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Hi, I have a handheld GPS, but since my phone contract is due, I am able to upgrade my phone. And I saw one that I like, Sony Ericsson w760. It has an internal GPS. Just wondering if it is possible to geocache with that. Since it don't come with any geocache software. And I don't have a internet data plan... I asked the guy in radioshack, he say GPS phone are Assisted-GPS, and it is not possible to use a phone's GPS without the internet... is that true? Because while I look at my brother's, you can turn the Assisted function on or off... I don't want anything fancy like the AT&T navigation ( I got 2 car GPS for that...), I just want a simple one that I can use for geocache / hiking, so I don't have to bring a seperate GPS, and a camera, and a cell phone... thanks ahead of time...

hey man, thanks, this thing is totally awesome. Guide me through Tyler State Park of PA no problem even though I am not familiar with the place. It help so much finding the shortest route to a geocache. And when I got lost, help me get back on a main road. The file size is a bit big though, is there a way I could load it into my GPS with less detail? I only have internal 24 mb, lol.

I guess if you don't want to pay, you can always make your own sort of Travel Bug (not really) "Where's George" Dollar for free.

oh, does that mean that if I alway want Bucks County in my GPS, I will alway have to redownload Bucks County onto it, with the new one I want? Then it will delete whatever map was on the GPS and add in the Buck County and the new one so my memory don't run out?

alright, I loaded in Bucks Conty, it work great. It even have trail from state parks. Too bad about 2 mb a county. I guess I have to bring my laptop with me on my trip. By the way, how do you delete stuffs from your GPS? What if I loaded a map that I don't want, how do I delete it?

A question just pop into my mind. The US TOPO is a DVD. And the free maps that the other guy pointed to is around 1 GB. I only have 24 mb, how am I suppose to fit anything on that? How does this work? Really confuses me.

coggins -- thanks Neos2 -- good point, lol. Yeah, I zoom in all the way, but no detail shown. Probably because I don't live near any highway... but there is a park next to my house, show I assume it will show up. I will try again tomorrow...

hey guy, my GPS just arrived today. So much fun playing with it. Maybe I don't know how to set it or something, in open sky, the accuracy is on average within 10 feet. Is this normal? I mean 10 feet x 10 feet is a rather large area. And the base map is sort of useless, lol. It don't display anything in my area beside the name or surrounding city. I live in the surburb, maybe that's why... but I would at least expect it showing parks or something, lol. So I was thinking maybe I should get the TOPO US. But that's really expensive compare to the price of the gps. Are there any good free maps out there? One that have names label and also show parks?

sound awesome, I will get it then, thanks. By the way, how does the Geocache Mode work?

So a year and a half ago, in a science lecture at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, the professor from wherever introduce how the GPS System works. And the end, he mention that he had his students all buy a gps to go geocache as a school project. Beside 'treasure hunting' he mentioned that the handheld GPS is able to track where you been, the route the took, then map it in the computer. So then I was interested. But since then, I haven't got the time to get myself a GPS until now, when I almost finish my Junior year in high school. I was looking at Garmin Venture HC and Legend HCx. Probably going to get Venture HC, since I got a normal car GPS already, and it's cheaper. Just wondering if the Venture HC is a good GPS for geocache, or is there a better one in similar price range (~$130). Also, is it really able to keep a record of the data of where I have been to and map it on the computer? Does it work in other countries? Since I alway travel all around the world to different places. Last thought... is it possible for me to use the GPS as a signal reciever, connect to a laptop. Which a software use the signal to do road navigation in the laptop? I am new to GPS, so half of the stuffs on the official site, I don't quite understand. Plus, English is my 2nd language, so I am very bad at it... thanks...