chuck4564
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As you know, the Garmin GPSMap 60CSx is an older handheld GPS unit. The City Navigator North America is a similar vintage routable mapset. The version of City Navigator that I purchased in the 2007 time frame had a license that limited the installation of the maps on two GPS devices. The licensing was tied to the serial number of the GPS device. The installation of the maps on the microSD card in the GPS device was accomplished using Garmin MapSource software. MapSource was later superseded by Garmin BaseCamp.
If you have a valid unlock code for the City Navigator mapset, and have a version of MapSource with the maps installed, the maps could be installed on the new to you 60CSx.
Another option is to use some of the free maps available, or purchase new maps. The installation of maps on the older Garmin GPS units was more complicated than the process for the newer units. With the newer units one may simply copy files to the microSD card. The 60CSx is limited to one mapset. The installation process from MapSource would take care of combining multiple mapsets into a single installation. If one only wants a single mapset life is easier.
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The Nitrile rubber material found in the Harbor Freight package suggested by colleda isn't the best material selection for an application that is likely to include UV exposure. The EPDM material suggested by other posters is a better selection.
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Geocache data can also be present in the form of a ggz file. Some waypoints may be stored as POI too. The POI could be part of a map but they wouldn't respond like geocaches but the graphical representation on the map could be the same. This is why it is a best practice to put geocache data on removable memory cards on Garmin devices.
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I have seen that happen on my Garmin. It appears to be map and cursor location dependent. I attribute it to a corrupt map feature that may be zoom dependent. In my experience it has only occurred on only a specific map feature/cursor position. Move the cursor away from that feature and things are back to normal.
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10 hours ago, RuideAlmeida said:
Some other geocaching apps, have weird effects on Geocaching profile settings. Do you use any?
I used the official geocaching app and Cachly. The false home setting is within 3 miles of where I was caching during the past week. I was on the edge of having cell phone service during this time, sometimes I had it, sometimes I didn't. I don't think there is an option to set the home location within either of the apps.
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3 hours ago, terratin said:
Regular home location changer here. Never seen this either.
Have you excluded foul play? Have a unique password for gc and change it ever so often?
I haven't excluded foul play but I haven't seen any evidence of any other altered data in my geocaching.com account. There haven't been any new logs, deleted logs, or any other data that I have reviewed. My geocaching.com password isn't a strong one and hasn't been changed in ages.
My initial thought was that some website data had been corrupted either by some Groundspeak error or a hardware issue. Since there hasn't been a large group of users commenting with a shared experience this past week, it looks like the issue is more unique to me.
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I found that my home location associated with my username had been changed without my involvement. I have some pocket queries that I routinely run that reference my home location and today they didn't return the expected results. A week ago they did. Somehow my home location was moved about 40 miles to the west. I had some recent finds in the general area of the bogus home location. It could be that I had centered the geocaching map at that location but I certainly didn't update my home to that location. Has anybody else had unintended home location changes?
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What would happen to the plan if one cacher signed several or even all 13 logs?
Since the FTF side game is an activity without universally accepted rules it will forever be fraught with differing perspectives. Round and round we go.
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1. As Mineral2 indicated, use the zoom level settings to manipulate the visibility of geocaches and other items at different zoom levels.
2. I use the GarminExport macro in GSAK to send geocache data in a ggz file to my 64st. One of the features of the macro allows found caches to be exported as POI. I utilize this function as it is sometimes useful to have a point of reference in an area I have visited before.
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You didn't state what data was in the gpx files you wanted to upload. Through Basecamp or Mapsource one can upload waypoints and/or tracks that originate from gpx files. The 60cx doesn't support full geocache data like more modern GPS receivers. Maps are in files in IMG format.
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I recently traveled and contacted 9 owners of virtuals or EarthCaches to supply the requested site information. Of those 9, 5 remained silent. Of the 4 that replied, 3 were "thank you for visiting" type replies. One of the replies requested the specified photo be posted. I don't wait for replies before posting finds.
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Was the latest version of Basecamp/Map Install used to write the map to the microSD? If so, that's a problem. The latest software version has a bug(s) that tends to produce faulty map displays. Better revert back to an older version of the software.
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In this situation with my 64st I have had success with the method suggested by on4bam (switching to GPS only instead of GPS+GLONASS).
In the past I have tried restarting the satellite acquisition using different methods (auto, manual point) without success. Getting rid of GLONASS seems to be the only solution for my 64st. It appears that something in the GLONASS process gets corrupted and it takes a few hours to get corrected. I usually leave GLONASS off until the next day. On my unit GLONASS corruption appears infrequently, perhaps something less than 1% of the time. It seems to appear upon initial power-up. I don't think I have ever seen the unit go from working in GPS+GLONASS to not working while continuously powered. It has occurred when powering up after only seconds of off time and hours or days of off time. It could be that something gets corrupted in the power cycle.
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I am also having trouble uploading an image to a log.☹️
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I have read that the latest version of BaseCamp/MapInstall has issues with 3rd party maps. Those that use maps that aren't from Garmin are recommended to revert back to a previous version.
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Items shown on the map can be part of the map, user waypoints, user points of interest, or geocaches. Each of these categories of items has user settable criteria for display. If there are multiple items with the exact same coordinates I am unsure of the method for determining the display of the items. Is it possible there are multiple items at the location of interest for you?
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Contrary to my desire, it appears the default geocache filter executed at startup doesn't show all caches. It excludes caches with size set to "other" or "not chosen." Those size selections are common among Earthcaches and caches from CO's that want to be coy about the cache container. Select Menu, Geocache Filter, Quick Filter, Apply Filter to select all geocaches. That assumes that you haven't previously set the filter form to exclude certain items.
