cliff_hanger
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Is it a good idea or is it too far?
It's too far. Nobody would EVER do a cache that extreme
cliff_hanger, mind if I ask your reasoning for renewing the same event over and over rather than publishing new events? Not criticizing it or against it, just curious.
1) Photos: Attendees, past and future, like to see the photos. I'm not interested in moving the photos or links to new pages. And if I did, they really wouldn't have anything to do with the 'new' event.
2) We like to see how many people we've cycled through this. Since we've held this event 8 or 9 times thus far, it's easier to see it all in one place.
3) IMO, you 'attend' an event rather than 'find' it. You can only 'find' a cache once. It's not unusual to handle events that way around here. I can cite "Cliffsides and Grapevines" and "Wings and Beer (and Pizza, too)" among others as events that are recycled or, in the case of "Wings and Beer" are never temporarily disabled - just have new dates posted.
4) Much easier for me just to change the date and press the "reactivate" button.
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Is it a good idea or is it too far?
It's too far. Nobody would EVER do a cache that extreme
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Our reviewer (CTReviewer) is great. Very pro-active. I don't know how he finds the time
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Anyone else having trouble signing into the Web Site Feedback forum to vote on a topic? I get redirected and then nothing happens. (Firefox 6.0, Win7 pro) But, other forums are ok (obviously)
Think the lackeys are tired of our suggestions?
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I like the find count. If a couple of cachers with only a few finds DNF one of my caches I don't worry so much about it. If a couple of cachers with hundreds of finds DNF one of my caches, I go out and check on it.
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Maybe gc.com is finally headed back in the right direction?
This morning all the avatars in logs showed up as only grey generic faces. Hopefully, a first step to removing them completely. YAY!!!
edit: sadly, it looks like that was just for troubleshooting. Oh well, back to 'hacking' with ABP
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We also don't like how the cache's found and challenges completed figures are combined.
Should be kept separate in out opinion.
Pleased to here the dates of cache found is returning.
Yes, the dates will be fixed in "about a little while"
LOL.. good one. "About Yesterday" would be better.
I had hoped the approximate date and avatar foolishness would have been fixed by now. I could not care less about challenges: it's easy to ignore them (unless they start showing up in my PQs)
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Since I don't think they'll take the avatars out, here's the ABP rules to do that:
geocaching.com#p(class=logOwnerAvatar)
Thank you! Too bad we have to "hack" the gc.com page to rid ourselves of this foolishness.
Seriously, what were they thinking?
I can ignore so-called "challenges". Now if we could just get real log dates back.
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Seriously, get rid of the wasted space avatars on the cache page logs and bring back specific dates. What were you thinking?
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Well, I don't have as many finds or available favorites as some people do. But I found that when looking over my found caches the best ones, the ones I've now marked as favorite, immediately jumped out at me. The ones that I couldn't remember much about obviously did not impress me.
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Usually I just sign and date the physical logbook, trying to write more in my online log. Usually a paragraph or two. Occasionally, I get a reply from the CO thanking me for writing a good log and that makes my day. How many times do CO's think of sending a note to say "thanks for the great log?"
I was especially pleased to get a thank you for this log that I wrote:
But, try as I might, I never seem to be about to get up to this level:
When the person who wrote that log found my Two Towers series, I was really pleased to send a "thank you for the awesome logs". Hope you enjoy them, too.
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There are quite a few climbing/rappelling caches here in CT. There are even climbing events where people climb together and experienced climbers (years of experience) teach others about it.
When people around here find the caches, it's often done in a group, with people spending the day climbing different routes. It's more about climbing with friends rather than simply finding a cache, though people find the cache at that time.
For the actual event, (before the ALR change) the owner didn't want to force people to do something where they might have a problem just to sign the log, so he put the event log at the bottom of the cliff and let people sign in there if they felt they couldn't do the climb/rappel.
Editing to add that I'm not sure why there would be differences in publishing between areas as long as the caches meet the guidelines.
Just to clarify/add to Skippermarks comments.
There are so many climbing/rappelling caches here in CT that the local CT caching website awards a 'binerhead' medal for every 5 that you've find/attend!
