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I've seen other posts that suggest that the iQue 3600 might not be suitable for field work even though it sounds like it would be great around town and in the car. The geocacher GPSr would need to be ruggedized and waterproof (should it float?). The ability to use non-proprietary memory products would be key. My Garmin emap requires that the batteries have to come out to access the memory !?? The device should be designed to make the memory hot-swappable. A USB or firewire port might be cool. I think I'd prefer to use a standard cable than a proprietary one. Think of being able to plug in a small USB memory fob to move data around between PC and GPS or GPS and GPS. How about a bluetooth or an infrared connection to transfer selected data between GPS's? Would it be too much to ask for a Linux based OS and a published set of interfaces to make it easier to run custom applications? Should the GPS support GPX? Team Geo-Jedi, Searchers 4 Ground Truth

Although low price and 1 meter accuracy would be nice, are there other features that would be part of your ideal GPSr. Many features that I would like are a matter of software and memory. Would Garmin or Magellan pay any attention to geocacher type features? It seems like it should be straightforward to implement a directory structure for waypoints. There are certain ones that I like to keep even after deleting those that were of a passing interest. A PDA like cradle would be nice for connecting the GPSr to my PC and a power source for recharging its batteries. When in the field entering new way points or leaving bread crumbs, there are times when I really wish I had some sort of keyboard instead of my Garmin emap's clunky and slow sequential method of entering characters. The upcoming GPSr/PDA might address some of these wishes as might some of the PDAs that can attach a GPSr. Still that seems backwards. I want a GPSr with more features, not another Palm device that has an expensive GPSr add in! What do you want in a GPSr? What do you want in a GPSr that seems technically feasible that isn't in most models and that is of special relevance to geocachers? Team Geo-Jedi, Searchers 4 Ground Truth

We saw it here. The kids and I are awaiting the Great Renumbering. We submitted one site prematurely when we saw that non-hex waypoints were being released. Now we only have one more shot at the infamous GCFFFF. Team Geo-Jedi, Searchers 4 Ground Truth

It is not that GPS accuracy is a function of TOD, it is that GPS accuracy changes over time (and space) for a variety of reasons. Team Geo-Jedi, Searchers 4 Ground Truth

Rover! rov·er 1. One that roves; a wanderer. 2. A crewed or uncrewed vehicle, used especially in exploring the terrain of a planet and its satellites. Remember as it is said by the community of Geocachers - "All who wander are not lost." Team Geo-Jedi p.s. one of our geo-dogs is named Hunter. Team Geo-Jedi, Searchers 4 Ground Truth

Ham radio operators trade what are called QSL cards. In the international "Q" code, this is an acknowledgement of receipt of a message. These QSL cards are then collected and displayed. Just as with avatars, people devote time and effort into their design. It would be cool to have Cache Site Location/Located cards to collect. Inside the cache, there would be site specific cards for finders to take. Finders could leave their Cache Site Located cards for cache owners to collect during cache maintenance. If the physical aspect is too costly (or inappropriate for microcaches), this could also be done electronically when caches are logged. You could then have a digital scrapbook of CSL showing off your caches found as well as one with CSLs that include the comments of those geocachers who have visited your caches. In the ham radio world, designing your QSL cards was/is an essential task. As such, this same topic came up in the ham radio forum a while back. See "QSL cards for caches" last updated Sept 2002 but started in February 2002. http://ubbx.Groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=4216058331&m=9766024841 geo-jedi Team Geo-Jedi, Searchers 4 Ground Truth

Wouldn't it be cool and interesting to maintain a graph showing the number of countries, caches, logs, and geocachers for the last n (n=30?) days as well as for the same period last year? The data that is presented now would be sufficient to populate the graphs. Some colorful charts would help us all visualize the dramatic growth of this wonderful new sport/game/activity. geo-jedi searchers 4 ground truth (and an avatar)