Garmin Dakato 20

[+pwsscuba]

I got a Dakota 20 this summer and me and the boys have been finding some caches. When I find a cache on with my dakota I can log it found on the dakota and add a short comment. What I want to be able to do is the upload that find and comment to my geocaching.com page. Is this possible? How?

 

Thanks,

 

John

[+Map Monkey]

Too easy..... http://www.geocaching.com/my/uploadfieldnotes.aspx

 

Enjoy

mm

[+pwsscuba]

Too easy..... http://www.geocaching.com/my/uploadfieldnotes.aspx

 

Enjoy

mm

 

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. It was easy. THen you go thru each one and actually log it and add comments if you want.

[+TheRedArmy]

Too easy..... http://www.geocaching.com/my/uploadfieldnotes.aspx

 

Enjoy

mm

 

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. It was easy. THen you go thru each one and actually log it and add comments if you want.

 

yes, i was also not sure how this worked, but figured it out on my 62s. i make some quick notes in the field, then revise them on my PC. very nice feature.

[+Map Monkey]

yep, nice simple feature which helps when travelling an/or away

 

mm

[+sanferic]

I got my Dakota 20 this week but wasn't able to hunt until today. I logged my finds manually but then remembered there's supposed to be a way to upload them. What luck someone was wondering the same thing. =)

 

Thanks for the info.

[+The Lemonheads]

Another quick Dakota 20 question... I'm trying to complete a multi that asks me to go 150m towards True 12 degrees.

 

I get it: go to "site & go", point the compas to N, 12 degrees. So far, I'm fine... but how do I get it to calculate the 150m??

 

Can anyone help?

 

Thanks!

Chief Lemonhead

[+Map Monkey]

Another quick Dakota 20 question... I'm trying to complete a multi that asks me to go 150m towards True 12 degrees.

 

I get it: go to "site & go", point the compas to N, 12 degrees. So far, I'm fine... but how do I get it to calculate the 150m??

 

Can anyone help?

 

Thanks!

Chief Lemonhead

Another quick Dakota 20 question... I'm trying to complete a multi that asks me to go 150m towards True 12 degrees.

 

I get it: go to "site & go", point the compas to N, 12 degrees. So far, I'm fine... but how do I get it to calculate the 150m??

 

Can anyone help?

 

Thanks!

Chief Lemonhead

 

Firstly make sure your settings on the GPSr are set for True North rather than Magnetic North, otherwise a simple addition or subtraction to the number will need to be made based on you magnetic declination at your location.

 

Several options to achieve the outcome, the easiest being using a back bearing of 192 degrees. All you need to do is walk off in this direction from the waypoint you are at and watch as the distance to go increases to 150m.....virtually the opposite of what you normally do to find a cache.

 

Otherwise you can also project a waypoint from the location you are at and Goto this new location.

 

Hope that helps

 

mm

Edited August 15, 2010 by Map Monkey