the3gmen

OK, after playing around for a couple of hours, I managed to find the caches that were loaded as POI's onto the Oregon. It was a matter of the zoom being set to low. I can click on them and see the descriptions/logs/hints etc. The POI's are listed by clicking on the "Where to" /"extras" icons Looks like I now have all of my 20,000 caches loaded. I'm a happy camper.

edit - double post

After your suggestion, I tried the Nuvi_GPX macro. It loaded and ran ok, it created the gpx files along with the .bmp files etc, and the POI loader ran an told me that I had transferred 500 poi's (my test case) to my Oregon, but after restarting the Oregon, I can't find them there. Any ideas ?

I recently took advantage of the great price Cabela's had on the Oregon 450 and purchase one. I have been a very happy 60csx user for 7 years but wanted to see what the 450 had to offer. I know that I can load up gpx files from Pocket Queries, or through GSAK etc and that I can read the logs, descriptions, hints etc rightvon the Oregon. I also (think) I now that loading caches this way (as actual geocaches on the Oregon 450) has a limit of 5000 geocaches. Of course this is a pretty high number and will serve the purpose most of the time but when I was using my 60csx, I was able to load the caches from GSAK to the 60csx as custom Points Of Interest and there was no limit on the number I could load. I typically loaded my entire GSAK database which included everything withing a 75 mile radius. This was about 20,000 caches. Is there a way to do this on the Oregon ? If there is, will I be sacrificing the paperless feature, I mean will I still be able to read the descriptions/logs/hints right on the Oregon ? I am fairly good at using GSAK but have been unable to find a macro that does the custom POI thing for the Oregon. Thanks for any information

You are right that the only dumb question is one not asked. I am assuming that you are right with the answer that you assume. You can't transfer the access from android to IOS. It is really a different piece of software, not just a simple tweak to make it run on one or the other. I wonder if it is possible to transfer your "android license" to another person who might want to buy it from you at a discount. You could then use those funds to lessen to cost of your IOS "license" purchase. I assume I know the answer to that question too.

click on the link a few posts above to see if the Oregon 450 is still available. It is still available as I am typing this.

I resisted as long as I could. Finally pulled the trigger and ordered. By the way, shipping is free with promo code 93CAB

As as mentioned earlier this already exists. It's called munzee. It's interesting but no where near as fun as geocaching.

You could simply put the allen key into a container with a log book and list it as a separate cache and reference it in the description for the cache that needs the allen key. You might also want to put the special tool attribute on the second cache and list the size of the allen wrench needed. I wouldn't trust that the needed allen wrench would be waiting for me. Someone is going to misplace it or steal it eventually.

....As for the QR code- If you've ever heard of munzee, it's a game where you have to find QR codes. If I want to scan a QR code, I'll do that. And the other thing is, there's nothing preventing me from taking a picture of a QR code, and emailing it to all 5 million geocachers(except for lack of time to do so) ... You are right that with munzee, there's nothing preventing me from taking a picture of a QR code, and emailing it to all 5 million geocachers. But there is something preventing them from logging it as a find. The gps of the smartphone that is taking the picture needs to indicate that they are withing a certain distance of the actual coordinates that are registered to the QR code. But I agree, a physical log book is the only way to go.

But the log date should agree with the date of the find. Deleting the inaccurate log will "help" them do it right. I agree that the online log should match the date of the find but if you are logging on a different day, sometimes the dates get mixed up. I have logged a bunch of caches all on the same (wrong) day before. It is easy to do. You are right, deleting the inaccurate log will help them.

I agree that it sounds suspicious but there may be a valid reason for logging many caches from 2 different countries. If they haven't logged in to the website since July, it is possible that they may have been on an extended vacation and are logging all of their finds now that they are home. In this case , since they didn't sign the physical log, it seems obvious that at least that online log is not valid. Just delete it and move on.

You said it much better than I did in my previous post. Thank You.

I don't play the (what I consider) silly first to find game and I see no reason to delay any log so that someone who does play that game can feed their ego.

Awesome videos. Thank You for posting them. I was very curious about what the landscape looked like up there and how fast the river was flowing. I hope that whoever makes the trip to find the caches that you guys placed document their trip just as well. Great job

In my book there is no problem with asking the question here. I think the issue that people have is posting it on the cache page. I don't see any reason to archive it just because of one DNF. No matter how experienced the cacher is. Does anyone know which cache comes next on the DNF list ? How about in the lower 48 ?

edit: you guys are right. I'll remove my post to keep this thread on track.

Congrats to both of you. Thanks so much for all that you did to keep us in the loop. As you can tell by reading this thread, we were watching all the way. I hope that you are able to make some kind of a blog with pictures and description of your trip.

I'll plead ignorance here. Can someone give a quick explaination why navigatint the delta should be so hard ? The blog of the trip in 1983 (1984?) mentioned that they were concerned but they only had paper maps to guide them. Not a fancy gps like these guys do.

By my calculations, their best 10 minute distance yesterday was just over 1 mile (6mph) today their best is about 1.25 miles (7.5mph) edit: dumb math mistake

Dos anyone care to add this to the wikipedia page for "Drunken Bee Dance" ? I would say #28 is coming ashore, #27 to #32 is searching for, finding, inspecting and signing the cache. #33 is a spot for some pictures looking back at cache and canoe, #34 is more pictures of cache and canoe #35 - #38 back at cache, buttoning it up and replacing it #39 more pictures #40 back at the canoe and on their way

By my calculation they spent just over 2 hours near ground zero. That gives plenty of time to search, take pictures, fiddle around, whatever. I know that if it was me and I spent over a week and however much money getting myself to the spot of the cache, I would certainly wouldn't declare a DNF after 2 hours of searching. The fact that they left after only 2 hours tells me that they found the cache or enough of the cache to claim the find.

If it were me and I only had those two messages at my disposal, I would send 2 or 3 consecutive "all is well" messages for a find and 2 or 3 consecutive "bad weather" messages for a dnf. The quicker they are back on the river, the better the news I would think.

18 feet at 8:56 !!!!!

0.77 miles at 8:14am