Is there a better way?

[+taterhunky]

Hello everyone, I am new to this but am slowly gaining experience.

 

I was wondering if there was a way to get the corresponding web page to download with the cache waypoint in volume instead of having to go to every page and print it separately. I was thinking about getting a cheap palm type device on ebay but I dont know much about them. Any suggestions would be welcome here as well as a few pointers.

 

What is the best way to do get cache instructions in bulk along with the waypoints?

 

The internet phone would be best, but my provider wants an arm and a leg for this service not to mention the cost of a decent phone. Just not ready to make that commitment yet. I travel on motorcycle mostly so a laptop would not work.

 

Thanks and have a great week!

 

Tater

[+SeventhSon]

Pocket queries. You can set them up to have up to 500 caches in one file, sorted how you want. On the right side of your account page, click "Build Pocket Queries"

[+Fotocacher]

Hi, I’m new around here too and I don’t know much about Pocket Queries (still in the process of figuring that out). But I just went through the process of buying an older model Palm on Ebay for cheap so I have a suggestion.

 

As soon as the biding was over, I found out that two of my friends have older units they just don’t use anymore and both units are sitting in their top drawer gathering dust so ask around, you might end up with a free one.

Good luck.

[+taterhunky]

Pocket queries. You can set them up to have up to 500 caches in one file, sorted how you want. On the right side of your account page, click "Build Pocket Queries"

 

Hello and thanks for the reply, this is where I get confused. The pocket query is just for bulk waypoints right? or is there info that I cant access? I am talking about getting the comments the cache owner posts on the corresponding webpage, as well as the logs as the bottom from visitors. For example...

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...73-5915f00589da

 

I am using a garmin zumo 550 for navigation.

 

Also thanks for the tips jplimages, I will check around.

 

Tater

[+KoosKoos]

The pocket queries give you all of the information about caches. You can then use a tool like Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (or others) to transfer the information to your GPSr and/or to a palm or similar PDA.

 

Here's a great article on it.

 

Paperless Caching

[+Night Stalker]

You will need a pocket PC or a PDA to be able to read the cache page, hint and last 5 logs, unless you invest in a Colorado which will allow you to load this onto it as well. From what I have read there are still som isues with the Colorado so I would wait on that. You can get a pda pretty cheap on Ebay. I bought a Compaq Ipaq for $125. This allows me to load a lot of programs in addition to pocket queries.

[+taterhunky]

The pocket queries give you all of the information about caches. You can then use a tool like Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (or others) to transfer the information to your GPSr and/or to a palm or similar PDA.

 

Here's a great article on it.

 

Paperless Caching

 

Hello and thanks for the link. Seems like a lot of hoops to jump through to get it on a hand held. The data seems kind of dated though, from looking at some of the log dates. Maybe it is easier now. There are quite a bit of handhelds on ebay really reasonable right now, And I want to pick up something cheap, like $50 dollar range, because I dont need it for anything else. From research, palm has its own OS, and others run a form of windows. I figure anything I buy I will at least become somewhat familiar with the process, and can upgrade later. Other than having usb, is there anything out there that will not work at all?

 

I have been messing around with GSAK and and trying to become more familiar with it. But with out knowing what I want it to do, I am not getting very far.

 

I appreciate all the replys to my post. I see there are several discussions going on right now on this subject on the forum. This is all way more complex than I could have imagined, But I enjoy complexity, but the time I have to spend staring at software interfaces is limited.

 

Randy

[+Miragee]

I have both a Palm m500 and m515. Either one would work for you and they should be selling for around $30.00 on eBay. Cachemate is the program I use. Exporting the .pdb file from GSAK is very easy and then the file is transfered to the Palm at the next HotSync, or if you have an SD card for the Palm, you can transfer the file directly through a card reader.

 

Here is a rudimentary GSAK tutorial that might be helpful.

[+Prime Suspect]

Before buying a PDA, take it outside and see if you can actually read it in direct sunlight. Since you're going to be using this outdoors, it's an important consideration.

[+taterhunky]

I have both a Palm m500 and m515. Either one would work for you and they should be selling for around $30.00 on eBay. Cachemate is the program I use. Exporting the .pdb file from GSAK is very easy and then the file is transfered to the Palm at the next HotSync, or if you have an SD card for the Palm, you can transfer the file directly through a card reader.

 

Here is a rudimentary GSAK tutorial that might be helpful.

