Genoist

Retail sales for Verizon Wireless. Hopefully I'll soon be out of retail, but with the same company.

You don't download it, you just type the URL for the KML file into GMM under the 'search' option.

For fair weather caching (above 40 degrees) I drive my 2007 Honda Helix. I have yet to get a mount for it, so no long cache runs yet. I bought it in October of '07 so I haven't really had a full summer to calculate the gas mileage, but I would guess it's around 60.

This is possible if you have the URL for the file. You just do a new search and type in the URL instead of the normal search parameters. This will pull that KML up in GMM. I usually make a KML from the PQ that I'm caching off of and load it up on my web server. Then if I'm out and need a sat photo of the area I can easily pull it up in GMM.

I recently came across a program called CacheBerry (currently in Beta). It is the best BlackBerry paperless caching solution that I have found. Link

I love my BlackBerry, but I carry a cheap basic Palm device for the sole purpose of running CacheMate. On the BB I do keep a Mobipocket file of the 500 nearest caches just in case. It isn't as ideal as Cachemate is, but it is a way to carry hints and cache descriptions with you paperlessly.

PIN messaging is unique to BlackBerry devices, and devices with BlackBerry connect service. Unless your carrier offers BlackBerry connect service then you're left out of the PIN messaging club with the Q.

I thougt that it would be interesting to start a thread for those Geocaching addicts who are also crackberry addicts. Post your PIN here if you would like to add other cachers to your BlackBerry messenger list. Here is mine: 3179F2D7

After using the WAP site for several cache searches and such over the last few days, I was once again thinking how wondrous a "My Account" page would be so I could filter out my found caches.

I picked out up for use with my Motorola Q9M and BlackBerry 8830. It works great. It keeps a signal even while hanging from my ignition in my truck, and also in my pocket.

At the moment there is no smartphone version of CacheMate. Markwell: Previous Thread

I use Google Maps on my BlackBerry all the time if I need to see sat photos of a cache site. If the iPhone Google Maps works as well (or better) than the BlackBerry one, then it would be a great companion for Geocaching.

The developer of CacheMate is working on a smartphone version of CacheMate. Hopefully it will be available by the end of the year. Another option is to use gpsbabel and export to HTML and load the file onto the Q. You can then open the file with Pocket IE.

From what I've read, CoPilot is supposed to be excellent software. I personally use TeleNav, but that requires a data connection. Telenav also doesn't allow the entry of coordinates. My only reason for not shelling out the cash for CoPilot is the fact that I switch devices so often, and there seems to be different versions of CoPilot for different devices.

I use a Palm Zire 21 and a MacBook. I have CacheMate on my Palm, and use the mac version of CacheMate Convert to convert my GPX files into PDB files for CacheMate. I really do that exactly the same way I did with my Windoze computer. Make sure you rub your system's stability and lack of virii to your brother, then show him how you can do the exact same things with PQ's that he does.

I just leave all my PQ's unchecked for every day. When I need one I will click the box for today, and the PQ usually generates within a couple minutes. I go grab the GPSr and Palm, and by the time I get back to the computer I have a PQ waiting for me in my inbox.

I have been using my BlackBerry as my Geocaching PDA. While it's not as good as a locally stored file, I used GPS Babel to generate an HTML file and uploaded it to my web server. I just nav to that file with the browser on the BB. As long as I have cell service I can load it, and as long as I don't close the browser, I have it even w/o service.

Wal-Mart or Meijer for me. Depends on any sales that might be going on.

Yes, it was late, If forgot to mention that I'm a Mac user. Since my post I got an e-mail from the developer of the software who agrees that their site is in need of an upgrade. They also provided me with the CAB file so that I can install the free trial of the program without the use of active sync.

I have yet to give it a try yet, but I just got the CAB installer e-mailed to me from the developer. The web site was impossible for a non-windows user to use, but I was pleasantly suprised by the quick response I got back via e-mail.

I decided that I was going to give the free trial of GeoScout a try. I was pretty disappointed to find out that their website is designed to block users of all browsers other than Internet Explorer. Also, after tricking the site into thinking I was using IE, I was able to finally get to the download link, which still does not work for me on Firefox. I was finally able to download the installer from a third party download site, but since they do not offer a CAB file, I am still out of luck. Considering that they charge $40 for their software, they really alienate the rapidly growing group of users who don't use Windows.

CacheMate is pretty easy on resources, so even the most basic Palm will work.

That software looks cool, but $40 seems a bit steep. Also, it sounds like it data mines gc.com which is a nono. I see that there is a free trial, so I may try it out though.

NMEA is a protocol for sending data to a computer. If you aren't plugging your GPSr into a computer, it doesn't really matter what you have that setting on.

Even GPS babel does a decent job of generating mobile device friendly HTML files. If I didn't love CacheMate so much, I'd probably do that.