George M

Garmin has a patch to fix the crash when viewing the East region in MapSource. On this page there's a box on the right side titled "Download MapSource United States TOPO Basemap Patch". Grab that - it fixed the problem for me.

Are you referring to the TopoQuads? They still sell them on disc. They work with TopoUSA 6 and the PN-20.

I got a PN-20 to play with, and while I'm not yet ready for it to replace my 60CS for Geocaching in a firmware revision or two I might be. There's a lot of information available on DeLorme's forums, but here are my quick impressions. The topo maps and aerial images on the PN-20 are very nice and the aerial images in particular will be helpful for finding caches in unfamiliar territory. That said, once you've used up your 400 sq. km of free downloads they're terribly expensive. You can apparently order them on CD for a lot less than the downloads (I don't understand that pricing model) but even so they're still expensive. You can use their TopoQuad data with the PN-20, which gives you the USGS 7.5 minute quad maps but not the aerial imagery. Physically, I prefer the 60CS. They're pretty comparable in size, but the 60CS feels smaller and the tapered case fits my hand nicely. The PN-20 is OK, just not as nice. The PN-20 has more battery options. It will take standard alkaline or NiMH AA cells, or you can get a Li-Ion battery for the PN-20 and can charge it in the unit. The UI is where I think the 60CS really shines. It may just be because I've been using it (and other Garmins) for a long time, but I really do think the 60CS has a better designed UI. Things seem better laid out and more intuitive on the 60CS. Garmin uses bigger fonts and makes better use of graphics, and it's a lot easier on my aging eyes. The PN-20 uses a really small font for most things. Also, the PN-20 feels slow - I'm often waiting for it to do things, where the 60CS is always quick to respond. I like what you get out of the box with the PN-20. For a decent price you get the unit plus routable streets and good topo data for the entire US (if you live anywhere but the US it's probably not of much interest to you). The additional maps and aerial photos are great, but once you get to like them you'll end up sending DeLorme a lot of money a little at a time. Anyway, the PN-20 seems very much like a 1.0 release. It's a little rough around the edges now, but I'm pretty confidant that it will get polished nicely. Given that this is their entry into this market, DeLorme has a lot of incentive to get it right. Plus it seems like a lot of the DeLorme engineers are outdoors types that actually use the thing. It has great potential, and I have high hopes for it.

Yep, GPSBabel 1.2.3_beta04112004 works like a charm with GSAK 3.01 and my 60CS. Thanks to both robertlipe and ClydeE for your help on this. Same day service on Easter Sunday, for free software! Much appreciated.

Yes, the only thing I need to change is the version of gpsbabel.exe in GSAK's program folder. GSAK 3.01 + GPSBabel 1.2.3_beta04092004 results in a bogus description. GSAK 3.01 + GPSBabel 1.2.2_beta02222004 works correctly.

First, thanks for a terrific program. I really like the changes in 3.01. Except... The new version of GPSBabel doesn't seem to work right with my 60CS. No matter what I put in the Waypoint Description Format field, I end up with some garbage like '3W' or '3WA' in the description field of the 60CS. Whatever it puts there in any given transfer is the same for all caches. I replaced the new GPSBabel with the version from GSAK 3.0 final and it seems to be working OK.

If you're looking for Windows software, IrfanView is a terrific (and free) viewer that does a nice job of resizing. It can use a Lanczos filter for resampling which for many of my photos does a noticeably better job than PhotoShop.

Nice work, I really like the new format. I gotta agree with Rocket Man about the colors though. The grey and yellow are barely distinguishable from the white on my LCD screen.

I often use the "from my home coordinates" link on "my cache" page and scan the results for caches I haven't found. The distinction between found and unfound caches is now a bit too subtle for me. How about using row colors to distinguish them; something like this?

Good stuff, thanks for posting it. The files I had to edit on my Windows 2000 system with Opera 7.10 were: C:Program FilesOpera7profilesearch.ini C:Program FilesOpera7defaultsstandard_menu.ini There was also a search.ini in the "C:Program FilesOpera7" folder. Editing it had no effect. I didn't know you could do any of this. It looks like you can add stuff to any menu, including context menus. Neat.