Collection Of FAQs

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Collections of FAQs

Mobile app (iPhone or Android) vs. GPS

• "Best" depends on your style of hunting. Previous discussions.
• This is easily the most frequently discussed topic. Older (before 2012 or so) conversations centered around the better antenna and receivers in dedicated portable units. That's about a wash in modern gear. Ruggedized, dedicated units are more likely to survive a fall down a cliff and into a creek. They're also able to function completely out of cell range. Durable cases, external battery packs, and offline maps and programs have removed a lot of the excuses that used to surround our beloved phones and users of this solution point to the carefree nature of caching (while you're in coverage) and the realtime logs ("hey, the owner archived it this morning...")
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Garmin

• Montana, Monterra, Dakota, Modern GPSMAP and more at GPSrChive.
• FAQs for 60C(S)x, 76C(S)x, eTrex Legend HCx, eTrex Legend Cx , eTrex Vista HCx, eTrex Vista Cx and others. Much of it (except receiver details and expandable memory) applies to older units like 60C(S) and 76C(s) .
• Oregon 700 and other 2019-era units have added an extra digit to the coordinates (e.g. 35 12.3456): Handling extra coordinate in Garmin receivers.
• (old) City Navigator v8 NT and non NT, Whats the difference
• (old) How to get around the segment limit and load all the US Topo maps to your Garmin GPS

Magellan

• Explorist GC
• Robert Lipe's Magellan FAQ
• The Meridian FAQ
• Explorist (older models: 400, 500, 600) FAQ
• Robert Lipe's collection of articles
   

Delorme
Delorme was purchased by Garmin. Support for the PN-20, 40, and 60 level products is nearly non-existent. ?

 

Apple's MacOS and OS/X

• List of Mac apps for geocachers.
• iCaching

Other

• Joe Mehaffey, Jack Yeazel, Dale DePriest collection of FAQs, reviews, and articles.
• Ten myths of GPS
• Rich Owings' reviews
• Rich Owings' FAQ's

 

Paperless Caching (old)

• Geocacher University's page about going paperless with GPX Spinner and Plucker.
• Paperless caching with Mac
• Paperless caching wiki

 

Groundspeak Mobile Apps

• iPhone
• Android

 

FAQs of this group

• Can I use rechargeable batteries? Yes. Everloops are a perennial favorite. Remember to use the NiMH setting
  Groundspeak's list of apps for Mac, Linux, Windows, Web, and Mobile
• What software is available for sending geocaches to a GPS?
• Why does my GPS reception inside my car poor? Most likely you have a tinted windshield that contains metallic particles.
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Tips for asking questions

• Pick good subject lines. The odds of you quickly catching the attention of knowledgeable help go way up when you. Subjects like "Error 403 transferring waypoints on 60C under BlerfoMAP 3.34" are much more serviceable than "Newbie question".
• Punctuate the subject correctly. Interrogative sentences (questions) end in question marks.
• Include brand and model info when you're asking about problems. If you're using a program that runs on more than one OS, include info on that, too.
• If you're asking advice about maps, include what country/continent you're interested in.

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Edited August 13, 2019 by robertlipe
2019 update