toptiger4

I can explain to you that the fault is not Garmin. Garmin units as well as Delorme units (ours) and Magellan are all working fine. What is occurring right now seems to be a bevy of problems. Some are browser problems, others are website (geocaching.com) problems. There are reports flooding in from all different directions... in just about all of the topic forums (...and I do mean they are scattered throughout and across a broad spectrum). Some folks are having map problems; some plug-in problems; yet others with smart phone problems. Just guessing here... but I am fairly sure that many of the problems are website related. That may or may not also affect the plug-in(s) problem. Oftentimes though, a plug-in problem is usually browser initiated -- something that Groundspeak or geocaching.com has no control over, or the GPSr manufacturers. It all happened rather quickly. Indicative of something having broken. For Premium Members -- Pocket Queries still function normally. You probably will not be able to use the map to generate a PQ, though. If you know the area for your PQ, you can use coordinates as a centroid and run a PQ. The caches in that area will still download in the typical GPX file format. You can load those GPX files to your GPSr and the maps will display correctly as will the geocaches. Do so directly from computer to GPSr, NOT through a browser or plug-in. If you are not a Premium Member or use Pocket Queries... you may simply have to wait-out a fix. It is unlikely that a fix would occur over the weekend (overtime pay, etc.). "Send to GPS" will probably remain dysfunctional until a fix is accomplished, as it is website based and requires the use of a browser. Thanks very much. I guess I'm starting off at a rocky time but I'll have faith that these problems will be fixed. I'd like to pose one more question if I may. I'm so new to all of this that I don't know what the shortest path is from my PC to my GPS. "Do so directly from computer to GPSr, NOT through a browser or plug-in.", sounds good but I don't know exactly how to do what you are suggesting. What application should I use to access my PC when I am loading these data? And how do I "address" the data to my GPS? Well, I've got to start somewhere.

I can explain to you that the fault is not Garmin. Garmin units as well as Delorme units (ours) and Magellan are all working fine. What is occurring right now seems to be a bevy of problems. Some are browser problems, others are website (geocaching.com) problems. There are reports flooding in from all different directions... in just about all of the topic forums (...and I do mean they are scattered throughout and across a broad spectrum). Some folks are having map problems; some plug-in problems; yet others with smart phone problems. Just guessing here... but I am fairly sure that many of the problems are website related. That may or may not also affect the plug-in(s) problem. Oftentimes though, a plug-in problem is usually browser initiated -- something that Groundspeak or geocaching.com has no control over, or the GPSr manufacturers. It all happened rather quickly. Indicative of something having broken. For Premium Members -- Pocket Queries still function normally. You probably will not be able to use the map to generate a PQ, though. If you know the area for your PQ, you can use coordinates as a centroid and run a PQ. The caches in that area will still download in the typical GPX file format. You can load those GPX files to your GPSr and the maps will display correctly as will the geocaches. Do so directly from computer to GPSr, NOT through a browser or plug-in. If you are not a Premium Member or use Pocket Queries... you may simply have to wait-out a fix. It is unlikely that a fix would occur over the weekend (overtime pay, etc.). "Send to GPS" will probably remain dysfunctional until a fix is accomplished, as it is website based and requires the use of a browser.

I wish I could help all of the folks who have noted essentially the same problem with a Garmin product / Explorer conflict but I'm in the same boat. Spent all afternoon with my brand new 62S and ended up with no solution. Fortunately this blog is here so that I didn't waste any MORE time than I did. I am new at geocaching. Started out with my iPhone and got off to a good, fun start. Wanted to try to find a better tool to work with. Can someone explain to me why there are so many recommendations to go to other browsers rather than placing the fault with Garmin from where it appears to stem? Why so much acceptance of having to do a workaround here? I am obviously new to this but is Garmin the Microsoft of geocaching?