 

Thanks for the tips, just what I needed. I will get one very soon.

 

Randy

[+elangomatt]

Before buying a PDA, take it outside and see if you can actually read it in direct sunlight. Since you're going to be using this outdoors, it's an important consideration.

 

That is a good suggestion, but do you have any devices that you recommend? I have the feeling that most people that are looking for a cheap way to go paperless will be taking the ebay route where it isn't really possible to look before you buy.

 

Would the Palm m500 and m515 that a previous user suggested be acceptable?

 

I personally might be able to take a palm from work outside to see how it looks, but my choices there are very very limited.

Edited May 8, 2008 by elangomatt

[+Markwell]

In addition to the other fine tutorials, take a look at my FAQ on the subject of Pocket Queries.

[+taterhunky]

In addition to the other fine tutorials, take a look at my FAQ on the subject of Pocket Queries.

 

Thanks for the additional pointers. Just wondering on the PDA thing, what would it take to have some wifi? I have a usb wifi adapter and locater for my laptop. The palm m515 probably wont work with it because palm never wrote a driver and most likely never will from what I read this morning on it. I am really not interested in internet phone service till the price comes down some.

 

Is there a reasonably priced used hand held that will work with my usb wifi adapter, or has one available or built in?

 

IF not, I will probably get a m515. Thanks again,

 

Tator

[+Markwell]

My PalmTX has wifi, but I only get it where there's a hot spot.

 

I don't know if you're looking for one unit to do everything, but I've found that having one gadget that does everything isn't always the best. My cell phone browses the internet and has a camera on it. The camera "draws air rapidly" and costs per picture to get the image off. The web browsing is even worse. So I have a palm to track data/calendar, etc., a GPS for GPS games, and a cell phone for calling people.

Edited May 7, 2008 by Markwell

[+BBadMonkey]

The pocket queries give you all of the information about caches. You can then use a tool like Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (or others) to transfer the information to your GPSr and/or to a palm or similar PDA.

 

Here's a great article on it.

 

Paperless Caching

I do something similar without a PDA. I have Rino and a Nuvi. I use GSAK to load the pocket queries on the Nuvi and it gives me turn by turn navigation right to the cache area, then I use the Rino (waterproof) to take me the last few feet from the car to the cache. If I get stumped I can look at the Nuvi and read the description, hint or the last few log entries.

[+Prime Suspect]

Before buying a PDA, take it outside and see if you can actually read it in direct sunlight. Since you're going to be using this outdoors, it's an important consideration.

 

That is a good suggestion, but do you have any devices that you recommend? I have the feeling that most people that are looking for a cheap way to go paperless will be taking the ebay route where it isn't really possible to look before you buy.

 

Would the Palm m500 and m515 that a previous user suggested be acceptable?

 

I personally might be able to take a palm outside to see how it looks, but my choices there are very very limited.

The Palm site has display specs on their current models. What you're looking for is the word Transflective (or TFT). AFAIK, the low-end Z22 does not have a TFT screen, but the other currently produced models do. I've read a few complaints from Z22 owners about screen wash-out in direct sunlight.

[+Miragee]

Before buying a PDA, take it outside and see if you can actually read it in direct sunlight. Since you're going to be using this outdoors, it's an important consideration.

 

That is a good suggestion, but do you have any devices that you recommend? I have the feeling that most people that are looking for a cheap way to go paperless will be taking the ebay route where it isn't really possible to look before you buy.

 

Would the Palm m500 and m515 that a previous user suggested be acceptable?

 

I personally might be able to take a palm outside to see how it looks, but my choices there are very very limited.

Both the Palm m500 and m515 are easy to read in bright sunlight. The Z22 and T/X are the two I have a hard time reading outside. Another one you can read outside, if you want to spend a bit more money is the Zire 72 Silver Edition.

[+taterhunky]

Both the Palm m500 and m515 are easy to read in bright sunlight. The Z22 and T/X are the two I have a hard time reading outside. Another one you can read outside, if you want to spend a bit more money is the Zire 72 Silver Edition.

 

I just bought a refurb m515 from ebay. I really appreciate the help. Thanks!

 

Tater

[+Arndtwe]

The pocket queries give you all of the information about caches. You can then use a tool like Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (or others) to transfer the information to your GPSr and/or to a palm or similar PDA.

 

Here's a great article on it.

