+Chaos Team Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 GPS came today I loaded up some way points and we were off to finding 4 of them the last one a 10:45 at night in the woods it was fun. A question is there a trick or software for loading the waypoints into my GPSr "Legend CX" instead of hand entering them all? Thanks Quote Link to comment
SeekYeFirst Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Good question! I'll be watching for this answer too! My thumb was getting sore this weekend after entering 10 caches! Quote Link to comment
+Adrenalynn Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 A premium membership for ~$3/mo will help a LOT. That being said, from the cache page, you can download GPX files. Open those files in EasyGPS (easiest way to get started) from http://www.easygps.com You should have received a data cable with your new GPS. You need that on the PC and hooked to the Legend. Use EasyGPS to send the coordinates to the GPS. That's the easy getting started method. Once you master that, we can start exploring things like sending hundreds of waypoints and hints and that kinda thing to your gpsr. Welcome to the addiction! Quote Link to comment
+IronmOn Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 GPS came today I loaded up some way points and we were off to finding 4 of them the last one a 10:45 at night in the woods it was fun. A question is there a trick or software for loading the waypoints into my GPSr "Legend CX" instead of hand entering them all? Thanks For more help on Caching and the basics to downloading waypoints to your GPS , I suggest that you head to http://www.geocacher-u.com/101/firsthunt2.html and do some reading. They will explain the how to of everything. ENJOY, IronmOn Quote Link to comment
SeekYeFirst Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 GPS came today I loaded up some way points and we were off to finding 4 of them the last one a 10:45 at night in the woods it was fun. A question is there a trick or software for loading the waypoints into my GPSr "Legend CX" instead of hand entering them all? Thanks For more help on Caching and the basics to downloading waypoints to your GPS , I suggest that you head to http://www.geocacher-u.com/101/firsthunt2.html and do some reading. They will explain the how to of everything. ENJOY, IronmOn I checked out this site but it only told how to hand enter the coords. Quote Link to comment
+IronmOn Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I checked out this site but it only told how to hand enter the coords. Try checking out EasyGPS as it is free and does work for entering many cordinates thru your computer. EasyGPS info here: http://www.easygps.com/ Quote Link to comment
+Beffums Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Another program that works well (free to start, and then either a minimal fee to register, or else nag screens, but still free to use) is GSAK - Geocaching Swiss Army Knife. For the Legend, GSAK works very well - we've not had any issues with it. We've never used EasyGPS, so not sure if there are pros/cons for one over the other. Quote Link to comment
+JSWilson64 Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 A question is there a trick or software for loading the waypoints into my GPSr "Legend CX" instead of hand entering them all? You don't have to have a premium membership, but it helps keep the site running and makes things easier. You can download .LOC files without premium membership. I used to download a LOC file for every cache I was interested in, open them all in Easy GPS, and copy & paste all the separate entries into one sheet. Select 'em all, and send to my Etrex Legend. IMO, one Pocket Query per month pays for my premium membership in saved time. Quote Link to comment
+Titansfan Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 I used EasyGPS from a short time, it was not want I wanted and went back to placing manually. Later, after going with a PDA; I began using GSAK. GSAK is great! I have recommended it to all new cachers. Quote Link to comment
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