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<bump> Anyone have any ideas?

So about a year or so ago, I purchased a Pharos GPS 525 as I was in the market for a PDA with GPS capabilities. I previously was using a Garmin Legend to do all my Geochaching with. With the upgrade, I attempted to use the Pharos Ostia 7.5 software that came with the PDA, and found that it was rather crummy for pretty much anything. I was very disappointed. Anyhow, I started to look around for alternate software to use for GPS and Geochaching and found little out there that I liked. I was very used to and impressed by the Garmin platform, but sadly, there is no Mapsource software available for a NEMA receiver, only the Garmin receiver. What I am looking for is a Garmin-esque software platform that can function as a trip planner and waypoint manager on a PC as well as on the GPS reciever as well. I know MS S&T has some features available on it, but I was not too impressed on its functionality and transfer abilities. I know that I can get the Garmin software with a Bluetooth adapter for my GPS, but that pretty much wastes the whole concept of the device with the receiver built in. Is there a decent set of software out there that has the ability to function on a PC as well as on a PDA that can transfer map and waypoint information between the two, as well as have reasonablly accurate route planning and Geochacing compability? If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks Andy

Ah HA!! I think I have it now.. The link should be active now that I enabled it for public! Pacific Grove Benchmark

I also assume that this BM would not fall into this database due to the looks of it. I am just unafamiliar with what this type of BM would be used for. It is located on a rocky outcropping that juts into the Monterey Bay.

Bummer that you cannot view the picture. I would attach it to the post, but do not see how to do so. I have seen pictures as part of the post, but I am not sure how to perform that magic. Any thoughts on how to show a pic?

I found this little benchmark of sorts at Lover's Cove in Pacific Grove, CA. The waypoint that I marked this at was: N 36 37.602 W 121 54.928 This isn't in the database that I could find, but given that it doesn't look like an NGS mark, I was wondering if anyone was familiar with what kind of mark this could be. Thanks Pacific Grove Benchmark