+angi28ca Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 I was told that my new gps would save not only the title and coords of a geocache, but the description, hints and last 5 user posts (paperless?). Does anyone know if this is possible? When I choose upload to gps, only basic info is saved. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment
+wkmccall Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 I was told that my new gps would save not only the title and coords of a geocache, but the description, hints and last 5 user posts (paperless?). Does anyone know if this is possible? When I choose upload to gps, only basic info is saved. Thanks in advance! If it's a Garmin eTrex Legend, I don't think so - maybe by using a GSAK Macro to use POI's and not waypoints. I'm not familiar with the "Garmin eTrex Legend 500". Do you have a link to one of these on the web? Quote Link to comment
+storm180 Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 (edited) I was told that my new gps would save not only the title and coords of a geocache, but the description, hints and last 5 user posts (paperless?). Does anyone know if this is possible? When I choose upload to gps, only basic info is saved. Thanks in advance! There is no such thing as a Etrex legend 500...The 500 probably refers to the amount of waypoints it can store. Even using GSAk you will only get the basic info about the cache, and this gps is not a paperless option. On the garmin line the only truely paperless caching gps units are the colorado and oregon line to give you whatt you want, like the 5 user posts, full description, etc... Edited May 30, 2009 by storm180 Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 On the garmin line the only truely paperless caching gps units are the colorado and oregon line to give you whatt you want, like the 5 user posts, full description, etc... Or the Nuvi 5xx series. I think we need my clarification on which exact model you own. Quote Link to comment
+angi28ca Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 Thx for the replies. I apologize, the 500 does stand for Waypoints. It is called a Garmin Etrex Legend HCX, I read about it here: http://www.spadout.com/p/garmin-etrex-legend-hcx/ . Sorry for the confusion Quote Link to comment
NordicMan Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Ah OK yes the Legend HCx. It will show you the GC name, the name of the cache, the owner name, cache type, and difficulty/terrain rating. That's it. You may be able to tweak the info a bit in GSAK but, nope the Legend HCx isn't considered a "fully" paperless GPSr Quote Link to comment
+angi28ca Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Ah OK yes the Legend HCx. It will show you the GC name, the name of the cache, the owner name, cache type, and difficulty/terrain rating. That's it. You may be able to tweak the info a bit in GSAK but, nope the Legend HCx isn't considered a "fully" paperless GPSr Ok, thanks everyone Quote Link to comment
+coggins Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Thx for the replies. I apologize, the 500 does stand for Waypoints. It is called a Garmin Etrex Legend HCX, I read about it here: http://www.spadout.com/p/garmin-etrex-legend-hcx/ . Sorry for the confusion That unit will store 1000 waypoints. But with software such as GSAK & POI Loader, you can store thousands of caches as POI's with limited cache info. Quote Link to comment
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