TeeEff
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Here's the problem with that. Try searching for a Garmin product that is only three characters, such as the 60C. (Nobody calls it the Garmin 60C.) Here's what you get:
"One or all of your search keywords were below 4 characters or you are searched for words which are not allowed, such as 'html', 'img', etc, please go back and increase the length of these search keywords or choose different keywords. "
Which is why I would propose splitting the hardware part of this forum into Hardware - Garmin, Hardware - Magellen, Hardware - Others.
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I just saw it too on CNN Headline News. It hit the record button on my TiVo so my wife could see it. It runs 2 minutes, 38 seconds.
Correspondent Daniel Sieberg, CNN.com's Technology Editor, goes on a geocache hunt with Rick Clawson and Rick's daughter, Emily, with Emily in a stroller. Rick is using Magellen's Explorist GPS. The narration has references to geocaching.com and mentions prizes being sponsored by Magellen and Jeep. Sieberg and Clawson find an ammo box cache and look through it's contents which include a Jeep Travel Bug.
Sieberg has an article on Geocaching on CNN.com dated Feb. 1, 2001, in which he talks to Jeremy Irish and also includes a picture of Jeremy. There's a talking head in the CNN Headline News piece who is not identified, but based on the picture in the online article was probably Jeremy also.
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I'll put in a 2nd vote for GPSdiscount. Great prices and fast service. They've sent me a free t-shirt with every order
even my last piddly $45 order.I'll put in a third vote for GPSDiscount. I've had good service from them on three orders. I originally ordered my 60C from getfeetwet.com but it turned out they didn't have it in stock and I had a deadline. They did gratiously cancel my order the next day.
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welch, I received your money order today. The bracket will go to the post office tomorrow. Hope you find the bracket as useful as we did!
Note to kcgor: You sent me a direct e-mail inquiring about the bracket. I responded to you, but the return e-mail you supplied bounced. It was the same e-mail that's in your profile.
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After looking at the Microsoft website, I'm not clear if the Standard version has the same GPS support as the version with the GPS Locator. GPS is not mentioned on the page for Standard edition, only the GPSL version. On another page it states: "And now, Streets & Trips fully harnesses the power of GPS by offering a special version of the software. With Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005 with GPS Locator, Streets & Trips is packaged with Microsoft's fist-ever GPS hardware receiver. In a snap, your laptop becomes an all-inclusive GPS device."
The info on the Navarre site as well as buy.com lists this is a feature for the Standard version: "GPS support - Orient yourself on the road with a GPS device running NMEA 2.0 or later. Simply plug the device into your machine running Streets & Trips and see your location."
So who knows?
Another question would be if it supports the Garmin GPSrs with USB.
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I haven't received a reply from we3dements after sending my address. He hasn't indicated that he wants it or that he has sent a check, so as far as I'm concerned, it's still up for grabs. I've responded to your PM with my address.
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so is this sold??
Not yet. I haven't had a reply from my PM to w3dements. His PM just asked how I wanted payment, but didn't actually say that he wanted it. Cash or check will do. I'll PM my info to you. First come, first served!
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PM sent
PM replied!
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No, it is only for the model numbers that I listed.
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I have a Garmin windshield suction cup mount that I used with my GPS III+. It is this bracket: http://shop.garmin.com/accessory.jsp?sku=010%2D10362%2D00, and can be used with any V, III+, III, II+ or II. The III+ is now resting at the bottom of the ocean off Newport Harbor so I no longer have a use for the bracket.
I used this bracket quite a bit as it was much better than the original bean bag mount that Garmin used to offer.
Garmin sells it for $25 + shipping, send me $15 and I'll ship it to you via USPS (US only).
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All very well to ask here for opinions, however, since your 60C is still under warranty I would contact Garmin and use what they say. They're the experts and also the decider of what they will and won't cover under warranty. It never hurts to get a second opinion, but that opinion should be Garmin's. Better safe than sorry.
Just my $.02 (or $0.0162 in Euros).
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My first thought was that it is a female smiley face in a burka, in which case it's probably not smiling.
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I originally bought a Garmin III+ probably in 1997 just because it was a neat toy. This was before I had ever heard of Geocaching. Started Geocaching with it in the fall of 2002 and liked it even more. Unfortunately, lost it overboard in April 2003. I've just replaced it with a Garmin 60C and I am amazed and astonished how much move advanced the features are on this GPS.