For one event (GC177JW) there are two components. First, there is a logbook for the event which you can sign just for attending - as he mentioned, you don't actually have to climb or rappel. Just attend and hang out with us. For the second part, there is a rappeling cache (GC15K9A) on the cliff where the event is held. It's a multi and the container on the cliff has coordinate information to find the final where the log book is located. In reality, people sign the logbook standing on level ground.
And congratulations on getting you cache published!!! However, I notice that you used my copyrighted caching handle as part of your cache's name. While very flattering, I'm afraid that my lawyers, "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe", will be contacting you
cliff_hanger®
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A quick search of the forums reveals this
http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=3745897
I've personally found this to be the best solution
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Here we go again. My Garmin Vista HCx was refusing to read third-party maps from the microSD card. So I bought the official Garmin WA/OR 24K topo on microSD.
If I go to System Setup menu and look at Card Info it shows the card as being installed with 1488.2 MB of maps. So far so good.
If I go to Map Setup menu, on the information screen, no map is listed. The Show Map Name box is empty.
If I go to the main map display screen, where the base map is showing, and select Menu > Setup Map, same deal. No ability to select the topo that's on the card.
So is my Vista HCx just a piece of garbage, or am I missing some minor but crucial step?
Thanks for any help you can give.
Have you tried a hard system reset? I had something similar happen with min Legend HCx and everything showed up afterwards.
What are the steps for a hard reset?
Hold the PAGE (upper right) button and joystick ENTER buttons. Press power while holding those two. A screen will come up asking if you really want to erase all the data.
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Going on a cruise this March, and I was wondering what the best option is for picking up some city navigator type software for the Bahamas?
I'd like to do a few caches if they're close by, but it's mainly just to have a sense of what is where.
So, for a 60csx, what Garmin (or other) map would you recommend?
We're going in March too. What we used was at http://rwsmaps.griffel.se/
I, too, used the maps from http://rwsmaps.griffel.se/ in my Vista HCx on a December 2008 trip to Nevis and St. Kitts. Basically, there is no auto-routing on the maps and some road information is a little dated. However, they worked very well for our purposes and were better than anything else we could find. There are some POIs on the maps and they seem to be ones that folks have added to google earth.
Since there are pretty much no street addresses on Nevis as we drove around we waymarked places that we wanted to revisit like restaurants, certain stores, historical sites etc. The topo map was good enough for us to hike to the summit of Mt. Nevis alone - a hike which usually requires a guide service because it goes through a dense rain forest and is very steep. We also were able to waymark were we parked the car in Basseterre St Kitts and after wandering around all day were able to find the car quickly and catch the ferry back to Nevis.
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http://ctcachers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Paperless_Caching
And a bunch of other tutorials are listed in the FAQs at the top of this GPS and Technology forum
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By "I have a Garmin Vista HCX GPS, with Taiwan's and South Africa's maps preinstalled" do you mean that you bought an SD card with those maps already on it or you created that map set and added it to a blank SD card?
If the former, I would buy a new SD card and reader. If the latter, see below.
Map sets on my Vista HCx are in the root of the SD card and are all in a single file named "gmapsupp.img"
If I was to create and load a new map, then "gmapsupp.img" would be overwritten and the previous map set would be gone. However, you could rename "gmapsupp.img" to something like "taiwan.img" You might want to save it on your pc or in a subfolder on your SD card. (I created a subfolder named "maps") Then, when you create a new map with your Europe city navigator 2009, it will load a new file named "gmapsupp.img" on your SD card. This will be the map that your GPS will use while you are in UK.
Later, you can rename and swap them. Keep in mind that the GPSr will ONLY read the one mapset file named "gmapsupp.img"
As far as custom POIs, the POI loader generates a file that always is named "poi.gpi" and goes in a subfolder on your SD card named "poi". However, in this case the name "poi.gpi" is not important. You can rename the files and have multiple poi files in the same subfolder and the GPSr will read them all. In fact, you can select which one(s) you want to load. So, you could, for example, have taiwan.gpi, SAfrica.gpi and UK.gpi if you generate custom POIs with poiloader
Other POIs that you see like restaurants, hospitals, banks, etc are part of the mapset and would be automatically generated and saved as part of "gmapsupp.img"
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What operating system on your pc?
Do you have Palm Desktop and HotSync installed?
Have you ever been able to connect the Palm to your PC and transfer ANY data? (not just for Plucker)
Can you start Plucker on your Palm at all?
