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quote::As far as I know he IS Topografix. Even better! In general, I trust more in a man of genius then companies with herds of mediocre programmers when selecting a piece of software. Until he is interested in what he's doing he is unbeatable, but when he looses interest in that area You guys provide my paycheck, so if I lose interest, I lose my shirt too... I just got back from Alaska, where I used the super-secret PocketPC software to successfully find my first Alaskan geocache! It's still not ready for beta test, but that's coming soon. Thanks to everyone who's bought ExpertGPS over the last two years! Keep up the suggestions and the support, and I'll do everything I can to keep the new features coming! -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by KD9KC: I am having a problem with ExpertGPS and my yellow E-TREX. If I save a long track to the program, clear the GPS, then try to reload the tracks back to the GPS, the longer tracks get shortened. I get an error message on the GPS that says TRACK TRUNCATED. Opinions... comments... help, all welcome. Snickering I have enough of already. Mike. KD9KC The eTrex can only hold one long route (called ACTIVE LOG, I think) of about 1500 turns. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by KD9KC: I am having a problem with ExpertGPS and my yellow E-TREX. If I save a long track to the program, clear the GPS, then try to reload the tracks back to the GPS, the longer tracks get shortened. I get an error message on the GPS that says TRACK TRUNCATED. Opinions... comments... help, all welcome. Snickering I have enough of already. Mike. KD9KC The eTrex can only hold one long route (called ACTIVE LOG, I think) of about 1500 turns. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by Baridave: I am wondering if it is possible to upload more than one route from ExpertGPS to a Magellan 315. I have made several attempts, and the software indicates the data is transferring, but the GPS unit is appears to only recieve one route (and always overwrites the Route #1 memory). The ExpertGPS folks are travelling at the moment, so I thought I'd run this by users. I'm back! Did you give each route a unique route number? If they are all #1, each one will overwrite the one before it. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by Ranz: You are probably accessing the internet through a proxy server. ExpertGPS and USAPhotomaps do not support access by proxy. You can verify it by going to your explorer setup connection tab and see if the "use proxy server" button is checked. If that is the case there is not much you can do about it without changing your whole configuration. http://www.xmission.com/~ddrw/geosign.gif ExpertGPS should work successfully through a proxy. I've tested it across my wireless network using a base computer as a proxy for my laptop. If you're still having trouble, contact me directly at http://www.expertgps.com/support.asp and we'll get it figured out. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by Ranz: You are probably accessing the internet through a proxy server. ExpertGPS and USAPhotomaps do not support access by proxy. You can verify it by going to your explorer setup connection tab and see if the "use proxy server" button is checked. If that is the case there is not much you can do about it without changing your whole configuration. http://www.xmission.com/~ddrw/geosign.gif ExpertGPS should work successfully through a proxy. I've tested it across my wireless network using a base computer as a proxy for my laptop. If you're still having trouble, contact me directly at http://www.expertgps.com/support.asp and we'll get it figured out. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by infosponge: Now that the Meridians can move data (waypoints, tracks, routes) around in files on the SD memory card, does anyone know a good way to get ExpertGPS to read/write those files directly to the SD card if you have a card reader? It would be cool to have different waypoint "folders" and be able to use ExpertGPS to manage them. Send me some GPS data (both the.loc format and whatever file ends up on the SD card) and I'll see what I can do about writing an import/export function for ExpertGPS. http://www.expertgps.com/support.asp -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by Rubbertoe: I'm interested in getting some software that can plot my saved tracks on a map, showing details about the current speed at any certain point on the track. This is an upcoming feature in ExpertGPS. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

http://www.easygps.com/beta.asp fixes the EasyGPS problem. (Or, as I like to call it, the Garmin V 2.03 problem...) Direct link to the Garmin V update: http://www.garmin.com/products/gps5/download.html Changes made from version 2.03 to 2.04: Corrected lockup when processing routes that contained more than 20 via points. Improved error-checking process on saved routes. Increased max number of via points to 100. Corrected turn arrow operation on map page while navigating a TracBack route. Corrected lockup on Fuel Usage page when metric units for distance & speed is selected. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