A new job requires me to travel by car so I've used it on road with its turn-by-turn features and I'll never be lost again. The bright color screen is visible during the day in the brightest sun (I live in SoCal and drive a convertible) and at night with no problem. I've used it off road for geocaching and am amazed at it's accuracy and ease of navigation in finding caches. I've also used it on the water both day and night and it's a breeze to use.
I've also used the POI database to find gas stations, restaurants, stores, etc. Truly an amazing travel companion, regardless of how you're traveling.
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Corrected potential problem where invalid characters could be entered into a waypoint comment.
If this is the problem that I've been having, it still doesn't seem to work correctly. When I create a new street address waypoint, I put the address in the comments field. When I put in the street address and then hit the CR symbol, it goes to the next line and I put in the city. When I'm done editing however, a "J" is inserted where I put the CR and the last part of the street name runs together with the city.
For example, I entered:
4620 ALVARADO[CR]
SAN DIEGO
When I was done editing, it looked like this:
4620 ALVARADO
RDJSAN DIEGO
Anybody else with this problem?
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Originally posted by wcgreen:You did place the caches on your property, right? If not, did you get permission of the property owners or the property's managers?
And none of your caches are placed on public land?
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Originally posted by wcgreen:You did place the caches on your property, right? If not, did you get permission of the property owners or the property's managers?
And none of your caches are placed on public land?
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Originally posted by geospotter:My point is...
that the people of Kauai may not want your caches and it is not up to you or me to decide that they need one.
I'm assuming from your reply that you've asked "the people of New England" whether they've wanted the caches that YOU'VE placed?
I'm a property owner in Kauai, so I guess that makes me one of the "people of Kauai". And I don't mind. I didn't ask the other residents.
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Originally posted by geospotter:My point is...
that the people of Kauai may not want your caches and it is not up to you or me to decide that they need one.
I'm assuming from your reply that you've asked "the people of New England" whether they've wanted the caches that YOU'VE placed?
I'm a property owner in Kauai, so I guess that makes me one of the "people of Kauai". And I don't mind. I didn't ask the other residents.
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Originally posted by welch:ok, but do you think the owner should have at least SOME responsibility?
this person seems to not even plan to have partial responsibility...(ie: to place a cache in an area you'll probably NEVER visit again).gif
If a person places a cache in an area that they've visited on vacation, chances are that other people will vacation there as well. We found that finding geocaches in Kauai made our hiking more enjoyable there, just as it has at home. In my example, none of the caches there were placed by locals, but dozens of people have enjoyed finding them. (Correction, apparently two caches were hidden by locals who have since moved off Kauai, so they decided to remove their physical caches and make them virtual caches. At the same time, they also had two caches in Colorado, where they apparently did not live.)
Perhaps the cache owner could place a note in their description indicating that this is not a maintained cache and that they are relying on people who are going to be looking for the cache to help maintain it. I don't see how this is any worse than someone who has lost interest, has other obligations, or whatever reason, and simply doesn't maintain their cache anymore.
I've e-mailed two owners of local caches who have never replied. In this context it is obvious that they no longer care about their cache or they would have replied to me. Yet, people are still logging finds on the cache and reporting problems with it.
I think that sometimes people get hung up on having "ideal" situations, when reality is often less than ideal. Then they pass judgement on others, taking a moral position.
So my short answer is, depending on the reason why the cache was hidden in the first place, I don't have any problem with someone taking NO responsibility for it and NEVER planning on visiting it again.
Personally, my wife and have been to Kauai every two years for the last 8 years. So we will visit our cache that often. In addition, we have friends who may go every year that could check on it for us, if there was some reason to do so.
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Originally posted by welch:ok, but do you think the owner should have at least SOME responsibility?
this person seems to not even plan to have partial responsibility...(ie: to place a cache in an area you'll probably NEVER visit again).gif
If a person places a cache in an area that they've visited on vacation, chances are that other people will vacation there as well. We found that finding geocaches in Kauai made our hiking more enjoyable there, just as it has at home. In my example, none of the caches there were placed by locals, but dozens of people have enjoyed finding them. (Correction, apparently two caches were hidden by locals who have since moved off Kauai, so they decided to remove their physical caches and make them virtual caches. At the same time, they also had two caches in Colorado, where they apparently did not live.)
