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I only use it about twice a year (including right now, because this thread reminded me) to load my All Finds PQ and run a tweaked version of the PrintDiary macro. For this I fire up a creaky old Windows XP virtual machine (yes, XP), and GSAK is the single remaining thing for which I ever need Windows, so don't nag me about using XP. Linux and Android are my daily drivers now. I'm pretty sure nothing touches GSAK for sheer functionality, but personally I don't need it anymore. Caching with a phone now, I find I can do everything I need within the app I use (Locus Map), including direct loading of PQs, grouping into folders, and various filter options. It's a small subset of what GSAK can do, but it's enough. If I was a stats hound, it wouldn't be enough. But I'm not a stats hound. XP knows nothing about HiDPI, so I have to put my nose right up to the screen. Good riddance.

I still use GSAK too. I was a fairly early adopter but as I'm a Linux user I stopped using GSAK and used a few different Linux tools over the years - Open Cache Manager, Geoquo and GAPP - but GSAK is way ahead of anything else out there and so I came back to it and run Windows in a VM on my Linux box just to run GSAK. Similar to @fizzymagic I do lots of my cache management directly through SQLite rather than using the GSAK macro features. Although Clyde stepped back from developing/maintaining GSAK it is kept going by a few dedicated maintainers (thanks guys), and community support & advice is great.

Well I finally figured it out. The coding for the List maps and the "View Map" was changed, while the "Browse map" is still using the old coding. The old coding used code.jquery.com to access jquery code. The new code no longer uses that, it now uses cdn.jsdelivr.net. Normally this would not be an issue, but I have Pi-hole running on a raspberrypi as my local DNS. This is a wonderful setup for blocking ADs and unwanted other stuff, but it - for whatever reason - blocked access to cdn.jsdelivr.net and this kept the maps from loading. Once I Whitelisted this site everything started working fine on my Windows 7 computer. Thanks and my apologies to everyone who tried to help! Marc

My PC is from circa 2012. I tried to find the latest drivers for my Intel i7-3770 HD 4000 Graphics card and installed what I could find from Intel. But it did not make any difference. I do have a Windows 10 computer, it's just a lot of work to transfer and set up. But I may have to do that just for this.

I have two old Windows 7 PCs, both running the latest version of Firefox. On one, the maps work fine, on the other, the older of the two, they're coming up blank. I suspect it might be a problem with the underlying graphics hardware (or drivers) more than Windows 7 per se. The older machine probably dates from around 2010 so it's pretty ancient by technology standards.

I've contacted Geocaching.com and received a reply. They are saying it's Windows 7, which if it is, then it's because of lazy programming on their end. (I've been programming since 1970). Other sites like GaiaGPS.com, AllTrails.com and TrailForks.com all work fine in my browser. Actually I've tried 3 different browsers and they all doing the same thing. Every day I flush cache and cookies from my browsers, so I know that's not part of the issue. It's just a little frustrating.

When I select "View Larger Map" on a Geocache page I get a blank webpage. The same thing happens if I use "View Map" under the Play drop down menu. It also happens if I try to view a list map. I assume this is because I'm still running on Windows 7. Is this correct? Not very happy about this.

My Android phone alerts me to emails. It then "pings" my Garmin watch where I can read them, with a little difficulty, if I don't have my glasses handy.

Yes, I know this text, unfortunately I am at the stage of choosing Garmin and I would like to be sure that the new Garmins still support photo.

If you would like to take some time to test, here is an instruction on how you can do it: You can also take advantage of geocache photos on your Garmin handheld, JPEG only, need to be placed on the handheld’s mass storage in the following manner: Photos \Garmin\GeocachePhotos\Last Character\Second To Last Character\Full Code\ Spoiler Photos <Photos Path>\Spoilers\ For example, photos for a geocache with code OXZTXGC would be placed under the path \Garmin\GeocachePhotos\C\G\OXZTXGC\ And spoilers would be placed under \Garmin\GeocachePhotos\C\G\OXZTXGC\Spoilers If the geocache has only three characters total, a 0 (zero) is used for the second to last character. For example, photos for a geocache with code OXR would be placed under the path \Garmin\GeocachePhotos\R\0\OXR\

As I mentioned above, I use my phone if I want to see images for a cache and have never tried to figure out a way to port them to my 66. There is no \Garmin\GeocachePhotos\ folder in the GGZ files I generate using GSAK, and I'm not aware of a way to create one using that method. I'm sure you could manually add such a folder, but I'm not sure how you would properly access any images you put in it on the device.