 

Paperless Caching

 

Hello and thanks for the link. Seems like a lot of hoops to jump through to get it on a hand held. The data seems kind of dated though, from looking at some of the log dates. Maybe it is easier now. There are quite a bit of handhelds on ebay really reasonable right now, And I want to pick up something cheap, like $50 dollar range, because I dont need it for anything else. From research, palm has its own OS, and others run a form of windows. I figure anything I buy I will at least become somewhat familiar with the process, and can upgrade later. Other than having usb, is there anything out there that will not work at all?

 

I have been messing around with GSAK and and trying to become more familiar with it. But with out knowing what I want it to do, I am not getting very far.

 

I appreciate all the replys to my post. I see there are several discussions going on right now on this subject on the forum. This is all way more complex than I could have imagined, But I enjoy complexity, but the time I have to spend staring at software interfaces is limited.

 

Randy

I agree that that method of getting info is a lot hoops to jump through. Have you heard of CacheMate? It is an $8 program for palm PDA's and handheld PC's. It comes with a little program that converts a pocket query into a palm .PDB file. All that means is that it will be compatible with your Palm PDA. I personally think this is the best way to go. It sounds a little complicated, but in reality, once you get started it only takes 7 mins to load 500 caches to my PDA and GPS.

 

On to GSAK. I find GSAK very confusing, it can extremely intimidating to newbies. I would suggest simply getting EasyGPS. All this program will do is send the info to your GPS. This is not related to gettting the info on your PDA. Anyway, that's just the way I do things.

 

Here I will go into detail on how to get started will CacheMate using a Palm PDA. First thing you do when you get your PDA is to setup the software that came with it. This is fairly self explanatory. After you have done this, go to www.smittyware.com then go the CacheMate link. Go through the process of purchasing it. then you should be able to download a .zip file (I can't remember if it comes in the email, or if you get it from the website). "unzip" this file then load the necessary files to your PDA. It will tell you which files to load inside the .zip file, so don't worry about knowing which ones to load. Okay, now that you have the program on your PDA, you can download a PQ to put into it. Go to the GC.com site and go through the PQ process, then make sure at the bottom of the PQ page that you have selected it to send you the .GPX version NOT the .LOC file. wait a few minutes and you should get an email with the results.

 

The PQ comes in a .zip file as well, so you need to unzip it. inside you will find to .GPX files, one with a string of numbers and one that has a string of numbers with a "wpts". For your first time, don't bother with the one that has the "wpts". Just delete it (you may find that you want to use it in the future, but that's just another thing to add to this, so don't mess with it). Now that you have that figured out, open your GPS managing program (either EasyGPS or GSAK) and load the .GPX file. Then send it to your GPS. Now don't delete that .GPX file yet. Open the program that came with CacheMate, it should be titled "CMConvert" and click (in the upperleft) "file", "load" then select the .GPX file. then highlight all of the below loaded caches and click "file", "export PDB". Name it what ever you like. Now hotsync that PDB file your PDA. Next time you turn oe your PDA and go into the program CacheMate, it will ask you to put that file into a category. And now you're done!

[+taterhunky]

I agree that that method of getting info is a lot hoops to jump through. Have you heard of CacheMate? It is an $8 program for palm PDA's and handheld PC's. It comes with a little program that converts a pocket query into a palm .PDB file. All that means is that it will be compatible with your Palm PDA. I personally think this is the best way to go. It sounds a little complicated, but in reality, once you get started it only takes 7 mins to load 500 caches to my PDA and GPS.

 

On to GSAK. I find GSAK very confusing, it can extremely intimidating to newbies. I would suggest simply getting EasyGPS. All this program will do is send the info to your GPS. This is not related to gettting the info on your PDA. Anyway, that's just the way I do things.

 

Here I will go into detail on how to get started will CacheMate using a Palm PDA. First thing you do when you get your PDA is to setup the software that came with it. This is fairly self explanatory. After you have done this, go to www.smittyware.com then go the CacheMate link. Go through the process of purchasing it. then you should be able to download a .zip file (I can't remember if it comes in the email, or if you get it from the website). "unzip" this file then load the necessary files to your PDA. It will tell you which files to load inside the .zip file, so don't worry about knowing which ones to load. Okay, now that you have the program on your PDA, you can download a PQ to put into it. Go to the GC.com site and go through the PQ process, then make sure at the bottom of the PQ page that you have selected it to send you the .GPX version NOT the .LOC file. wait a few minutes and you should get an email with the results.

