+ferventkids Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Hello, I have been doing this about a week now and loving it I have an old palm 3 that I dug out of the drawer, I have loaded cachemate on it, I am very suprised how fast it is with over 300 caches in the database (our area). I always remembered it as a dog lol (maybe that is why it was in the drawer). I am using the Magellan 1412 and my problem is that the GPS unit shows the caches as the name e.g. GC783F, GC1CKHD ect ect, and the palm shows the descriptions Aladdin's Lamp, Weston Cache, ect ect. I have tried to look through the faqs and stuff, but maybe since I am still so new to this, I am not catching it. I have used a query to download the area caches, converted that with the cachemate convertor to the palm, then using vantage and poi editor, I convert the queary to a .mgln file for the gps unit. Thanks for any help Ron ferventkids n6ach Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I use GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) to send the Waypoints to my GPSr and Export the data for my Palm m515. By using the "smart name" codes in that program, I can get the same Waypoint names in Cachemate on the Palm as on the GPSr. I also have the Cache name in Cachemate. I'm pretty sure you can Export from GSAK for the Magellan. Quote Link to comment
+ferventkids Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 I'm pretty sure you can Export from GSAK for the Magellan. Not for the 1412, this is a new version that uses an file extension .mgln I have downloaded the program, it does export directly to the palm, still having troubles with the export to the VantagePoint software, same issue about it using the short name. I upped the name to 20 characters, but it still export it as the description. I will keep trying. Thanks for the help and the tips Ron Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I have what may be the same issue when I try to export from GSAK to my Palm 515. I can't get the GCxxxx value to show up in the Palm which makes it crazy hard to find anything. I am not interested in "not" using the GCxxxx value in my GPS. I just can't figure out how to get the GCxxxx value into the Palm. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 With Cachemate you should be able to sort by the GC number or the Cache name. Look at the lower right hand corner of the screen where it says Sort by Wpt/name. Click on Wpt and it will match your GPS. Quote Link to comment
+Cardinal Red Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I have what may be the same issue when I try to export from GSAK to my Palm 515. I can't get the GCxxxx value to show up in the Palm which makes it crazy hard to find anything. I am not interested in "not" using the GCxxxx value in my GPS. I just can't figure out how to get the GCxxxx value into the Palm. Is your Palm/CacheMate set like this? Quote Link to comment
+ferventkids Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 (edited) Thanks, that was what I was looking for earlier. I was able to get the smart names to work, so at least on the gps it is close to the description in the palm, but now when I have to load a query in a hurry, I know now how to display the name that will match the gps (GC783F, GC1CKHD ect ect). Edited June 28, 2008 by ferventkids Quote Link to comment
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