It should default to the Plucker 'help' file at first startup
Keep in mind that plucker has two components. One that resides on your PC and will "pluck" and save webpages in a format that the reader can see. The other component resides on your Palm and reads the files that you have "plucked" and saved. This other file has a .prc extension.
There has been some discussion that the Plucker component for the PC doesn't always work so well and some people use SunriseXP for that component. The WIKI link below uses SunriseXP on PC and Plucker on the Palm as an example but the basic procedure is the same for Plucker on PC/Plucker on Palm.
Anyway, this link may provide some help
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hi guys
i just started geocaching, and my husband has a magellan 315 which he had used when he went hunting, we used it this weekend to go geocaching and we found 2 caches! it was really exciting.
is this a good gps to use - to me it seemed really complicated to use, but that may be just because i have never used one before. we have had this one probably about 8 years, so i assume the newer ones have much better features for geocaching?
thanks for the help
Welcome to geocaching! You'll probably get a lot of opinions about which GPSr is "best".
I started with a Magellan Meridian Gold (still have it) and currently use a Garmin Vista HCX. One of the more revered and well know cachers in my state has always used a Magellan 315 and is currently at 1252 finds and 19 hides. So, yes the 315 works for geocaching.
True, there are other models with much faster processors, newer features and more accurate chips. Certainly the 315 is old technology and Magellan tech support is virtually non-existent. But, you already have it so why not use it for a while and enjoy caching?
Go to some of the caching events in Texas. As you meet other cachers and see what GPSr they use you'll probably upgrade in the future, but it will be from an experienced, informed decision. Have fun.
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F7=247
A9=169
Those are WRONG.
Please read the writeup a few more times. If you have not read it in a few days, it's been made a little more understandable in the last couple days.
You have chosen a checksum instead of a satellite in one place.
And you have chosen part of a Longitude instead of a satellite in the other place, and gotten that botched too. Pairs of characters, not individual characters, ABCDEFGHIJ is mentally thought of as AB CD EF GH IJ and can't ever be thought of as A BC DE FG HI J
I've corrected your highlights
S3 19 2D1BD3DC 230A230F23142319231E23232328232D23322337 4C
S3 19 2D1BD3F0 0000FF7B8700FFF1780000408300FF958A00008C A9
S3 19 2D1BD404 8100008C89000000181818181818181818180808 30
87Hex=135
81=129
If these represent the firmware you alread have then you already have WAAS.
Thanks, that's why I asked. My Merigold was on when the change in satellites took place, which may explain why I already have WAAS (and I already knew that part) This was purely academic and I wanted myself (and others) to be able to see a real example because I didn't think I had selected the correct pairs.
Now, here's a question. If I re-initialize the Merigold without updating the firmware, would I lose WAAS?
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I haven't made any changes yet, so, just checking. In this string, have I selected the right numbers for the birds?
S3192D1BD3DC230A230F23142319231E23232328232D233223374C
S3192D1BD3F00000FF7B8700FFF1780000408300FF958A00008CA9
S3192D1BD4048100008C8900000018181818181818181818080830
F7=247
78=120
83=131
8A=138
A9=169
89=137
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I must have exported Caches with child waypoints to cachemate, so now I have child waypoints listed on my Palm. This is undesirable: It clutters the list - for instance I have a number of points called "parking" in the list of caches.
Now as far as I understand the system hot-sync merges the computer generated database with the PDA database (as opposed to rewriting it), so I cannot get rid of the child waypoints on the PDA. I hope I have explained the situation clearly.
Can anyone suggest how I can remove the child waypoints from the PDA or alternatively clear the cachemate database on the PDA so that I can reload from scratch.
Thanks
FYI: Lightsquared Files Chapter 11
in General geocaching topics
Posted
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444752504578024762546448822.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#project%3DFALCONE0929%26articleTabs%3Darticle
"LightSquared is asking the FCC to modify its license application so it can use its five megahertz of spectrum that haven't caused GPS concerns. It also seeks to use another five megahertz that it would share with federal-government users. The other filing, a rule-making petition, calls for LightSquared to forego using the "upper" 10 MHz that have caused GPS concerns. It still wants the FCC to consider use of that 10 MHz but agreed to wait for and cooperate with "operating parameters and revised rules for terrestrial use of this spectrum."