 

The PQ comes in a .zip file as well, so you need to unzip it. inside you will find to .GPX files, one with a string of numbers and one that has a string of numbers with a "wpts". For your first time, don't bother with the one that has the "wpts". Just delete it (you may find that you want to use it in the future, but that's just another thing to add to this, so don't mess with it). Now that you have that figured out, open your GPS managing program (either EasyGPS or GSAK) and load the .GPX file. Then send it to your GPS. Now don't delete that .GPX file yet. Open the program that came with CacheMate, it should be titled "CMConvert" and click (in the upperleft) "file", "load" then select the .GPX file. then highlight all of the below loaded caches and click "file", "export PDB". Name it what ever you like. Now hotsync that PDB file your PDA. Next time you turn oe your PDA and go into the program CacheMate, it will ask you to put that file into a category. And now you're done!

 

Arndtwe, That is an awesome primer. Under stood perfectly. I know that took some time to write and I appreciate it. I have a few more questions for you or somebody else,

 

How does the info open up on the palm, like a word doc? or pdf? Does it look just like the web page? are the hints unscrambled? What about the map?

 

I will need to get an sd card. What is the max size supported? I searched on it and got 1 gig. Does that sound about right? I dont figure that the PQ will fit the on board memory.

 

Tater

Edited May 8, 2008 by taterhunky

[+theniffs]

I can't speak to Palm, but due to this thread, I got Cachemate for PocketPC on my windows mobile phone (Treo 750) and all I have to do is sync the gpx file to my phone and use the import option in cachemate. It reads the file and puts all the points into its database. It lists the entries and you can select one to read its info. The hints are scrambled but it has a decode link you can touch to see it unscrambled.

 

I'm looking forward to using it

Edited May 8, 2008 by theniffs

[+Arndtwe]

I agree that that method of getting info is a lot hoops to jump through. Have you heard of CacheMate? It is an $8 program for palm PDA's and handheld PC's. It comes with a little program that converts a pocket query into a palm .PDB file. All that means is that it will be compatible with your Palm PDA. I personally think this is the best way to go. It sounds a little complicated, but in reality, once you get started it only takes 7 mins to load 500 caches to my PDA and GPS.

 

On to GSAK. I find GSAK very confusing, it can extremely intimidating to newbies. I would suggest simply getting EasyGPS. All this program will do is send the info to your GPS. This is not related to gettting the info on your PDA. Anyway, that's just the way I do things.

 

Here I will go into detail on how to get started will CacheMate using a Palm PDA. First thing you do when you get your PDA is to setup the software that came with it. This is fairly self explanatory. After you have done this, go to www.smittyware.com then go the CacheMate link. Go through the process of purchasing it. then you should be able to download a .zip file (I can't remember if it comes in the email, or if you get it from the website). "unzip" this file then load the necessary files to your PDA. It will tell you which files to load inside the .zip file, so don't worry about knowing which ones to load. Okay, now that you have the program on your PDA, you can download a PQ to put into it. Go to the GC.com site and go through the PQ process, then make sure at the bottom of the PQ page that you have selected it to send you the .GPX version NOT the .LOC file. wait a few minutes and you should get an email with the results.

 

The PQ comes in a .zip file as well, so you need to unzip it. inside you will find to .GPX files, one with a string of numbers and one that has a string of numbers with a "wpts". For your first time, don't bother with the one that has the "wpts". Just delete it (you may find that you want to use it in the future, but that's just another thing to add to this, so don't mess with it). Now that you have that figured out, open your GPS managing program (either EasyGPS or GSAK) and load the .GPX file. Then send it to your GPS. Now don't delete that .GPX file yet. Open the program that came with CacheMate, it should be titled "CMConvert" and click (in the upperleft) "file", "load" then select the .GPX file. then highlight all of the below loaded caches and click "file", "export PDB". Name it what ever you like. Now hotsync that PDB file your PDA. Next time you turn oe your PDA and go into the program CacheMate, it will ask you to put that file into a category. And now you're done!

 

Arndtwe, That is an awesome primer. Under stood perfectly. I know that took some time to write and I appreciate it. I have a few more questions for you or somebody else,

 

How does the info open up on the palm, like a word doc? or pdf? Does it look just like the web page? are the hints unscrambled? What about the map?