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Thanx for the GeoLex. I have saved it for future use.
I keep running across "FL Style" and "GA Style" here in FL and have no idea what they mean. I do not see a commonality in the GCs they are attached to, but I must be missing something. When used together it seems to indicate they are different styles, but still not sure what they are. Are there other State styles? I have logged GC's in 37 states but don't recall running into that in other areas.
Thanx for any feed back you can provide
"FL Style" is reference to a hide in bootjack or boot of a Sabal palmetto.
"GA Style" hides I have encountered have been concealed with a layer of pine needles.
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3 of the 9 PQs I started today did not run after more than an hour. They haven't been this slow in a long time, wondering if they're stuck. Anyone else seeing this?
I clicked on a PQ to run and it hasn't run...yet. Looks to me that the response isn't normal.
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GPSmap 62sc which has been working fine, up and quit displaying any maps or useful data today, for no apparent reason. Now all it shows is a blank screen with the "you are here arrow", and the long. and lat. coordinates across the top. It also tracks. But all of that is useless of course without the freakin' street maps! No idea why that (basecamp program) disappeared. Any way to get it back? Did I accidentally change some setting? Changing to new batteries made no difference. Thx
On my 60csx the microSD card occasionally gets loose in it's mounting. To help avoid this situation I developed the practice of re-seating the card every time I fuss with the batteries. Of course this is only a possible issue with your unit if you have the maps on the microSD card.
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Does anybody have similar problem? GPSmap 60CSx suddenly lost all satellite connection when I switched the device off and on again after 30 minutes.
Garmin support advised as follows:
"To reset your satellites:
Go to your satellite page.
Select Menu
Select 'Use with GPS off'
Select menu
Select auto locate
Select automatic
Once you've done this, leave the device outdoors for about 15-20 minutes. "
I did as advised, but no result. Have you any experience about similar problem and how to fix it?
Once, when I quickly cycled power, I had the same thing happen. I was try to turn on the backlight. It appears that the unit can get corrupted software in such circumstances. I managed to reload the software/firmware on the unit and all is good now. My recollection is that the update process via the Garmin Updater didn't work. I had to use a more manual approach. I got the file I needed from http://gawisp.com/perry/ It is possible to check the version of software you unit is currently using. If it reads 0.0 then the software has been corrupted. MENU > MENU > Setup > ENTR > System > ENTR > MENU >Software Version > ENTR
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I am getting my Masters in Mathematics. So really I could have done a mathematical analysis of just about anything. I just enjoy Geocaching and thought it would be a good idea to spend the next several months of my life working on a topic I enjoy.
I am still early in the process here but I want to do is develop a mathematical model to represent the number of geocaches in an area. I need data for how many caches are in all these different areas so that I can get some numbers like
-average number of caches in an area with high population density
-average number of caches in an area with low population density
-rate caches are being planted in the different areas (high density areas, low density areas)
-How many geocaches can a certain area hold while following all of the rules perfectly (ie. caches are exctly 0.1 miles apart)
-How many geocaches does a TYPICAL area hold, since people do not plant them the perfect distance apart, and there are buildings in the way etc.
I want to create a model that when I put in information for certain variables (maybe population density or something, not sure yet) it would tell me how many caches are typically in the area and/or whether the area will be saturated after a certain amount of time.
I don't know any of this for sure. I am still bouncing ideas around...
So one thing that you've touched on, but you need to clarify in your notes is that the number of caches fluctuate. You'll need to have some snapshot dates, probably at regular intervals. The lovely thing about PQs is once you set them up you can get them to run once a week which is a nice logical interval.
Yes, I was thinking about that. Maybe coming up with a growth rate and a "death" rate for when caches are archived. And this would be different for different areas I think. Like maybe urban areas have a faster "death" rate because of more muggles?
The death rate is going to be difficult or impossible to determine through a single PQ. In general PQ's don't have archived caches. One can infer the archival of a cache in GSAK by loading PQ's generated on different dates and screening on the last GPX date. Those caches that aren't in the latest PQ are good candidates for caches that were archived.
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PQs seem to be having a problem. I had 4 scheduled to run today. 2 are available, 2 not. I didn't receive any emails about the 2 being available.
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my old 60cx crashed (5or6 years old)and I've replaced it with a Montana 600. How can I transfer the license of City Navigator which I bought recently and unlocked for the 60Cx to the new Montana 600.
There is no legal way to do that.
The JHolly statement might be accurate but it might not. There was a time that the license agreement for the City Navigator product and some of the other Garmin map products allowed installing the maps on two GPS receivers. I know I made use of that feature. My recollection is that Garmin stopped this two installation agreement in 2008 or 2009. Bikerneal you need to check the license agreement that came with your CN maps. If that license agreement specifies a single installation then JHolly is correct. If you have two installations available then you need to get another unlock code, add that to Mapsource/Basecamp and send the maps to your Montana.
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My previous reply on this topic was aimed at the DVD version of city navigator. My recollection is that the microSD version of city navigator was locked to the microSD card, and not a particular GPS receiver. Is it possible that the microSD card was damaged in the battery issue in the old 60CSx device? Try cleaning the contacts on the card. Another possibility is the microSD card is only loosely mounted in the 60CSx. The latching mechanism on the 60CSx was always getting loose on my units so I made it a practice of re-latching the card every time I changed the batteries.