+Jedi Cacher Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 I just became a premium member last week to support geocaching and make it a little bit easier accessing the information. So far it has been a real time saver for geocaching. I am ready to hit the trail this afternoon and have all my coordinates ready for caching. There are some benchmarks in the area but cannot download the LOC files to my GPS. I noticed that there are several applications for doing this. I do not have a PDA yet so which application do I use to download my benchmark coordinates to my GPS? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+A tapeworm Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 ... which application do I use to download my benchmark coordinates to my GPS? Lots of options listed on the gc.com site. The only one I've tried (& use currently) is Geocaching Swiss Army Knife, which seems to work pretty well once I played around enough to figure it out. Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Jedi Cacher - The simplest software to use for that is EasyGPS. Quote Link to comment
+Jedi Cacher Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Jedi Cacher - The simplest software to use for that is EasyGPS. Thanks for the info. I was wondering if the EasyGPS program is compatible with the LOC files? I don't know exactly how it works. It does sound like allot of cachers are going with the GSAK program like A Tapeworm suggested. There are many benchmarks in my area and it has got to be allot better then entering all the coordinates by hand. Quote Link to comment
Papa-Bear-NYC Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Thanks for the info. I was wondering if the EasyGPS program is compatible with the LOC files? I don't know exactly how it works. It does sound like allot of cachers are going with the GSAK program like A Tapeworm suggested. There are many benchmarks in my area and it has got to be allot better then entering all the coordinates by hand. Another vote for GSAK here. I've worked out the procedure with a bit of practice and now I can get a full county into GSAK in about 2 minutes. 1) get the county download from NOAA 2) run it through BMGPX (this creates a Loc file) 3) create an empty database in GSAK, name it SS Ccccccc (as in "NJ Bergen") 4) load the Loc file Done I also use GSAK to track my Finds, DNFs etc. and to load my Google Maps. Plus to load my GPS (remember loading the GPS?) when I'm set to go out. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment
+DiS02 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Okay, stupid question time.. for me at least, heheh.... How do you get the county maps from NOAA? I'm also a premie member here & I thought it would be faster to just DL the locs local to the area I'm looking for. Or does the maps list BMs that GC doesnt have? I also use GSAK, about the only thing my very old Prism Visor can support. Quote Link to comment
+A tapeworm Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I've worked out the procedure with a bit of practice and now I can get a full county into GSAK in about 2 minutes. 1) get the county download from NOAA.... How do you get the county maps from NOAA? The county download referred to is actually a listing of BMs by county, available here. I don't believe NOAA offers county maps. To get user-friendly maps, use this site - a great tool unless you've got a dial-up connection! Quote Link to comment
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