 

I will need to get an sd card. What is the max size supported? I searched on it and got 1 gig. Does that sound about right? I dont figure that the PQ will fit the on board memory.

 

Tater

The way that you view the cache sin CacheMate is simply a list of the caches. You can sort them by cache name or by the GCXXXX code. Once you have decided which to sort by you can find the cache you want to view in the list then jut click on it. A new screen will pop up with the name, GCXXXX, difficulty, terrain, type. Then a line break and the owner, size. Then another line break and the description. Another line break and the hint. Another line break and the first log and how ever many you choose when exporting the .PDB file earlier(I think that you can only go up to 5). You can choose for the hint to be scrambled or unscrambled, which ever you choose. Sadly, there are no maps that come with CacheMate, but you can get another Palm program called EarthComber (that one will need its own little thread) it is completely free and has very good detail.

 

On to the SD card. You actually don't need to get one to do CacheMate. The exported .PDB file takes VERY little space. The max SD memory will very depending on which unit you get. My Tungsten T3 will take a gig, but the Tungsten TX will take 4. The older ones might not have any SD slot in the first place. Any Palm PDA can hold (on its internal memory) at least 5 PQ's. Chances are that they will hold more, that's 5000 cache records! More than anyone would ever need!

 

If you have any more questions, just ask!

Edited May 9, 2008 by Arndtwe

[+Tech Nic]

I was in the same boat a few months ago, trying to go paperless. I posted questions and also posted answers when I discovered something.

 

Without going into all the detail again, because it is on other threads, I suggest you click on my profile and check out the posts I have made on the various forums. There are a lot of other people asking the same questions.

 

I followed some good advise, threw out some bad advise, and am now quite happy with what I have for paperless caching.

 

Good luck.

[+taterhunky]

The way that you view the cache sin CacheMate is simply a list of the caches. You can sort them by cache name or by the GCXXXX code. Once you have decided which to sort by you can find the cache you want to view in the list then jut click on it. A new screen will pop up with the name, GCXXXX, difficulty, terrain, type. Then a line break and the owner, size. Then another line break and the description. Another line break and the hint. Another line break and the first log and how ever many you choose when exporting the .PDB file earlier(I think that you can only go up to 5). You can choose for the hint to be scrambled or unscrambled, which ever you choose. Sadly, there are no maps that come with CacheMate, but you can get another Palm program called EarthComber (that one will need its own little thread) it is completely free and has very good detail.

 

On to the SD card. You actually don't need to get one to do CacheMate. The exported .PDB file takes VERY little space. The max SD memory will very depending on which unit you get. My Tungsten T3 will take a gig, but the Tungsten TX will take 4. The older ones might not have any SD slot in the first place. Any Palm PDA can hold (on its internal memory) at least 5 PQ's. Chances are that they will hold more, that's 5000 cache records! More than anyone would ever need!

 

If you have any more questions, just ask!

 

Thanks arndtwe, this is all very helpful. Will earthcomber display the query's? I would imagine earthcomer would need additional memory? Would earthcomer replace Cachemate?

 

I also have been playing with GSAK, but am having trouble getting it to see my garmin zumo 550. Still it is getting easier. I also downloaded and installed easy gps and for some reason it wont display a map on the left. Just the caches. So, I will use mapsource to load the gps till I get the bugs out of the other programs and cachemate to load the palm.

 

Now the only advantage GSAK has over mapsource is way better sorting and documenting and a zillion other things right? But loading is loading? Thanks again!

 

Tater

[+Arndtwe]

The way that you view the cache sin CacheMate is simply a list of the caches. You can sort them by cache name or by the GCXXXX code. Once you have decided which to sort by you can find the cache you want to view in the list then jut click on it. A new screen will pop up with the name, GCXXXX, difficulty, terrain, type. Then a line break and the owner, size. Then another line break and the description. Another line break and the hint. Another line break and the first log and how ever many you choose when exporting the .PDB file earlier(I think that you can only go up to 5). You can choose for the hint to be scrambled or unscrambled, which ever you choose. Sadly, there are no maps that come with CacheMate, but you can get another Palm program called EarthComber (that one will need its own little thread) it is completely free and has very good detail.

 

On to the SD card. You actually don't need to get one to do CacheMate. The exported .PDB file takes VERY little space. The max SD memory will very depending on which unit you get. My Tungsten T3 will take a gig, but the Tungsten TX will take 4. The older ones might not have any SD slot in the first place. Any Palm PDA can hold (on its internal memory) at least 5 PQ's. Chances are that they will hold more, that's 5000 cache records! More than anyone would ever need!

