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There is some stuff available for normal iPods, but it isn't really useful or handy. On the other hand and iPod Touch can be very useful. We've been using one for years now to carry along the exported HTML of cache descriptions together with spoiler pictures. One note with this is that we're doing this with a custom setup that includes GSAK, SpoilerSync and a Jailbroken iPod Touch. I can't really comment on Groundspeak's own Geocaching app for the iPhone/iPod Touch as I haven't even tried it. One advantage of an iPod Touch with our setup is that you don't need any connectivity whatsoever while still carrying 1000s of caches with you together with their related photos.

I tried your same query (I'm from Hasselt too BTW) and I get the same result: the filter section is disabled. Even when I change the state of the checkboxes using the web inspector in Chrome and then change the zoom level the result is still unfiltered.

We use a iPod Touch that runs a local Lighttpd web server that serves HTML files that are generated by GSAK. We can view these files using Mobile Safari and An added benefit is that we also have all the images contained in the cache descriptions including the spoiler pictures.

You'll have to convert the HTML encoded characters in the GPX to ASCII before uploading the GPX to your devices. You can do this in various ways: write your own code to do this in a programming language you're comfortable with, search/replace in a text editor of your choice (possibly by means of a macro) or possibly a GSAK macro. Or you can use a HTML capable device for the paperless part. We've been using an iPod Touch for this for years now and are very happy with our setup, we've even got spoiler pictures without needing a WiFi/GSM connection. Greetings from Belgium

I had tried the downloads from the Garmin site and it still wasn't working for me. I had later read that Garmin apps and etc... only work with Garmin products - since the cable wasn't Garmin it wouldn't work. Not entirely sure how that makes sense, I thought a cable was just a cable. Anyway, long story short MacSimpleGPS referred by Bear and Ragged did the trick. Thanks for your help!!! Glad to see you got it working. It would be strange if the cable is the problem as I've used 3 different USB cables with my GPS without problems.

Basecamp, an OSX application downloadable from the Garmin website, should work for USB devices.

Basecamp, an OSX application downloadable from the Garmin website, should work for USB devices.

Is it a USB or serial cable?

For us the best one was Barcelona Invasion. This is a hard multicache that took us 2 days to complete, but was definitely worth it. It brings you to various parts of the city, from the harbour, though the old quarter, the ramble and to the hills. Edit: BTW the description of this multicache is available in English, just scroll down.

This sounds familiar as it happened a few times to us too. Since most of the caches were easily reachable, we went back to sign the log. In your case, with the train and photos, I'd just log the caches. As a previous poster says, most CO's don't have a problem with it, I know I wouldn't. I just want people to physically do/visit the cache, what you've done.

While I agree that the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx isn't the most user-friendly GPS device, the Magellan Sportrak Color I had was way better in that area, it's just the best tool for the job. User-friendliness and usability design seem to have been forgotten when designing most GPS devices. Even with my Magellan I had to RTFM and my opinion was that they did a horrible job from a usability standpoint, but when using my newer 60CSx I found out that that was even worse, but that once you've figured it out you won't find anything better, well maybe the new 62CSx

The way I do this, on a Garmin GPSMAP60CSx, is first to mark a waypoint to project from, then to select that one using the find button and then, before clicking on 'go to', to press 'menu'. In the menu you're presented with, you'll have the option to 'project waypoint' where you can enter a bearing, distance and name for the projection and save it as a new waypoint. Also described on page 14: manual

I use a 1st generation iPod Touch as a portable geocache database together with a Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx for the actual searching. The iPod is jailbroken and I use a combination of GSAK and some macro's to generate HTML files containing several different indexes of the caches together with their descriptions, logs and spoiler photos. These HTML files are then transfered to the iPod and can be viewed using Safari.

How about making trees really expensive: http://www.flickr.com/groups/moneytree/

Removing the only really useful functionality of the friends page, why? +1 for adding it again

I've noticed this too and I seem to remember reading in the forums somewhere that this is a known bug (feature) of some kind that isn't really a high priority on the to do list.

Note that GSAK requires MS Windows, and this thread is about sending PQ data to a GPSr from a Mac. That's true, but I just run GSAK in a virtualized Windows XP image using VirtualBox until my own Java based GPX to HTML convertor is done.

