tool just like my map, compass, watch and fingers (I need them to count paces between clumps of grass when the visibility is less then 3 m or 10 ft).

 

I have got to admit that I have had none of the problems that you have described with the unit and have found that the +/-3 m has been spot on. Both when checked against a UK OS map and that skill of the navigator of "knowing" where they are at all times. I am running 2.7 firmware and 2.5 software.

 

Garmin should be your first port of call with your problems - my comment was really to highlite that few people are as good as +-20ft with a map and compass. I get the feeling that you want to be able to geocache blindfold and IMHO that would make the game no fun at all.

[Not Entirely Happy With My Gpsmap 60csx]

How accurate are you with a map and compass?

[Garmin 60csx And Custom Poi]

Hi All

 

Been playing with the POI software and CSV files.

 

How many characters per line and how many lines can I have. Can't find a file specification anywhere

 

TIA

[Help! Setting Up Garmin 60 Csx]

What bits of the manual are you having problems with?

[More 60 Csx Bugs?]

Yes I see it but am happy with the deviation as the unit is smaller than your hand, the signal is 50 watts, from a bird flying in orbit.

[Survey: Which Gps Fits Best In/on Belt/pocket?]

Mine is clipped on the shoulder strap of my rucsack. Easy to get hold of but do add a small chord incase you drop it.

[Uk Satnav\gps]

Garmin 60cx with Topo UK will be excellent for geocaching and the maps also provide on road routing. I would look around the internet before buying from Millets though.

 

What he said...

[Garman Gpmap 60csx And Posts Codes]

The only thing I would say is that having postcode support way well push up the price of the product, as the use of postcodes requires huge licening fees If the unit supports custom POI's then you might eb able to import a database, brought off ebay. (a similar situation arose with the TomTom Go, the manufactures didn't find it cost effective so others created a database to do so...)

 

TOPU is already using post codes but the GPS field is built for ZIP codes not post codes. Thus by increasing the field size then post codes would be usable.

[Garman Gpmap 60csx And Posts Codes]

Hi All

 

I'm the happy owner of a Garman GPMAP 60Csx but feel it has one niggle - the UK Post Code is not correctly displayed and is not searchable.

 

I've contacted the Support team but for some odd reason they think as this model is an "outdoor" product nowbody would want to use post codes, who really needs an GPS "indoors"?

 

So I can happly find a point on the middle of Rannoch Moor but if I want to drive to my Granny in Aberdeen I can't pop in her Post Code and it will take me there!

 

If you thing the display of a full UK post code and the ability to search on it would be useful. Please email the Garman Support team requesting a "Change Request" for the full use of UK Post Codes.

 

If you could add to this tread the fact that you have done it we could gauge the number of requests they have had.

 

[Lowrance Or Garmin]

because right now the CSx is a horrible device to buy.

 

Not my experance. A fix in about 5 seconds +/- 3meters (+/- 10 feet) and does exactly what is says on the tin.

 

Auto routes me to the mountain and confirms my map and compass work every time.

[What About A National Cache Maintenance Weekend]

Personally, I feel it is for the owner to look aft it. They place it there so there is a duty to look after it.

[Caches In Paris]

Seeing the Metric or Imperal posting above this one, at the time of writing, leads me to ask if you will have the GPS set to km or miles when in France?

[What Item(s) Would You Not Be Without Now For Geocaching?]

A map and compass

[Paperless Caching Efficiency]

1. Get map and compass out!

 

Never gone paperless never will. The skills of a navigator must never be lost. I only ever use my GPS as backup.

[The More Maps The Slower It Gets?]

You are quite correct in your comments.

 

As the processor has more data to read this will slow down the output. One of the basic laws of computing.

[Gps For Geocaching In The Uk]

The reason I specified is because when looking at some websites, some say they use maps X others maps Y, etc.. So i was just wondering which system is better.

 

Specially as some seem to have limitations on their UK maps

 

Hi Deus

 

AHHH maps - that is a totally diffrent question!

 

My only experance is with the Garmin GPS Map 60CSx with the UK TOPO and it works a treat but has a high price tag.

[Imperial Or Metric?]

(and comes in a british style pint glass).

 

The glass is usually made in France.

 

I do miss the days of the 1/4 Gill Dram in the North of Scotland

[Unauthorised Cache Found On Ben Nevis]

I wondered why my rucksack was so heavy last time I did Tower Ridge then they burried the piano when I was making a brew the ********'s

[Gps For Geocaching In The Uk]

Hello!

 

What's the best GPS for geocaching in the UK for under (or around) £150

 

Thanks!

 

Hi Deus

 

Any GPS will work in the UK you do not get a country specific product.

[Is Garmin Fixing Custom Poi's On The 60cx?]

But, to do this right, Garmin is going to have to make the Micro SD cards appear to be like a file system.

 

I would not agree that they would have to do that. If the data structure is well designed there is no need to create a file system on the card. Creating a file system on the card would eat some of the usable memory and make it less efficent.

 

They don't seem to want to do this.

 

For good technical reasons

 

But, from their viewpoint, they just wanna sell more maps and make gobs more money for their shareholders.

 

I thought being is business was all about making money