Were you able to import the photos of caches to the 66? Can you check if you have a \Garmin\GeocachePhotos\ folder and if you can display photos as a description for geocaches?

I don’t own a 67. However, I own a 66 that most definitely supports GGZ, and its manual also omits any reference to GGZ: https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/gpsmap66i/EN-US/GUID-7A0A0748-A379-4FE5-9D3A-277C4B406A1E.html

Did you upload GGZ files to GPSMAP67? the documentation says that GGZ is no longer supported https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-5724F4C0-7557-4C51-BF07-54A567FA4600/EN-US/GUID-7A0A0748-A379-4FE5-9D3A-277C4B406A1E.html BTW GGZ may contain a \Garmin\GeocachePhotos\ folder structure with photos

I got a new GPSr: Garmin Etrex 32X. My old GPSr: Garmin Etrex 30X. On the Etrex 30X, when I uploaded my POIs, they would show on the map. With the Etrex 32X, they do not show on the map. How do i get them to show on the map?

I have created and named a list that I can see in both the Geocache App and on Geocaching.com, I can also see the list exists on my Garmin 67i but when I press enter on the list the list is highlighted as not synced, when I enter the list it gives me the option to sync, when I press enter it seemingly starts to sync then on page stating Basic geocache details downloaded with continue highlighted at the bottom of the screen, when I then press enter it takes me back to the original list which states not synced and I have to start all over again and this then becomes a continuous loop, can anyone help me get out of this madhouse please ? If it helps I can download photos of each of the screens !

To answer the question: any model which supports Garmin Live can do that. Some of the models are: eTrex SE, Oregon 7xx, Montana 7xx

I looked at a couple of your logs. If you would limit you comments to finding the cache you wouldn't need such a Garmin.

Jusr for you: Hi. Is there a Garmin device that supports adding longer text than "Found it"? Where I can enter a long text, log, that I always use to log the geocache. Well thank you.

No, nothing moved. The only reason I considered changing anything is because when the second correct coordinates are determined they show when plotted on the Direction to cache map they show at a wrong spot. And apparently for some also on the tool they use to find the coordinates -- iPhone , Garmin etc. BUT some have found it and said coordinates are okay. I recently found a puzzle cache description with a puzzle which gave me ideas. Maybe leave as a multi and tweak the description

Actually this averaging should be done on the Garmin unit itself whilst creating the waypoint. Re: Pulling the waypoints: Set your unit's USB connection to "Mass Storage Mode". Re: GSAK support: just use another supported Montana unit in GSAK's settings. Hans

That's definitely wrong. You may open any GPX waypoint files from GSAK's gui. There are macros to fetch waypoints from Garmin units as well. Happy Learning Hans

GSAK is a geocache database, not a waypoint database. It does support Montana (I use one myself) but only for geocaches. To retreive waypoints, you need a program like Garmin BaseCamp, EasyGPS, or any other program which supports gpx files. There are even online solutions, like Garmin Explore. You can find the waypoints you created in the folder \Garmin\GPX\ on your Montana. The file name contains the date you created the waypoints.

I'm not sure if that's a declarative or interrogative statement, but perhaps is would be more appropriate in a group where the native language is closer to your native one. (Sorry. That's not judgmental; it's just statistics based on our readership/participation..) This group is dominated by English speakers. Your best chance of getting help - or getting appreciation if you're giving help - is to communicate in English, even if that means using something like translate.google.com. I think you're asking if any Garmin can record a default 'found it' long with additional text. If that's the case, it really is up to whatever software (GSAK, etc.) sits between your GPS and the upload API to search and replace that text on the way.

Hi. Existing a garmin device that support add a longer text than "Found it"? Presets log which I always use to logging a geocache. And I can set this log in Garmin too. Thanks