Venzent
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Niet helemaal zoals jij wilt, je kan ze niet selecteren en dan in 1x downloaden en op je gps zetten. Wat je wel kan doen is een Pocket Query maken en deze downloaden en op je gps zetten.
Een Pocket Query is een zoekopdracht die alle caches bevat die aan jouw zoekopdracht voldoen. Meest gangbare is alle caches in een straal van x km. vanaf een bepaald punt.
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I don't use Bird's eyes maps on my 64S, but maybe it's a zoomlevel setting, als accessible via the menu option in the map.
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Om te kijken of geocachen leuk voor je is, is een smartphone zeker geschikt met kanttekening van de al genoemde punten (battery, nauwkeurigheid). Maar een punt die voor mij minstens net zo belangrijk is, vocht en vuil. Je loopt met een telefoon in je hand over bospaadjes, bukt onder takken door, wroet soms wat in de grond waarna je weer aan je scherm zit, etc etc. De kans dat je hem uit je handen laat vallen is heel reëel, telefoon in het zand is niet leuk, maar in het water is natuurlijk killing. De meeste GPS'en zijn waterdicht, dus die kan je met een gerust hart even naast je neerleggen als je op een boomstronk zit te puzzelen, of gerust zijn als je hem per ongeluk laat vallen. Ook voor deze reden zou ik zeker overwegen een "echte" GPSr aan te schaffen als je het leuk vind.
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Misschien iets meer info met wat je doet?
Zijn het pocket query's?
Normaliter staan je caches in een .gpx, dit bestand plaats je in de GPX folder op je Garmin, hierna zouden ze zichtbaar moeten zijn zodra je toestel is opgestart.
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I think that being able to create Pocket Query's is one of the major benefits of being a Premium Member.
m2c
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Created a new request for support trough their escalate form, maybe if more people who experience this problem do the same, they respond and fix it. If so, please let know in this thread. I've mentioned this thread in the support request, so they can see it's not just an isolated issue.
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Just have send an email to dutch tech support, see what will come out of it.
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Guess I won't get my hopes up for a firmware update on this real soon, if Garmin is still in a state of denial.
I received a confirmation from Garmin tech-support that the source of this issue has been identified and will be fixed in a coming release.
Easy does it guys. Keep Calm and Geocache.
Excellent! Thanks for the heads up. I was really bummed with the response I got from tech support over this issue. Quite the relief to hear that it's made it to the development team and being addressed!
This would really be great, I'm having the exact problems and was doubting my own observations ;-)
I really like the 64s, but the compass is not reliable whem approaching GZ and turning while standing still....I "solved" it by re-callibrating the compass several times a day....
Will patiently wait for a proper firmware....
edit, Mmmm, see in another thread that it should be solved in 2.90 while I'm on 3.20 and still having the problem....
Anyone else still having this compass issue?
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If the 64s is similar in functions as my 62s, when you find the 1st stage press Menu and select View Geocache. There is the option to select Enter Next Stage.
Correct, that option is indeed available on the 64s, but as with the coordinates-option, if you leave for whatever reason the geocache, you lose your waypoint. Sometimes you come closeby a traditional and want to make a sidestep to it, you then lose the coordinates you filled in as a next stage, or when you want to go back to a stage in your multi, maybe because of a mistake.
The best way in my opinion is the option to create and go to a waypoint in 1 step. Like the MOB (Man OverBoard) function. When holding the FIND button for 2 seconds, you create a waypoint of your current location and directly start navigating to it. For geocaching this is pretty useless (navigation to your current location :-)), but it would be nice if you could alter the coordinates within the MOB function. This would be an extra keypress, and for being an emergency function this is not wanted, but a combination of creating a waypoint and directly navigating to it like the MOB-function, would be nice.
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When doing a multi, you sometimes need to go to newly calculated coordinates. In my knowledge, there are 2 ways of doing it, and both have there drawbacks.
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In the map select "mark", fill in all the details and coordinates and press ok, then go to waypoints and select the created waypoint and select go.
This works ok, but it would be much shorter if creating the waypoint would also give the oppertunity to directly go to it.
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The other option is to select find, and then select coordinates, fill in the coodinates and you go...Seems pretty fast, but the big problem is, when you leave this point as a destination (for example when looking into the geocache information), you losse your coordinates....
Is there an easier way I'm missing, or is this just one of the ways Garmin works??
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Misschien wat aan de late kant nu voor je, maar hier een tip:
In de map /Garmin staat het bestand "startup.txt". Hier kan je tekst in plaatsen die zichtbaar moet zijn bij het opstarten van je gps en hoe lang.
Ik heb hier mijn naam, emailadres en tel.nummer ingezet. Heb je altijd de kans dat een eerlijke vinder je kan bereiken en hem teruggeeft.
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If you are a premium member, you can do this with "Pocket Queries". You can create up to 1000 caches per PQ, and download them to your Garmin (place them in the folder "GPX").
On the homepage, click Profile-Pocket Queries
Handheld GPS or android?
in General geocaching topics
Posted · Edited by Venzent
Besides battery life, drop both of them in a waterpool, lay them in the sand/mud, rinse them of with water and use them with dirty/sandy/wet hands....
Then decides what works better for you, a phone or a "real" GPS
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And keep a mobile phone for reading back more logs, or see pictures, just in case.