#1bullmoose Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I just bought an Iway 250c thinking I would get in on the fun of geocaching. How do I put the location numbers in my unit? and than follow to the location? The books don't seam to help. All I can get to come up are roads and highways. Thanks Quote Link to comment
+admo1972 Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I don't know that unit, but the general method is to mark your position, then edit the coordinates of the position you want to go to. Quote Link to comment
+Macinvilas Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I just bought an Iway 250c thinking I would get in on the fun of geocaching. How do I put the location numbers in my unit? and than follow to the location? The books don't seam to help. All I can get to come up are roads and highways. Thanks This unit does not look good for geochching, I would have got a Garmin eTrex or a Magellan eXplorist. I have a Garmin eTrex and happy with it, and my brother has a Magellan eXplorist and he is happy with that one. I'd send it back Quote Link to comment
#1bullmoose Posted May 18, 2007 Author Share Posted May 18, 2007 I just bought an Iway 250c thinking I would get in on the fun of geocaching. How do I put the location numbers in my unit? and than follow to the location? The books don't seam to help. All I can get to come up are roads and highways. Thanks Thanks, macinvilas and almo1972 Quote Link to comment
crawil Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I looked up the Iway 250c and it is an automobile-based navigation routing system, not really a good handheld system that you will want to be using tramping about in the bushes. Besides you'll lose the stylus falling down a hill - we've all done it! Get a cheap (~$100) unit at Wally-World and you'll be set. Quote Link to comment
#1bullmoose Posted May 19, 2007 Author Share Posted May 19, 2007 I looked up the Iway 250c and it is an automobile-based navigation routing system, not really a good handheld system that you will want to be using tramping about in the bushes. Besides you'll lose the stylus falling down a hill - we've all done it! Get a cheap (~$100) unit at Wally-World and you'll be set. Thanks Crawil. We have donr some letterboxing but thought this would be more fun. Quote Link to comment
#1bullmoose Posted May 19, 2007 Author Share Posted May 19, 2007 I looked up the Iway 250c and it is an automobile-based navigation routing system, not really a good handheld system that you will want to be using tramping about in the bushes. Besides you'll lose the stylus falling down a hill - we've all done it! Get a cheap (~$100) unit at Wally-World and you'll be set. Thanks Crawil and Tadpole. We have done some letterboxing but thought this would be more fun. Quote Link to comment
+HaLiJuSaPa Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 The I-Ways (and most "car GPSr" devices like Tom Tom, etc.) cannot navigate to an off-road waypoint easily if at all and are almost useless for geocaching (and also, as noted, not very rugged to use in the woods). Only the original I-Way (the discontinued 100M, which I have) which looks more like a handheld than a car GPS, really does a halfway decent job (and even there, has flaws compared to a true "hiking GPS" like lack of a "compass rose"). There has been talk there about some sort of "combined unit" but I guess there hasn't been enough of a market out there for such a device to be mass-marketed. Magelllan has recently come out with what they call a "crossover" GPS to do both, but I hear it hasn't been selling too well and is pretty expensive (like about $500 or so). Quote Link to comment
#1bullmoose Posted May 20, 2007 Author Share Posted May 20, 2007 The I-Ways (and most "car GPSr" devices like Tom Tom, etc.) cannot navigate to an off-road waypoint easily if at all and are almost useless for geocaching (and also, as noted, not very rugged to use in the woods). Only the original I-Way (the discontinued 100M, which I have) which looks more like a handheld than a car GPS, really does a halfway decent job (and even there, has flaws compared to a true "hiking GPS" like lack of a "compass rose"). There has been talk there about some sort of "combined unit" but I guess there hasn't been enough of a market out there for such a device to be mass-marketed. Magelllan has recently come out with what they call a "crossover" GPS to do both, but I hear it hasn't been selling too well and is pretty expensive (like about $500 or so). Thanks for the information. Looks like I get another toy. Quote Link to comment
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