+Inmountains Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 When I ask my Garmin to "Find Nearest" Geocache, it says 'none found', but when I say 'search by name', it shows me 500 caches. The nearest is over 100 miles away. I can't find anything in the manual, but to 'find nearest', is there a limit on how far away it can be? Quote Link to comment
GeoBobC Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Yes there is a limit to the "nearest" searches. I think the radius is 150 miles but I"m not positive. You can go to the map page and pan to where your caches are located, then do a "find nearest". The search uses the center of the map, even when panned, as the starting location. Quote Link to comment
+wkmccall Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 When I ask my Garmin to "Find Nearest" Geocache, it says 'none found', but when I say 'search by name', it shows me 500 caches. The nearest is over 100 miles away. I can't find anything in the manual, but to 'find nearest', is there a limit on how far away it can be? The "Nearest Caches" only go out up to 50 miles - I Think.. It could be more. If you have 500 caches located in CA and your in GA - you won't see any "nearest caches", but you will see all of them when searched by name. Quote Link to comment
GeoBobC Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 On my 60CSx, the limit is 150 miles. Again, you can pan the map to within 150 miles of where you want to search, and the "Find Nearest" will start searching at the center of the (panned) map. Quote Link to comment
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