Experiment - need a favour please

[+Santa 2512]

Can someone send me a GPX file of a cache please

 

I want to see what info my GPS unit extracts and displays. compared to the web cache page

 

I cant get one off the geocaching site, as i'm not a premium member yet.

 

But if my gps unit wont accept gpx files, theres not really much point upgrading my membership / downloading

 

them.

 

Mart

[+The Other Stu]

Which GPS do you have?

 

We're not allowed to send GPX files as it's part of the TOS, however, I believe you can get one on the GSAK site (it comes with a "dummy" file)

[+walkergeoff and wife]

Can someone send me a GPX file of a cache please

 

I want to see what info my GPS unit extracts and displays. compared to the web cache page

 

I cant get one off the geocaching site, as i'm not a premium member yet.

 

But if my gps unit wont accept gpx files, theres not really much point upgrading my membership / downloading

 

them.

 

Mart

Can you not simply read the spec of the gpsr? Anyway, a program like GSAK (http://www.gsak.net/) can download caches directly to your GPSr, even if it cannot accept gpx directly. I use it to load caches into my ancient, but reliable, Garmin GPS12.

 

Hope this helps.

[+walkergeoff and wife]

Can someone send me a GPX file of a cache please

 

I want to see what info my GPS unit extracts and displays. compared to the web cache page

 

I cant get one off the geocaching site, as i'm not a premium member yet.

 

But if my gps unit wont accept gpx files, theres not really much point upgrading my membership / downloading

 

them.

 

Mart

Can you not simply read the spec of the gpsr? Anyway, a program like GSAK (http://www.gsak.net/) can download caches directly to your GPSr, even if it cannot accept gpx directly. I use it to load caches into my ancient, but reliable, Garmin GPS12.

 

Hope this helps.

[+The Other Stu]

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Edited May 28, 2010 by The Other Stu

[+walkergeoff and wife]

Can someone send me a GPX file of a cache please

 

I want to see what info my GPS unit extracts and displays. compared to the web cache page

 

I cant get one off the geocaching site, as i'm not a premium member yet.

 

But if my gps unit wont accept gpx files, theres not really much point upgrading my membership / downloading

 

them.

 

Mart

Can you not simply read the spec of the gpsr? Anyway, a program like GSAK (http://www.gsak.net/) can download caches directly to your GPSr, even if it cannot accept gpx directly. I use it to load caches into my ancient, but reliable, Garmin GPS12.

 

Hope this helps.

[+ADTCacheur]

I'd heard of double-posting, but TRIPLE-POSTING? I doubt anybody will send you the files, but if you just say what GPS you have (eg mine is Garmin Oregon 450) then We'll be able to look it up and see if it supports paperless caching. The other option is to pay $10 for a tri-monthly membership, and then you can see for yourself.

[+spannerman]

If you still want to try, PM me your email address and I will send you a couple of GPX files.

 

They are from another site so do not break any terms on GC.com and they will work just the same.

[+Santa 2512]

Thanks for the help,

 

I didnt realise you couldn't send GPX files, (how bizzare considering its a gps forum ?)

 

The model is a Magellan meridian

 

regs

 

Mart

[+The Other Stu]

The reason you can't send geocaching.com GPX files is because to get them, you need to be a premium member and part of the Ts and Cs says that Gc.com own the data and they give you a license to use the data.

 

As this is an official geocaching.com (Groundspeak) forum, it's probably not the best place to ask....

 

Anyway, to answer your question, the answer is I'm afraid no. It's only the fairly recent GPSers that have the ability to read GPX files directly. The Meridian is a fairly old model (from about 2003) and as such, doesn't directly support Geocaching (much as most of the older Garmin models are the same)

 

There isn't usually much support for Magellans in the UK - for some reason Garmin appear to be much more widely used.

 

I would suggest asking the question in this forum

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showforum=11

 

as the US are much heavier users of these.

 

Hope it helps.

 

Stu

[+Santa 2512]

Thanks for that...

 

the magellan has a fair bit of uk support, as the mapping software is uptodate, and the firmware has had a latest revision.

 

I,ll keep poking around and see what i can come up with

 

cheers

 

mart

[+The Other Stu]

Hiya,

 

Sorry, what I meant by not much support was by the UK 'caching community.

 

I'm sure Magellan haven't abandoned anything.

[+PopUpPirate]

Here's a sample GPX file:

 

http://www.travelbygps.com/gpx/pubs.gpx

from...

http://www.travelbygps.com/guides/england/pubs.php

 

If these work ok with your unit, so will any other genuine GPX file.

 

Hope this helps

[+Santa 2512]

 

Well that works

 

I used easy gps to transfer it to the Meridian, and it worked.

 

It also has the option for geocaching, to add the decrypted hint as well, (which is a godsend to us newbies)

 

ther is another transfer utility to try as well, so i'll see which one is the easier to use

 

cheers

 

Mart

[+Santa 2512]

Well Ive had a good play about after upgrading to premium membership

 

Got a sample of GPX files, and used easyGPS to open them and see what info was in the GPX file prior to

 

uploading onto the magellan..

 

It appears that you can select which fields you want uploaded into the Magellan, so i opted for

 

Geocach ID

 

Container

 

Difficulty

 

Terrain

 

Waypoint

 

Comment

 

Lat

 

Lon

 

Hint (decrypted)

 

I also set the icon for each cache as a skull and crossbones, so it gives the little one somthing to look for

 

After uploading to the Magellan, I get the following displayed

 

Waypoint

 

Lat

 

Lon

 

Hint Decrytped

 

I can then edit the comment & Icon on the Magellan to show the cache status once we've either found it or not!!

 

Because the magellan also has downloadable detailed maps, it makes the roads side of it easy:)

 

I havnt tried pulling the data back from the Magellan to the pc (via easyGPS) so i dont yet know if i can then

 

upload into my geocache log.

 

Does this constitute paperless caching?

 

Mart

[+drdick&vick]

If you are using Geocache Log why not drop an email to them and see if they can add the facility for you to export straight to and import finds straight from the GPS, they are very helpful.

[+walkergeoff and wife]

I'd heard of double-posting, but TRIPLE-POSTING? I doubt anybody will send you the files, but if you just say what GPS you have (eg mine is Garmin Oregon 450) then We'll be able to look it up and see if it supports paperless caching. The other option is to pay $10 for a tri-monthly membership, and then you can see for yourself.

The forum was playing up and taking ages to load. Thinking it had locked up and failed to post I reposted.

 

The hamsters had clearly not been fed that day!