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    What is the Best Geocaching Gps,

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I know people with an Etrex they got from e-bay with 400+ finds and I know people with the top of the line equipment with less than 50. One person recently started with a borrowed plain yellow Etrex and finds about 15 a month. A friend bought everything top of the line last month and has found 2.

     

    So it really does not matter how good your equipment is, if you do not get out there. Like any hobby start off cheap, and upgrade later. This way you will appreciate what you have. Save as much money as you can on equipment, to pay for Poison Ivy shots.

    Earthmate GPS LT-20 & Street Atlas USA 2008

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    Instead of paying the considerable amount for Garmin Maps, for my Venture Cx and my laptop I have decided to buy a much cheaper software package. I am considering: Earthmate GPS LT-20 & Street Atlas USA 2008, DVD – BUNDLE. This way I can use the laptop to get me to the caches and the use my GPSr to walk to the cache. Does anyone have any firsthand knowledge of this software (which comes with a GPSr) or any other software? Do these programs work well with Garmin GPSr’s? What are the advantages of buying the cheaper software only without the small included GPSr and using my existing GPSr versus buying the slightly more expensive software package with the GPSr?

     

    Street Atlas with the GPSr is $69.95

    http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeCCtd...ction=10091#Box

     

    Street Atlas without the GPSr is $39.95

    http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeCCtd...p;section=10121

    Ton of questions

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted · Edited by robertlipe

    Here are a series of questions regarding my Venture CX.

     

    1. I have seen print screens directly from the screen of a GPSr. Is there some software that allows to screen capture on the GPSr?

     

    2. I have added a 1 gig card to my GPSr. What map software do I need to add to it to get turn by turn directions?

     

    3. If I wanted to use my laptop and the GPSr together could I use cheaper software on my computer to do turn by turn directions? What cheaper mapping program would you suggest? Are there talking turn by turn programs for laptops?

     

    4. I have seen Garmin map programs for sale with a USB GPS. If I purchased this instead of the software alone, would I still be able to install it on my GPSr? (HERE IS THE LINK TO THIS PRODUCT:

    [ Amazon link removed by moderator - we don't allow referrals in URLs here ]

     

    5. What is the difference in City Navigator and Metroguide? What are the advantages of each?

     

    6. What is POI Loader?

     

    7. What program can I use to enter Coordinates via my computer and then send it to the GPSr?

    What items do you keep in you Cache bag?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    NO IT’S NOT A PURSE!!!

     

    I have a small backpack my wife bought for me. Some may say looks like a teenage girl’s purse, but they would be wrong. It is a manly cache bag. Here is an inventory of what I have in it:

    1 gal ziplocks

    sandwich ziplocks

    pens pencils

    logs

    cache info sheets

    trade/swag items

    batteries

    pocket knife

    compass

     

    What else should I keep in my purse..I mean Cache Bag?

    Bomb Squad Destroys A Cache

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Each local caching group, should start a law enforcement themed TB with the intent of making rounds to every police station and sheriff department and taking pictures with officers at their HQ. When a geocacher moves the travel bug, they can also educate the authorities on the sport (calling it a sport is still funny to me, I also play golf another non-sport). This way law enforcement agencies will learn more, and may be less prejudiced about people lurking in alleyways, carrying munitions cans or walking around grave yards at odd times.

     

    It appears to me, geocachers would be a valuable resource in aiding law enforcement in finding children lost in the wilderness or finding meth labs or marijuana crops. Imagine if the police invited your local cache crew to walk from one side of the woods to the other looking for a lost child or some type of contraband. Unlike normal people (yes walking .75 miles through mud, ticks and lime disease, to find McDonald toy filled ammo cans, hidden in the hallows of trees is not normal), cachers could use coordinates to organize the search and cover the area more effectively.

    More geocaching in the news

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Each local caching group, should start a law enforcement themed TB with the intent of making rounds to every police station and sheriff department and taking pictures with officers at their HQ. When a geocacher moves the travel bug, they can also educate the authorities on the sport (calling it a sport is still funny to me, I also play golf another non-sport). This way law enforcement agencies will learn more, and may be less prejudiced about people lurking in alleyways, carrying munitions cans or walking around grave yards at odd times.

     

    It appears to me, geocachers would be a valuable resource in aiding law enforcement in finding children lost in the wilderness or finding meth labs or marijuana crops. Imagine if the police invited your local cache crew to walk from one side of the woods to the other looking for a lost child or some type of contraband. Unlike normal people (yes walking .75 miles through mud, ticks and lime disease, to find McDonald toy filled ammo cans, hidden in the hallows of trees is not normal), cachers could use coordinates to organize the search and cover the area more effectively.

    OK, just ordered a Venture Cx...