I use Garmin BaseCamp to transfer caches to a 60CSx. You can find it here together with some other Garmin OSX software. For paperless caching I currently use a jailbroken iPod Touch together with GSAK to generate HTML files to put on it containing all the cache information and even spoiler pictures.

I just don't read Team Juniper's comments that way. I think he is stating the the rule is unnecessarily restrictive. If the purpose to prevent cachers digging in places where land owner/managers are concerned with digging, why not allow digging but only if it is on your own land or if you get explicit permission to dig. The ability to partially bury caches opens up several options for hiding regular and large size caches where they might be difficult to hide otherwise. By making exceptions almost impossible to get, we many missing out on some more creative hides and instead encourage more micro and small caches hidden in the same familiar fashion. Now one can argue it this impression is valid. First of all you can get an exception, we just don't know if this is easy or difficult. Second, one can argue it having to work around the guideline doesn't actually encourage more creativity that we might get if we could just bury a bucket flush with the ground. And finally you can argue that some land managers may be concerned about someone seeing a buried with permission cache, and copying that hide without getting the proper permission. Thx, that's the gist of what I'm arguing. The caches I've enjoyed most are multicaches of a couple of kilometres with (physical) puzzle waypoints. Almost all of these had either a buried waypoint or a buried final stash and both are mostly size regular or above. IMHO most of them wouldn't be possible without burying. The rest of the less interesting caches you see over here are usually traditionals of the micro container cache size.

Read my posts correctly: I've never hidden a buried cache, I've only only found buried caches. How can you call that disregard for the rules? I'm only debating a possible rule change and if you call that disregard for the rules, I'd say you're way of base.

Yeah, temporary free internet, won't last but given the opportunity a reply is in order... Saying that the big fuss is all over Team Juniper is just plain wrong. I'm just participating in a forum thread, giving a voice to a point of view that is definitely held by more people than just Team Juniper. What I've been saying in this thread so far is that: - While I would like to see the rules changed, they don't have to change for me. - The current rules don't reflect the current situation in the real world - I've come across a whole lot of caches that would be considered to be buried - All of those caches were approved - While some of the might have been placed in a way that doesn't follow the guidelines, there are buried ones that have been placed with full knowledge of all the parties involved, including the land manager - All of my own hides are according to the guidelines and are in no way, shape or form buried - I might consider a buried cache if after considering all the alternatives it remains the best possible way of hiding it So what you said in the quote above is way of base.

Almost off on vacation, just enough time left for a small reply. I think you've hit the nail on the head here. Finding buried caches around where I live, has never ever involved using a shovel (though hiding them could've). I've never found a buried cache where the immediate environment looked like the moon's surface or like a bomb recently exploded there. One example of a buried cache that I've found is this one. Notice the small ammo box shaped hole in front of the tree (you can just spot one corner of it), that in hidden condition is covered by a thin film of soil and pine needles with the nearby stump placed on top.

I'll be going silent now, since I'm going on holiday to do some geocaching in France. I wonder if I'll find some buried treasure.

A lot of rules differ by country already, road rules are one example, and you're supposed to know them for the country you are in and the ones you are going to. Why can't the same be possible for geocaching? If you'd go to England, thinking the road rules are a blanket rule, and drive on the right, you'd be certainly messing things up for the locals. Blanket rules are a utopian idea. But we are not talking about "road rules".In most sports and games the rules are the same no matter where you go.That keeps the playing field level for all.Just imagine if the Olympics had different rules in every country for the same game.Do you think that would work? I was just making a comparison to present a broader view of the problem. In some places blanket rules are present and do work. Regarding the Olympics, you're right, but that is a set of rules, per sport, that is created by an international governing body, with many members, that review and change rules on a constant basis, to reflect the current state of the game, which is exactly what I want for geocaching too.

Depends on how big the everybody else group is: it would be nice to have a worldwide geocaching poll about a subject suggest as the 'no digging' allowed rule and see how many people are fore it, against it or stand somewhere in the middle (my position). What I find strange is that most of the people in this thread see only digging as a possible way that geocaching could get banned. IMHO I think every possible way of hiding and certainly the ingenious one, could get geocaching banned by land owners. What I would like is the method of hiding shouldn't be limited, but that it has to be agreed upon by all parties involved. This would still mean that the national parks in the USA can say that caches are allowed, but no when digging is involved. Placing a cache according to the current rules could also cause geocaching to come under the microscope, something this seems to be blissfully ignored in this thread.