First off, thanks to all the geocachers who have supported EasyGPS and ExpertGPS over the last year! A special thanks to those of you who have helped out by answering questions in the Groundspeak forums and on Usenet. I'll be travelling in Alaska during the next three weeks, and won't have access to the Internet for much of the time. I'll try to answer urgent e-mails when possible, but I'd like to ask your help in cutting down the number of support e-mails until I return. This forum is a great place to get help from other EasyGPS and ExpertGPS users, so you might get faster results by posting a question here. I've posted a travel schedule and some more information about how to get support at http://www.topografix.com/travel.asp Thanks in advance for your patience and understanding for the next few weeks. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by Us 5 Camp: What's the best way to manage waypoint data??? HELP... There's a Boundary Waters data file at Topo!'s MapXchange. I was able to import that .tpg file directly into ExpertGPS. http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/topo/file.cfm?fileid=36 http://www.expertgps.com/ -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by Us 5 Camp: What's the best way to manage waypoint data??? HELP... There's a Boundary Waters data file at Topo!'s MapXchange. I was able to import that .tpg file directly into ExpertGPS. http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/topo/file.cfm?fileid=36 http://www.expertgps.com/ -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by The Pillage People: The quick response is appreciated. When can we expect a fix for ExpertGPS? http://www.expertgps.com/beta.asp PanTerra will be at http://www.topografix.com/beta.asp later this week. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by Jolly B Good: Any word on a fix? Has ANYONE gotten EasyGPS to work with this update or is this an across the board problem? I sent out a fix today to everyone who had reported the problem. http://www.easygps.com/beta.asp -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by regoarrarr: I have a question for you guys. I'm working on a cache that will be accessed by a map. I want to use my GPS to map out a trail, and then import it into a program that will overlay it onto a topo map or one from Lost Outdoors. So the question is, can this be done? It can be done easily with ExpertGPS. http://www.expertgps.com/download.asp -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by Yellowcode3:Suggestions on how I can create an image of my tracks on my PC as taken from the tracks data? Try http://www.expertgps.com You can view and print the tracklog from your Garmin GPS using ExpertGPS. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by gustnado: I would like to grab LOTS of cache points and put them into my Delormed Street Atlas as graphical objects. This is not hard to do, but the only way I can see to do it violates the &*^*&%^ usage agreement for EasyGPS:mad:! The illegal way: write a trivial program to take apart the (shh) secret XML encoding of EasyGPS and convert that data to Delorme GIS input data. This is ideal because the symbols can be assigned. The legal, painful, dumb way would be to upload a GPS with all of these caches, and then download them as waypoints into the map. HELP Just to clarify, there is no EasyGPS usage agreement or secret XML encoding. Groundspeak, not TopoGrafix (makers of EasyGPS), is imposing the legal terms for use of their geocaching data. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by gustnado: I would like to grab LOTS of cache points and put them into my Delormed Street Atlas as graphical objects. This is not hard to do, but the only way I can see to do it violates the &*^*&%^ usage agreement for EasyGPS! The illegal way: write a trivial program to take apart the (shh) secret XML encoding of EasyGPS and convert that data to Delorme GIS input data. This is ideal because the symbols can be assigned. The legal, painful, dumb way would be to upload a GPS with all of these caches, and then download them as waypoints into the map. HELP Just to clarify, there is no EasyGPS usage agreement or secret XML encoding. Groundspeak, not TopoGrafix (makers of EasyGPS), is imposing the legal terms for use of their geocaching data. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by GeoRockers: FWIW - the English character set is A->Z, a->z, 0->9, space, dash, comma, single quote, slash, exclamation point, at, octothorpe, less than, percent, caret, ampersand, greater than, left paren, right paren, plus, equal, semi-colon, and back slash. This gets deeper and deeper each time someone answers! My current understanding of the Meridian character set matches everything you said, with these two exceptions: I was told it was colon ":", not semi-colon ";". I was told the comma "," wasn't available. It seems to me that having comma available would really screw up the Magellan's NMEA output and data transfer, since comma is used as the delimiter between data fields. If there's anyone out there who can actually put a comma into a waypoint name or comment on their Meridian, please post here and get in touch with me directly at meridian@topografix.com Thanks, -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

Thanks, everyone! This all started because someone told me their Meridian supported 10 character names. He rechecked this morning, and it supports 8 character names. Crisis over! I'd like to hear more about this "accepts 30 character comments, but only stores 20" behavior, if anyone can prove or disprove it by actually checking their GPS. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by cleenjeep: I downloaded some waypoints direct from the geocaching website, and attempted to upload them to my Garmin GPS 12. Only four of the 8 were accepted. It keeps telling me that invalid waypoints were received. Can someone tell me what is wrong with the rest? I didnt edit them at all at first, then I started removing things like names, descriptions, or just abbreviating them, thinking that maybe they were too big. That didnt help at all. Still only got four. I am using Version 1.0.5 EasyGPS for Groundspeak, with a garmin GPS 12. Yes, the wires are hooked up correctly! Thanks in advance... Michael Try http://www.easygps.com/EasyGPS.exe (version 1.1.6). This should remove any characters that your GPS can't handle. If not, contact me at EasyGPS support directly. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by cleenjeep: I downloaded some waypoints direct from the geocaching website, and attempted to upload them to my Garmin GPS 12. Only four of the 8 were accepted. It keeps telling me that invalid waypoints were received. Can someone tell me what is wrong with the rest? I didnt edit them at all at first, then I started removing things like names, descriptions, or just abbreviating them, thinking that maybe they were too big. That didnt help at all. Still only got four. I am using Version 1.0.5 EasyGPS for Groundspeak, with a garmin GPS 12. Yes, the wires are hooked up correctly! Thanks in advance... Michael Try http://www.easygps.com/EasyGPS.exe (version 1.1.6). This should remove any characters that your GPS can't handle. If not, contact me at EasyGPS support directly. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

Hi, I've gotten some conflicting information about the Meridian GPS series. If you've got a Meridian, could you please take a minute to answer the following five questions? I need all five answers to be useful, and please only answer if you've got the GPS in front of you to check against. Thanks! 1. What Meridian do you have? [GPS, Gold, Marine, Platinum] 2. What is the firmware version? [3.08, etc] 3. What is the maximum length of a waypoint name? [8 letters, 10 letters] 4. Can you enter lower case letters for a waypoint name? [yes, no] 5. What is the maximum length of a waypoint comment? [20 letters, 30 letters] -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

Yes, Groundspeak will be getting an updated version of EasyGPS, in a week or so. -- Dan Foster TopoGrafix: GPS Software, Waypoints, and Maps http://www.topografix.com/

quote:Originally posted by Pat in Louisiana: If I want to buy ExpertGPS and I want to run it on all 3 of my computers (work, home & laptop) will I have to purchase the family License? quote:ExpertGPS$59.95 - Order ExpertGPS (Single User License) $74.95 - Order ExpertGPS for your entire family (Family License) No, you can use the single user license on any computer, as long as you're the one using it. The family license would give everyone in your family the ability to use ExpertGPS - useful if you've got grown children who are also geocachers, for example. - Dan Foster TopoGrafix