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I too have a Venture Cx. The Dollar Tree has the retractable USB cables for a dollar each (duh). I bought several. One stays plugged into my laptop, one into the USB cig lighter adapter in my truck (to save batteries and keep the back light on while intransit), and the rest I use as swag (cool very cheap trade item). While you are in the spending mood, Amazon has 1 gig cards for less than $20.

     

    If you have downloaded GSAK and it does not connect to your GPSr, just delete the USB drivers for your unit and download/install new ones from Garmin.

     

    To find the closed Dollar Tree go to HERE. Just enter your zip code.

    Which Software do I need?

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I'm in the same boat as the OP but would like to add a few questions. I guess this might be better answered by a few Canadians as I am looking at mainly maps of Canada, but I woudl prefer a good map of NA over any map of JUST Canada.

     

    I will mainly be using my Venture CX for geocaching and the odd road trip here and there. The basemap for my neck of the woods really does suck. Heck my street isn't even on it and the turn by turn routing today had me turning off the hwy into the Fraser River - nowhere near where the bridge is to cross it.

     

    You have uncovered Garmin's secret plot to murder canucks. They are trying to practice eugenics. The truth is out there. Don't let them fool you into driving into a river. That won't happen to me a seventh time. I know that no matter what my Venture Cx says, my car will not drive on water, or in mid-air (darn that Harry Potter, and all of J. K. Rowling's lies).

    Which Software do I need?

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I have a Venture Cx. I have recently bought a 1 gig card for less than twenty bucks. Now I need map software, but am confused by all the available options. What is the difference between ver 8 and ver 8 NT? Also, would I be able to use turn by turn direction from my GPSr with older (that is cheaper) versions of City Nav? Would turn by turn work from the GPSr with ver 4? 5? etc.?

     

    So, for all you GPSr sages, please help a lowly newbie with his query.

    Mini USB >>> USB cable

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    You can buy the retractable Mini-B USB cables from the Dollar Tree for $1. I use them they work fine. Because they are only a buck I even use them as trade swag. Here are the closest Dollar Trees to your home. Or If you want one for free come to Louisiana and find one in a cache.

     

    DelTon Plaza

    Dollar Tree Tonawanda, NY

    4236 Delaware Avenue

    Tonawanda, NY 14150

     

    Tops PlazaTonawanda

    Dollar Tree Tonawanda, NY

    88 Niagara Street

    Tonawanda, NY 14150

     

    Midcity Plaza

    Dollar Tree N Tonawanda, NY

    981 Payne Avenue

    N Tonawanda, NY 14120

    4 Miles Tops Plaza

     

    Grand Island, NY

    2174 Grand Island Blvd

    Grand Island, NY 14072

     

    Tops PlazaAmherst

    Dollar Tree Amherst, NY

    3035 Niagra Falls Blvd

    Amherst, NY 14228

    nOOb questions about software and Venture Cx

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    Please help! I got a wonderful Christmas present and have enjoyed caching so far. I recently got USB cables for my Venture Cx; downloaded and installed all the Garmin updates for the Venture Cx. I have also downloaded EasyGPS and GSAK. When my GPSr is connected to my computer, it appears in “My Computer” as an accessible drive so I can add files to it. However when I try to receive files from the GPSr with either GSAK or EasyGPS, it says not connected. Is there something I am missing?

     

    Also, I want to purchase map programs but can’t currently afford ver 8. Can anyone tell me if the auto routing features of my GPSr will function with older versions? Also if I was to buy ver 4 from Ebay, would it be so old as not to be useful, or need a password for installation?

     

    Thanks,

    weird geocaching experiences

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    When I arrived near the cache (near the interstate), there was a large piece of expensive looking luggage sitting ten yards from the cache. From the cache location, I saw a sheriff’s officer had someone pulled over. I decided to give it to him and let the authorities take care of it. Now in retrospect (that is now that my wife keeps saying there were millions in drug money in the bag), I wish I had looked in the bag. It is my hope that it was not filled with drugs, explosives, a terrorist communiqué, money or a new Garmin 60 CSx, especially since it now has my finger prints on it.

    Cable Question

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    They have the cable at most Dollar Tree stores. You have 3 of them in Monroe. They are located at:

     

    Office Max Building/Dollar Tree

    2100 Louisville Avenue

    Monroe, LA 71201

     

    Dollar Tree

    Sunshine Heights Center

    3426 Cypress Street

    West Monroe, LA 71291

     

    Dollar Tree

    Pecanland Mall

    4700 Millhaven Rd #1000

    Monroe, LA 71203

     

    I've bought a few of them. They are only $1.00 each at Dollar Tree.

     

    They also have USB 6' extention cables for $1.00, and retractable USB printer cables for $1.00.

     

    Fred

     

    Fred you rock.

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