geomonkey5

I recently got a new notebook computer that is running Windows Vista Home. I was so excited to get all of my software, maps and other geocaching stuff loaded on. I was frustrated to find after messing around for a few hours and calling Garmin to find out that Spanner does not work with Vista. Does anyone know of a work around or an ETA on a Vista compatible version of Spanner or other software? Thanks in advance, GeoMonkey5

Thanks so much! All of the frustrating things I have been complaining about and they're all gone. Thanks for taking the time with me PDOP. I will be sure to pass on this info to other "Tadpole" buddies. I am planning on taking a driving trip to BC in the next couple of years. I will make it my mission to do at least one of your caches.

Thanks again guys! I wish I joined these forums last year!!! A Great help and it will take away much of the frustrations G5

Thanks for the quick reply! But now that leads me to a couple of other questions. Can you download waypoints from mapsource to S&T? I can't seem to get the co-ord format for S&T the same as the cache format. Can you interface directly with mapsource so that you can see your location in real time displayed on your notebook? Thanks a ton PDOP! G5

I have tried to use MS Streets and Trips 2007 to display cache information. I have a couple of questions related to this. 1. Is there anyway to download waypoints / cache coords to Streets and Trips 2007? 2. I have tried to manually enter in coords to Streets and Trips 2007 but I can't seem to get the coordinate format to match in S & T. If I could figure out these issues I could save a ton of time. Thanks in advance, GeoMonkey5

I have been geocaching for almost a year. I am currently using MS Streets & Trips 2007 when driving for caches but I would like to view our location in real time in MapSource. I have the latest Mapsource (6.12.2) and GPSMAP 76CS with the lates firmware (4.2) but there seems to be no way to locate in real time. I am also using city select mapping on the unit and in the software. IS there anyway that I can view our location in real time on Mapsource? Thanks in advance, GeoMonkey5

I have been having problems with my 76CS when interfaced with MS Streets & Trips 2007. I have been connecting it to my notebook via the serial port. It finds it but every so often, especially when i am zoomed in and tracking with gps the Streets & Trips crashes. it is quite a pain if you're driving in an area that you don't know your way around. I have the settings on the GPS set at NMEA in/NMEA out and baud rate set at 4800. Can I interface with the USB cable into Streets 2007? Any help would be great GeoMonkey5