 

If you have any more questions, just ask!

 

Thanks arndtwe, this is all very helpful. Will earthcomber display the query's? I would imagine earthcomer would need additional memory? Would earthcomer replace Cachemate?

 

I also have been playing with GSAK, but am having trouble getting it to see my garmin zumo 550. Still it is getting easier. I also downloaded and installed easy gps and for some reason it wont display a map on the left. Just the caches. So, I will use mapsource to load the gps till I get the bugs out of the other programs and cachemate to load the palm.

 

Now the only advantage GSAK has over mapsource is way better sorting and documenting and a zillion other things right? But loading is loading? Thanks again!

 

Tater

EarthComber will show your queries, it is kinda of a complicated thing to do though, like I said, that needs its own thread. Once again, EarthComber does not need an SD card. And no, EarthComber will not replace CacheMate.

 

I would suggest using EasyGPS to load Cache to your GPS and GSAK for specific filtering of caches. EasyGPS does not have a map at all, just caches, this may be a little wird but you don't really need one anyway, you only really need a map on GPS.

 

You are correct, the only thing GSAK does different then mapsource is filtering and a "zillion" other things. In my humble opinion, loading is loading like you said, in that case I would use EasyGPS.

[+taterhunky]

Arndtwe, thanks for your help. I make a little progress everyday. My Palm should show up tomorrow, and I will be ready. Anyway is there a way to change all my waypoint names to the actual names instead of the code? It would be nice to see the cache name on the GPS instead of the code name.

 

Tater

[+Arndtwe]

Arndtwe, thanks for your help. I make a little progress everyday. My Palm should show up tomorrow, and I will be ready. Anyway is there a way to change all my waypoint names to the actual names instead of the code? It would be nice to see the cache name on the GPS instead of the code name.

 

Tater

Just out of curiosity what kind of Palm are you getting? You can change the waypoint names to actual names, what program are you using? GSAK or EasyGPS?

 

For EasyGPS, simply open it then click "edit" and at the bottom select "preferences". A new little box will open up with a few different tabs one of which says "my GPS receivers", click on that one. now you should see more buttons in this order "remove", "geocaching...", "settings", "add GPS". Click on "Geocaching..." and a new window will open. At the top you should see "waypoint:" with a drop down window next to it. Change the drop down from "geocache ID" to "geocache name". and now you are done.

 

For GSAK, I have no clue . You will have to ask someone else

[+taterhunky]

Just out of curiosity what kind of Palm are you getting? You can change the waypoint names to actual names, what program are you using? GSAK or EasyGPS?

 

For EasyGPS, simply open it then click "edit" and at the bottom select "preferences". A new little box will open up with a few different tabs one of which says "my GPS receivers", click on that one. now you should see more buttons in this order "remove", "geocaching...", "settings", "add GPS". Click on "Geocaching..." and a new window will open. At the top you should see "waypoint:" with a drop down window next to it. Change the drop down from "geocache ID" to "geocache name". and now you are done.

 

For GSAK, I have no clue . You will have to ask someone else

 

Hello arndtwe, well I got my 515 palm today and already got cachemate on it and a query loaded. I thanks you for all your help. A few problems I had is that my computers do not like the power transformer plugged into the usb. So I used the all purpose cable to hot sync and the cradle to charge only. No big deal. Everything loaded just like you said to do. You saved me a lot of hassle and money. On the easy gps and gsak issue I just realized that I dont have the garmin usb driver installed on the machine with easy gps. I will do some more checking and post later. I did find the preference in easy gps to rename waypoints but have not been able to load garmin yet.

[+taterhunky]

Well I finally got the names to load. I ended up exporting out of gsak into mapsource into garmin 550. That will work till I get a better grip on things. The one last thing I noticed is I cannot see the logs on the Palm. Everything else seems to be there but no logs. Any ideas?

 

Thanks again!

 

Tater

[+Prime Suspect]

Arndtwe, thanks for your help. I make a little progress everyday. My Palm should show up tomorrow, and I will be ready. Anyway is there a way to change all my waypoint names to the actual names instead of the code? It would be nice to see the cache name on the GPS instead of the code name.

