stuvincent Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Can I use TomTom for Geocaching? I have downloaded the locations to the TomTom, but I cant find them in any menus. Please help. Quote Link to comment
+anakerose Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Not really. We have a Tom Tom and it's useful for finding the driving route to a cache, but to get to ground zero I do believe you need a GPSr. (I could be wrong though). Quote Link to comment
+AlohaBra and MaksMom Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Can I use TomTom for Geocaching? I have downloaded the locations to the TomTom, but I cant find them in any menus. Please help. Does it show a satellite page like the Garmins? If so, I use that and walk around in the right direction until the co-ordinates line up with what it is supposed to be. That what you would do anyway with any GPS reciever. Quote Link to comment
+Tankmiller Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Can I use TomTom for Geocaching? I have downloaded the locations to the TomTom, but I cant find them in any menus. Please help. You'll probably find them as poi's on your tomtom Quote Link to comment
+kf4oox Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 It would be best to have a trail GPSr like a Garmin Etraxx type. It is much more rugged and give better displays to use. Some road GPSr have a walking mode with a compass page but not the TomTom. People have use a TomTom for geocaching. I know of a cacher who has used it for more than 100 finds and most of those are hikes. You can match up the Lat & Long readouts. It is harder to do but can be done. Most people I know (including me) use the TomTom to get to parking then use the trail unit to find the cache. I hope this helps kf4oox - Paul Quote Link to comment
+hudsonfam Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Can I use TomTom for Geocaching? I have downloaded the locations to the TomTom, but I cant find them in any menus. Please help. I don't know if it works differently than yours, but we've been using our TomTom Rider (designed for motorcycles, which does take some off-roading into account) and we have been really impressed with it. So far, almost every time it has led us to the cache DEAD ON. The only inconvenient part is that it doesn't acknowledge your movement if you're walking too slowly, so in order to get it to update your current location you have to jog a few feet and then back to where you were. We just look at it as a little more much-needed exercise. lol Quote Link to comment
+racingmissy Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Can I use TomTom for Geocaching? I have downloaded the locations to the TomTom, but I cant find them in any menus. Please help. I don't know if it works differently than yours, but we've been using our TomTom Rider (designed for motorcycles, which does take some off-roading into account) and we have been really impressed with it. So far, almost every time it has led us to the cache DEAD ON. The only inconvenient part is that it doesn't acknowledge your movement if you're walking too slowly, so in order to get it to update your current location you have to jog a few feet and then back to where you were. We just look at it as a little more much-needed exercise. lol If I'm going cacheing in a area I'm not real familiar with I us both Tom Tom and GPs. I only use the Tom Tom to park and GPS from there on. I have tried the Tom Tom in walking mode, but not very successfull. I have the Tom Tom one. Not sure what you have. Quote Link to comment
+2FastLX Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I plan to buy a hand held unit soon, but I just started geocaching and have been using my Tom Tom. In the woods the signal gets weak and you have to be a little patient for the location to update, but it has led me to the dozen or so caches I have found so far. I have the Tom Tom One XL-S. You just go to the "Configure GPS" screen and it gives accurate coordinates. I can't send the coordinates to it (or at least I don't know how), but I just send them to my phone as a text message to read later when out hunting. Another drawback is it only has a 2 hour battery life, but that's been enough so far Quote Link to comment
+drgnfly19822 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Can I use TomTom for Geocaching? I have downloaded the locations to the TomTom, but I cant find them in any menus. Please help. I use a Tom Tom One all the time. I rightfully do not know how to use the others. Tom tom was what I had when I wanted to start. I can find any cache I want with it. It does take some patients. Any corodinate that is quite far from the road you have to put is a coordinate that works and then go to the digital screen and work from there. But if you have to, you can use it. My friends that have garmin and magellan can't understand how I use it, but I can do it just as well as theirs. I guess it all in what you get use to. Quote Link to comment
+aaronscag Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Can I use TomTom for Geocaching? I have downloaded the locations to the TomTom, but I cant find them in any menus. Please help. Check out these instructions: http://www.hoaglun.com/Blog/PermaLink.aspx...c0-dd524277a4da I'm a newbie and have limited funds so I am using my TomTom One (3rd Gen). It will get you fairly close. Quote Link to comment
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