+Mr Fireman Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I have searched through the different forums, I am stuck between purchasing 2 GPS units and cant decide which to get, one is the Garmin RINO and the other is a Megellan Explorer 210. Can you still down load cache info to a Megellan unit with out being a premium member? Quote Link to comment
+letmein Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 (edited) Yes, you can download caches one at a time. The 210 comes with a geocache manager, or you can download an updated one from the Magellan web site. How much are you going to spend on the 210? I just bought my kids eXplorist 500s, for $119. Color, SD card, etc. Edited April 16, 2008 by letmein Quote Link to comment
+letmein Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 P.S. Most people around here seem to prefer Garmins. I know nothing about them. Quote Link to comment
+FamilyDNA Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Yes, you can download caches one at a time. The 210 comes with a geocache manager, or you can download an updated one from the Magellan web site. How much are you going to spend on the 210? I just bought my kids eXplorist 500s, for $119. Color, SD card, etc. Actually, you can download loc files 20 caches at a time. Quote Link to comment
+Mr Fireman Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Thanks everyone for your response, I had to decide between a garmin rino 120 or the megellan explorist 210. I was leaning towards the megellan and not the garmin but I wasnt sure if you could download cache info into them off of geocaching.com. I only had to pay shipping to get it here, my wife and I are greenpoints members and had enough points to get either of the 2. After reading somemore on the forums, I see Garmins are the GPS of choice among the group so I choose to get the garmin rino 120. Again, thanks for everyones response. Quote Link to comment
+KOOLAID105 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Yes, you can download caches one at a time. The 210 comes with a geocache manager, or you can download an updated one from the Magellan web site. How much are you going to spend on the 210? I just bought my kids eXplorist 500s, for $119. Color, SD card, etc. Actually, you can download loc files 20 caches at a time. I'll do you one better. I download 200 in a file at a time using Mapsend Lite. Quote Link to comment
linkguider Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I have the Magellan Explorist 210-....and I have to type them in to my geocache software one at a time...which is a royal pain....but I can upload them all at once....any way to do this faster??? Quote Link to comment
+letmein Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 linkguider, The easiest way to get caches downloaded is to pay $30 yearly fee to geocaching.com and become a premium member. As a premium member you can submit a "pocket query" and get 200 caches at a time (the limit of the eXplorist per file). You can then use a complicated (but easy once you get the hang of it) program called GSAK (another $30 one-time fee, or nag ware that gets progressively more annoying) to convert the "pocket query" .gpx file to the eXplorist .gs file. Koolaid105 mentions he does this with Mapsend Lite, a free download from magellangps.com I don't know anything about using that, or the new Vantage Point from Magellan that replaces the older Geocache Manager. Quote Link to comment
+FamilyDNA Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Yes, you can download caches one at a time. The 210 comes with a geocache manager, or you can download an updated one from the Magellan web site. How much are you going to spend on the 210? I just bought my kids eXplorist 500s, for $119. Color, SD card, etc. Actually, you can download loc files 20 caches at a time. I'll do you one better. I download 200 in a file at a time using Mapsend Lite. Does Mapsend lite download directly from the website? I thought it wass used to convert and upload files to the GPS. I upload 200 at a time to my GPS using Geocache Manager. I download 200 (or more) at a time (gpx) using pocket queries. Without pocket queries you can download up to 20 caches (loc) from the search page. I am aware than you can merge these files for a larger upload. Quote Link to comment
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