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    FS: Garmin Oregon 400T

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    Just wanted to point out for anyone not familiar with Garmin Oregon that the cable required is a mini USB, not micro. Micro is what comes with most phones that are not iPhones. Still, it's only a couple of dollars if you need to buy one. Check your older equipment - it may come with one.

     

    woops, thanks for pointing that out - ad corrected.

    FS: Garmin Oregon 400T

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted · Edited by A.B.E.L.

    I am selling my lightly used Garmin Oregon 400T, it is in like-new condition.

     

    Following mapsets preloaded:

    - Garmin City Navigator North America NT 2009

    - Garmin US Topo 24K National Parks, Central v3

    - Garmin Topo 2008

    - mti_mn mapset (I don't even remember what this is, detailed mn topos?)

     

    Following accessories included:

    - Garmin OEM Carrying case

    - Carabiner belt clip

    - Kingston microSDHC 4GB Micro SD Card (SDC4/4GB)

    - Garmin Coroado 400T Ram Mount RAM-HOL-GA27U (Not pictured)

    - Zagg Screen Protector

     

    note: no mini-usb cable included but I'm assuming most people have these readily on hand.

     

    I am looking to get $160/shipped paypal gift payment or +3%

     

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    Oregon vs Colorado

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I have owned both.

     

    The Oregon's touchscreen is far more intuitive to navigate around and hand-enter coords with.

     

    The Oregon's overall dimensions feel much better in my hand (I'm a big/tall guy, usually wear size XL gloves)

     

    People have complained about the Colorado's poor waterproofness... having looked at both closely I'd be way more confident with the Oregon around water than I would the Colorado.

     

    That said, overall I still really liked both units very much, but between the two... most definitely get an Oregon

    Transparent avatars on forums

    in Website

    Posted

    You are not uploading the .png files to the forum. You are uploading them to the GC.com web site and they are being displayed on the forum.

     

    Yeah, forgot that part :/

     

    I would estimate that less than 1 percent of users here would have the ability to save an image as a .png file, and that less than that probably care about that as a feature request (I can make a .png file and I could care less about that ability for my forum avatar, speaking personally). In the list of feature requests and bug fixes that are presented in the Geocaching.com Web Site Forum by the community for review by the administrators, I would think that this one probably ranks pretty low down the list.

     

    Well its still a request. :o

    Transparent avatars on forums

    in Website

    Posted

    I don't see why it couldn't be changed, it'd be pretty simple. In fact I've run a forum before that also used invisionboard (like this one) so I _know_ it can be done.

     

    I'm not trying to be a stickler, I'm just curious why we can't get true transparent avatars? and if there is an actual reason. it'd make a lot of people's avatars look A LOT better!

    Transparent avatars on forums

    in Website

    Posted · Edited by A.B.E.L.

    Because .pngs are often very large files would be my guess.

     

    I think you have it backwards, .png's are actually much smaller than .jpg's or .gif's in my experience.

     

    my current avatar is 19kb in .jpg, yet in .png is less than 5kb! so it would actually be BETTER as you'd use less bandwidth.

     

    from wikipedia.org;

    "Some versions of Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW and MS Paint provide poor PNG compression effort, further fueling the idea that PNG is larger than GIF. Many graphics programs (such as Apple's Preview software) save PNGs with large amounts of metadata and color-correction data that are generally unnecessary for Web viewing. Unoptimized PNG files from Adobe Fireworks are also notorious for this."

     

    "In practice, well optimized and compressed PNG files are usually much smaller than GIF files (10 % to 50 % savings) for filesizes above about 100 bytes."

    Transparent avatars on forums

    in Website

    Posted · Edited by A.B.E.L.

    I am not trying to upload an animated gif, but a simple static image as a gif with transparency.

     

    Why not allow people to upload .png's then with transparency? that way you don't have to worry about animations yet still allow (proper) transparencies.

    What GPSr would you buy with your bonus check?

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I've had both the Colorado 400t and the Oregon 400t and I will admit I thought the idea of a touchscreen was ridiculous at first. The Oregon is build very well and the touchscreen is *so* much better than that rock-n-roller wheel. It easier and faster to navigate through menus. I use my Oregon in my vehicle with City Nav maps all the time and its great! Between the two, I'd recommend the Oregon.

    Should I g paperless?

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    I once used a Palm and Cachemate and YES, it makes caching *so* much easier!

     

    but now that I have an Oregon 400t, its _EVEN_ easier! I upload one (or two) pocket queries and I'm done. always have 500-100 caches ready to go in one device with full descriptions, logs and hints! I couldn't ever imagine going back to the 'old way' of caching!

    Should I g paperless?

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    I once used a Palm and Cachemate and YES, it makes caching *so* much easier!

     

    but now that I have an Oregon 400t, its _EVEN_ easier! I upload one (or two) pocket queries and I'm done. always have 500-100 caches ready to go in one device with full descriptions, logs and hints! I couldn't ever imagine going back to the 'old way' of caching!

    FS: Garmin Colorado Wherigo.com Geocoin

    in Trackables

    Posted

    Yep, it's your coin to do what you want with.

     

    I don't collect coins for profit and sometimes it seems to me that all some people care about is making a profit off of a hobby. To each their own though. Obviously, you're selling the coin to make the most amount of money off of it. That's why you listed it on eBay and also posted a link to it here. If it were me and I didn't want it, I'd just trade it away or give it to someone that really wanted it. Especially if I got it for free regardless if it were won or gifted. But people have different motivations and no harm comes from it either way. I was just making an observation, that's all. Good luck on your sale. I'm sure you'll make a good penny off of it.

     

    Well, contrary to popular belief I'm not selling this with the motivation to get cold hard cash (and profit from it). Initially I wanted to trade this for a Oregon Wherigo.com Geocoin as I recently sold my Colorado GPSr and upgraded to a Oregon GPSr... But of course, its hard to find one so that idea kinda fell through...

     

    Recently I started to become interested in those small geocoin-like tags that shall not be named :) to use as signature swag. So... I posted on 'that other forum' to see if anyone was interested in trading this coin for a starter kit coupon and again, interest was slim to nill and they kept saying I should just go to eBay with it. I really didn't want to list on on eBay (and be 'that guy'), but alas that is its final destination. My only goal here is to sell this coin for enough money to buy a starter kit to get my own small geocoin-like tag thingy that I cannot name. I don't really see a difference of what I'm doing vs. me actually trading it for another geocoin or actually trading it for a coupon for a starter kit to that other site? it's not like I'm selling it to go buy a HDTV and before anyone asks, its too late now... no trades, we're down to 1 day left on the auction and over 40 people watching! again, that's my only goal here... I'm not listing this to 'maximize profit' or what have you. I assure you all proceeds are going to be 'reinvested' into my geocaching portfolio. :santa:

     

    and in the end, the saying goes 'something is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it'. I know what its worth to me personally, hence the reserve. But again, with over 40 people watching and just 1 day left we're already very close to that reserve and I don't at all doubt this will meet my reserve price.

     

    good luck to those watching/bidding!

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