Aglaia

I must admit I'm still a little paranoid of losing my GPS while going through security at the airport (Alberta, Canada). I've only taken it on a plane once, and checked it at that time. Tomorrow night I'll fly to the US again on a US Airways flight. Can anyone share any expereinces flying out of a Canadian airport and/or on a US Airways flight?

I am traveling tomorrow, and I will be taking my GPSr, laptop, and digital camera as carry on. The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), has an updated list of permitted and prohibited items. About 2/3 down the page, personal electronic devices and batteries for them are listed as permitted on carry-on. http://www.catsa.ca/english/travel_voyage/list.htm Any more Canadian travelers with GPSrs here?

According to today's Calgary Sun, "Airline passengers have been banned from taking any hand luggage - including liquids and electrical devices ...." (p. 3). Just what is their definition of an electrical device? The same article continues on to say that "laptops and cellphones are still permitted". I don't care if they want to be strict and get everything into checked luggage, but geez, can't they at least post thorough lists of what can and can't go into carry-ons? With all this in mind, though, I'll try to pack so that I could get all my electronics into my luggage, and only take disposable batteries onboard in case they want to take those. That also means I better check two bags because I'm not taking the risk of losing my laptop, GPS, digital camera, etc., all at once (for the last 6 times that I actually checked luggage, it was lost 4 times). Getting a bit more back on topic, I just received my GPS a couple of weeks ago, but have been working so much and taking exams that I haven't had much of a chance to use it, so I was banking on going for some foreign caches . A plane would sound great for that too.

Thanks for your prompt replies. I understand that different airlines have different policies as to usage on airplanes; my concern was more as to whether or not one can bring a GPS (or digital cameras or laptops) onboard after today's events without it possibly being confiscated. A post above mentioned possibly not bringing batteries, which would make sense to me, but then again, airports have policies stating that electronic devices can be confiscated if you can't turn them on. But how do you turn them on if you can't have batteries.... and why do all our hobbies have to be so high-tech?

Hello, Maybe it's a little early to be asking this question, but as I will be flying from Canada to the US next week, I am wondering what the status is regarding taking a GPS as carry-on luggage. Has anyone here traveled today by any chance? Are GPSs now viewed as items that should not be carried on board? (And how would you insure it if you had to put it in chacked luggage? I couldn't find anything on nwa.com). I so want to take my new Garmin 60CS with me when I travel, but don'twant to risk losing it. Aglaia

I found it. When you go to "My Account" there's a link nearthe bottom right called "Download Geocache browser in Google Earth". Is this the same as the geocaching network?

Hi Everyone, I'm still new to geocaching, but a while ago came across an image where someone had imported their tracks into Google Earth,and just last week even had my Google Earth show icons for locations of caches in the area. The thing is, I can't remember how I maneged to view the cache locations. I only have the free GE version, and going to Tools --> GPS device says I'd have to subscribe. Any pointers? Thanks! Aglaia (trying to find caches near where I'm going tomorrow)

I started using mine a couple of years ago when I tried to get another hotmail account for spam (i.e., whenever you'd have to sign up for a website or such), and anything remotely close to my name was taken. I didn't want to use a generic A1B2C3D4 type of alias, so I searched for unusual names and found this one. The origin is Greek, as is my real name, and meanings are somewhat similar. That and back when I was in school and university I really enjoyed the Greek history parts.