 

Tater

You may regret doing that. When my GPS says the next closest cache is GCxxxxx, and I want to look up the cache on my palm, I only have to enter in 4 or 5 characters to get an exact match (I omit the GC). The made-up names are usually twice that long, and you often have to enter the whole thing to be sure you're searching for a unique name.

 

Besides, if your GPS has a "note" feature", the real name can be put there. And, of course, you can read the real cache name, and everything else you need to know, on the Palm. Is something like "JSTTHCSHNM" really more helpful than the real waypoint id?

Edited May 12, 2008 by Prime Suspect

[+Arndtwe]

Arndtwe, thanks for your help. I make a little progress everyday. My Palm should show up tomorrow, and I will be ready. Anyway is there a way to change all my waypoint names to the actual names instead of the code? It would be nice to see the cache name on the GPS instead of the code name.

 

Tater

You may regret doing that. When my GPS says the next closest cache is GCxxxxx, and I want to look up the cache on my palm, I only have to enter in 4 or 5 characters to get an exact match (I omit the GC). The made-up names are usually twice that long, and you often have to enter the whole thing to be sure you're searching for a unique name.

 

Besides, if your GPS has a "note" feature", the real name can be put there. And, of course, you can read the real cache name, and everything else you need to know, on the Palm. Is something like "JSTTHCSHNM" really more helpful than the real waypoint id?

I would have to agree with this.

[+taterhunky]

You may regret doing that. When my GPS says the next closest cache is GCxxxxx, and I want to look up the cache on my palm, I only have to enter in 4 or 5 characters to get an exact match (I omit the GC). The made-up names are usually twice that long, and you often have to enter the whole thing to be sure you're searching for a unique name.

 

Besides, if your GPS has a "note" feature", the real name can be put there. And, of course, you can read the real cache name, and everything else you need to know, on the Palm. Is something like "JSTTHCSHNM" really more helpful than the real waypoint id?

I would have to agree with this.

 

No doubt you guys are correct. Never the less I am fully functional now with my palm in order (thanks to arndtwe) and will slowly get to the details of the game as I get some experience.

 

Tater

[+Arndtwe]

You may regret doing that. When my GPS says the next closest cache is GCxxxxx, and I want to look up the cache on my palm, I only have to enter in 4 or 5 characters to get an exact match (I omit the GC). The made-up names are usually twice that long, and you often have to enter the whole thing to be sure you're searching for a unique name.

 

Besides, if your GPS has a "note" feature", the real name can be put there. And, of course, you can read the real cache name, and everything else you need to know, on the Palm. Is something like "JSTTHCSHNM" really more helpful than the real waypoint id?

 

I would have to agree with this.

 

No doubt you guys are correct. Never the less I am fully functional now with my palm in order (thanks to arndtwe) and will slowly get to the details of the game as I get some experience.

 

Tater

 

Good luck!!!

[+taterhunky]

Hello, I'm back again. I have a quick palm question for someone. Can I store (separate) pocket query's on my palm and just load them (within in the palm) one at a time? Right now when ever I load different pocket query's they just keep getting added in together. I did install a one gig sd card just to have it in there thinking that I could just load seperate qureys from there, but I cant get it to work from there either.

 

Tater

[Neos2]

Hello, I'm back again. I have a quick palm question for someone. Can I store (separate) pocket query's on my palm and just load them (within in the palm) one at a time? Right now when ever I load different pocket query's they just keep getting added in together. I did install a one gig sd card just to have it in there thinking that I could just load seperate qureys from there, but I cant get it to work from there either.

 

Tater

Yes. You have to make a new waypoint database in the Palm before you import the data into the palm, open that database and it will create a separate file for those waypoints. (Depending on how you have your plam set up, it may also merge the waypoints into the default database, too).

 

Check the smittyware pages for more info

[+taterhunky]

Thanks Neos2, I will work on it!

 

Tater

 

 

Hello, I'm back again. I have a quick palm question for someone. Can I store (separate) pocket query's on my palm and just load them (within in the palm) one at a time? Right now when ever I load different pocket query's they just keep getting added in together. I did install a one gig sd card just to have it in there thinking that I could just load seperate qureys from there, but I cant get it to work from there either.

 

Tater

Yes. You have to make a new waypoint database in the Palm before you import the data into the palm, open that database and it will create a separate file for those waypoints. (Depending on how you have your plam set up, it may also merge the waypoints into the default database, too).

 

Check the smittyware pages for more info