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SidAndBob

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  1. It's "New York" by carels now. Seems an unorthodox practice to develop/test in a production environment. I would lose my job if I did that.
  2. Is it just me or does everyone see "My STF List" by sk8t3r on every listing they look at?
  3. I'll look out for you tomorrow. I'll be trying out Topo US 2008.
  4. Thanks for that. The detail is at a very low level, but it's handy to get an overview of a large area.
  5. This model allows you to use almost unlimited POI (points of interest). A POI stores the coordinates, 44 characters for the name and 88 characters for the description. Waypoints only allow 14 characters. As others have said, you'll need GSAK and Premium Membership, then you can fit whatever data you deem most important into these 132 characters. I put things like the hint, container size, owner, last 4 finds status etc. While it's not my first method of accessing this data I can keep many 1,000's of caches on my Garmin as a backup. Even with a PDA it's good for a quick hint look up. I recall there is a macro that will split the description in a cache listing across multiple POI, but I've never tried it.
  6. I decided to research my local disused railways a couple of years ago when I started running out of local caches. I would recommend it to anyone . It's taken me to some pretty awesome places and some brilliant walks. As in most areas some track has been converted to cycle track, but it's the untouched stretches that I love. I feel I understand my local industrial past, geography and geology to a much greater extent than I did. It's also turned up some good locations for caches. Wye Valley & FoD Railways
  7. Is there any chance that the TB we left in Four Trunks can be rescued? I think the others are empty.
  8. Geocaching mode is just a gimmick to hook in Geocachers and is lame at best. You will probably want to set up custom icons for different cache types. Geocaching mode is only capable of using one icon, so I would advise to forget it. The base map is what your Garmin comes pre-loaded with. Base maps have almost no detail and are inaccurate. AFAIK you can't buy base maps. You would buy a "proper" map to load onto MicroSD. Topo UK is routing, Topo US is not, so make sure you check. Examples of mapping detail is available on garmin.com. Check there for map availability too. All Garmin products have some internal memory AFAIK. Maps, tracks and POI are held on MicroSD card, waypoints and routes on internal memory. This is why there is a limit to the number of routes and waypoints while tracks and POI are almost unlimited. All models come with a tiny (64MB) MicroSD card, but they are so cheap now it's unreal. A 2GB card will hold all of Topo UK. If you don't buy maps why would you buy a mapping GPSr? No voice, but I managed for a couple of years with it. Like most sat nav the screen zooms in on the junction as you approach, so it's pretty clear. Any of the later generations of Garmin products what you want well. i.e. eTrex H series, GPSMAP60C(S)x and Colorado/Oregon, though some eTrex models can't handle maps. I would definitely buy Topo UK mapping. It's not perfect, but it's the best you'll get on a Garmin. I'm sure you have plenty of OS maps anyway. Differences in models are easy to research and well documented on this site as well as the Garmin site.
  9. I tend to watch from a private bookmark list. So you don't even know how many people are watching your cache.
  10. I asked the same question to a tree surgeon only last week. The answer was as HH's. Established trees are very resilient. Yes, it does come out the other side.
  11. Excellent thanks. Maybe the pdf formatting will get sorted one day.
  12. Get well soon - my man flu has nearly gone now. I've had it a week! Anyhow - best get this back on topic! Is money no object but don't like running costs? Go waterproof windows PDA. Still flush with money and don't mind running costs? Buy mobile phone with GPS. Like technology, but don't like running costs and not flush with money - go cheap windows PDA. Like technology, but don't like running costs, not flush with money and don't need/want electronic mapping and like decent battery life? - go Palm PDA. That is what I see the various options are - its just what you want. Others will know as I prattle on far too much on these here forums, but I use the Palm PDA, separate GPSr and paper (laminated!!) map solution. I do exactly the same! Maps have several big advantages: You get the big picture; they don't have batteries to run down, and they never crash or need rebooting! Amazingly they're not quite flawless.
  13. I'm shown as being in Washington, USA. Development time well spent.
  14. This is a well documented problem. Now compare the track log of the CSx in the diagram above it.
  15. A tip for the future. Always take a digit photo of the tag when you pick it up (and check you can read it). I usually take another one of the TB with the cache when I leave it, so I can remember where I left it too. TB details can be recorded in Cachemate too.
  16. Thanks for that. A detour to Ross-on-Wye on the way home means I once again own far more Tupperware than the wife.
  17. Excellent. It'll be great to have some more caches in that area too. Shame we won't be able hide a cache on this guy now.
  18. The Garmin response said " The APPLICATION.CPP error is usually caused by some type of conflict with another program", but I decided to look at my data, based on the above. I updated the GSAK macro, made sure there was no "fake caches" (as I use these in the same way as Geekboy.from.Illinois) and made sure there were no subfolders in my POI folder. And hey presto! It worked. Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Note : I have the User Flag set on my "fake caches" so I can filter them out easily, but the POI macro uses the complete database contents and ignores any filter. To get round this I create a temorary db and copy the rows I want from a standard filter.
  19. I've just received the following reply from the BBC. Seems as though you can imply anything as long as it's "not intended as a serious look at the hobby". I'm sure the general public will know it was meant to be "tongue in cheek". Thank you for your e-mail. Please accept our apologies for the delay in replying. We know our correspondents appreciate a quick response and we are sorry you have had to wait on this occasion. We note your concerns regarding the 'One Show' on 10 September and our item on Geocoaching. The item was not intended as a serious look at the hobby. It was simply a small sideways glance at how GPS is being used to create new sports and hobbies like these. The sequence did include the digging up of a treasure chest (although you don't actually see it being pulled from the ground). It was a tongue in cheek sequence which was in no way intended to portray a proper look at geocaching. We apologise, however, for any offence which may have been caused. This was never our intention. Please be assured that we have registered your comments on our audience log. This is the internal report of audience feedback which we compile daily for all programme makers and commissioning executives within the BBC, and also their senior management. It ensures that your points, and all other comments we receive, are circulated and considered across the BBC. Once again, thank you for taking the time to contact us. Regards BBC Complaints
  20. Does anyone have this working. It just crashes for me. Of course it was fine on XP. Garmin sent a reply saying it should work on Vista and to uninstall all Garmin s/w, remove reg entries, reboot and to install to C:\Garmin. It makes no difference. I wasn't too hopeful when the procedure referred to " ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS".
  21. I think I have missed the point here. Back in the "old days" you had to walk for at least half an hour to be presented with some lovely scenery. The caches I was told of (they may or may not have been representative) were as I described. Mind you, I wouldn't drive a 200 mile round trip for a 30 minute walk either.
  22. I was introduced to Geocaching by a 2001 veteran, who regaled me tales of the old days. Although I agree that Geocaching is far from perfect now, at least we don't have to drive 60-100 miles to find one cache, walk for 5 minutes, then drive back home again. A good antidote to 2008 caching is to cache in some more remote areas. It really is like traveling back in Geocaching time. Low (human) population density = better caches in my experience.
  23. Those that follow the Geocaching.com web site forum will be aware of the Cooliris add-on for Firefox and IE7 and how geocaching.com has been enabled to use it. If you haven't used it yet you can see a demo and download it (for FREE of course) from www.cooliris.com Search the forums for Cooliris for more details. Edited to remove the space from the URL. Thanks for pointing it out Dave.
  24. I started out using OziExplorer to do this a few years back. It's a cheap alternative if you have the paper maps.
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