team_williams Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I did a post on the main forum but then realised there was a country forum - oops So hello to all, I live in Rhoose Point which is by Cardiff Airport Just bought a Garmin Summit HC and looking forward to getting started with geocaching ! I was going to buy Garmin topo but my unit only has limited memory so I'm looking at mapping alternatives, I saw a thread with this on: http://www.ukgeocachers.co.uk/garminoverlays/index.php is this free mapping from open street any good for walking as well, footpaths, bridleways, trails etc ?? Gareth Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Welcome! Haven't tried that mapping, but don't think it's too reliable for footpaths etc. Quote Link to comment
+Lydford Locators Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hi Gareth and welcome to the mad and addictive world of geocaching. Personnally I wouldn't worry about maps yet, we've been caching for 3 years now and have survived quite well with our trusty OS map in our hand. You can click on the Streetmap link on each cache page and that'll show you where the cache is and will be adequate combined with the hardcopy. At just over 2000 finds we are only just thinking about getting ourselves some mapping for our GPS. It may well be Topo, but we understand that Garmin are going to be soon releasing something called Discoverer which is based on OS maps, so we may well wait a while to see what that's like when it comes out. Hope to bump into you sometime, maybe at one of the South Wales events, there are certainly some very friendly and helpful local cachers in your area so their events are definately worth a visit. Quote Link to comment
team_williams Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 Cheers for the welcome ! When are these events on and how do I know where they are ?? Quote Link to comment
+mollyjak Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Welcome to the hobby. I've just emailed you before I read your last post and told you about the next event in Dec. Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 (edited) Another double post! Edited November 20, 2008 by careygang Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 And there I was thinking this was going to be a posting from an Australian!! Don't worry about maps, you can do a lot with just printing a map from the webpage. Quote Link to comment
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