Perhaps the cache owner could place a note in their description indicating that this is not a maintained cache and that they are relying on people who are going to be looking for the cache to help maintain it. I don't see how this is any worse than someone who has lost interest, has other obligations, or whatever reason, and simply doesn't maintain their cache anymore.
I've e-mailed two owners of local caches who have never replied. In this context it is obvious that they no longer care about their cache or they would have replied to me. Yet, people are still logging finds on the cache and reporting problems with it.
I think that sometimes people get hung up on having "ideal" situations, when reality is often less than ideal. Then they pass judgement on others, taking a moral position.
So my short answer is, depending on the reason why the cache was hidden in the first place, I don't have any problem with someone taking NO responsibility for it and NEVER planning on visiting it again.
Personally, my wife and have been to Kauai every two years for the last 8 years. So we will visit our cache that often. In addition, we have friends who may go every year that could check on it for us, if there was some reason to do so.
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Originally posted by geospotter:Do you think that maybe the people of Kauai might prefer it that way?
And your point is ... ?
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Originally posted by geospotter:Do you think that maybe the people of Kauai might prefer it that way?
And your point is ... ?
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Originally posted by BrianSnat:Would you buy a dog, tie him him up in your yard and let the neighboorhood kids play with him, but assume that they are going to feed him too?
Well, it isn't quite the same now is it? No, I didn't think so. Thumbs down for posting a poor analogy. Thankfully, you didn't use a baby as an analogy.
I don't think it's rude and I don't assume anything, including that the next cache I found is going to be in perfect shape and well hidden. If no one finds a cache, then it will be perfectly fine. However, if the last person didn't put the lid on tight or didn't hide it well, I don't have much control over that whether I'm a mile away or 2500 miles away.
I'm sure that I'm in the minority, but I don't believe that someone who places a cache should take sole responsibility for it. This is a group thing, if you're going to participate, then if a cache is not in good shape, put that in the logs so that people who come along behind you can fix it.
I'd rather hide a cache in Kauai and have someone find an area that they might not go to than not hide one at all. There would be NO caches in Kauai if visitors didn't place them.
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Originally posted by BrianSnat:Would you buy a dog, tie him him up in your yard and let the neighboorhood kids play with him, but assume that they are going to feed him too?
Well, it isn't quite the same now is it? No, I didn't think so. Thumbs down for posting a poor analogy. Thankfully, you didn't use a baby as an analogy.
I don't think it's rude and I don't assume anything, including that the next cache I found is going to be in perfect shape and well hidden. If no one finds a cache, then it will be perfectly fine. However, if the last person didn't put the lid on tight or didn't hide it well, I don't have much control over that whether I'm a mile away or 2500 miles away.
I'm sure that I'm in the minority, but I don't believe that someone who places a cache should take sole responsibility for it. This is a group thing, if you're going to participate, then if a cache is not in good shape, put that in the logs so that people who come along behind you can fix it.
I'd rather hide a cache in Kauai and have someone find an area that they might not go to than not hide one at all. There would be NO caches in Kauai if visitors didn't place them.
even my last piddly $45 order.
Map60CSx connection problem
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Don't bother with Trip and Waypoint Manager, uninstall it and get GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) instead.
As far as your USB drivers, as far as I can tell the Garmin USB .exe file doesn't actually install the drivers, but appears to create a USB Drivers folder which contains the drivers. You can load these manually:
- Right click on My Computer, select Properties, select Hardware, select Device Manager. You should see "GARMIN Devices" in the Device Manager window.
- Expand it, right click on "Garmin USB GPS", and select "Update Driver".
- Select "No, not this time" and click Next.
- Click "Install from a list or a specific location".
- Select "Don't Search, ...". You should now see a window where "Garmin USB GPS" is shown.
- Click "Have Disk" and then Browse to either:
c:\Program Files\Garmin\USB_Drivers OR
c:\Garmin\USB_Drivers
You should see at least one .inf file in the directory. Select the one that is the newest (change the view to "Details") or grmsusb.inf and click Open, then click OK.
This should install the driver and your USB connection should now work.