got a PDA now what ?

[+scaryfurryanimals]

Didn't want to go down this route(no pun intended)but can some one please tell what i do next with regards to setting up our PDA for caching.

 

Love mummy from the scaryfurryanimals ,don't tell the big one i promised i wouldn't do this!!

Edited August 11, 2006 by scaryfurryanimals

[+davy boy]

To start with you need to become a premium member then you can get pq's as a file on pda! Then purchase Memory map and you'll be ready to go.

[+rutson]

Let's start at the begining What sort of PDA is is? Palm or Windows Mobile based?

[+scaryfurryanimals]

Let's start at the begining What sort of PDA is is? Palm or Windows Mobile based?

Hi Rutson,hubby says windows based. Didn't actually buy it just for caching so what are the pluses also of using a PDA.

[nobby.nobbs]

well personally i find reading the cache details in ebook form using mobipocket perfectly easy and good enough for my purposes. easy to use as well see mobipocket

 

i know there are other ways but it works for me who is far from a code monkey

[+rufty tufty boys]

Pluses - you can carry arround hundreds of cache sheets, and cache when the mood takes you.

 

First thing get Premium Membership. This will enable you to run Pocket Queries.

 

I run one for my nearest 500 caches weekly. Then if I am going anywhere I run one for that area.

 

Download to PDA

 

I use GpxView to read them because its simple, and you can put in your current co-ordinates and caches in order of distance,

[+scaryfurryanimals]

Thanks everyone, joining up today which no doubt will get be back on here withl ots of other questions for you.Love the Scaries

[+scaryfurryanimals]

Just be come premium and has i thought still confused,and what about memory map is it neccessary and are there others i'm on my own with this.The PDA is Hubby's but i want it for caching!!!!!

[+housefamily]

Just be come premium and has i thought still confused,and what about memory map is it neccessary and are there others i'm on my own with this.The PDA is Hubby's but i want it for caching!!!!!

 

I don't use memory map - it's certainly very useful, but it's very expensive too!!!

 

Basically the process I use works like this:

• Create a pocket query for the area you're interested in. Try starting with your home coordinates and a 30 mile radius, perhaps. Go to this page, create a new query, and it'll be emailed to your email address as a 'GPX' file - possibly compressed into a ZIP file.
  
• Extract the GPX file and copy it to your pda. I copy all mine into a folder called 'caching' on a compact-flash card.
  
• Install GPXSonar or GPXView onto your pda. This will allow you to read the GPX file and list all the caches in the area covered by the pockect query.
  
• er... that's it
  

But people do it in lots of different ways - that's just the way I've found the simplest and easiest.

 

Geoff

[polc1410]

Next thing is not to fall down a rabbit hole. land on the screen and crack it!

 

Shiny Black Shoe

[+Moote]

Cachemate for the PPC is by far the best tool, this conclusion is after trying all the above mentioned PPC Caching tools. Because it uses a real SQL Database, and does not just read the native GPX file, it allows for quicker searches etc.

 

Moote

[+housefamily]

Cachemate for the PPC is by far the best tool, this conclusion is after trying all the above mentioned PPC Caching tools. Because it uses a real SQL Database, and does not just read the native GPX file, it allows for quicker searches etc.

 

Really? That's extremely handy to know. I've always wondered how people carry around huuuge databases on their pdas.

[+ventura_kids]

I use GSAK to filter out all those pesky caches I don't want....like long hikes, puzzles, multi's, hiders that I know always have bad coords, etc...

Then I dump what's left into cachemate, and sync to the pda.

I like to keep the nearest 2000 caches along with me just in case.