+jrdoubleh Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I have just gotten a pocket query emailed to me so that I can download several caches at a time instead of one by one. I can not however figure out how to transfer the file into my GPS- I unzipped it and saved it then hit send to and it looked like it was going but then when I look on my GPS the caches are not there. I looked at the easygps program and even magellan map find and neither one of them support my gps which is a magellan explorist gc. Any body want to tell me how to get this pocket query loaded into my GPS? Quote Link to comment
+SkellyCA Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 (edited) You might need the VantagePoint software, free from the Magellan web site. Then drag and drop it into there. Then transfer from PC to GPS Edited September 22, 2010 by SkellyCA Quote Link to comment
+musthavemuzk Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 (edited) i would not bother with vantage point and with a mac you do not need anything special to put pq's on it. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...amp;hl=magellan some have had luck running GSAK or other windows programs on their dual boot macs. i use a pc so i am not up to speed with that. actually here is the thread in the above link http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=257518 Monty Edited September 22, 2010 by musthavemuzk Quote Link to comment
+randco Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 If you have a PC or a Mac that is capable of running programs for a pc use GSAK. Quote Link to comment
+SKSJD Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I have a colarado and had trouble downloading from the email but when I looked at the list on the Groundspeak site in my profile I found it easier to drag and drop from there. Can't remember how but you could try that. Quote Link to comment
+jrdoubleh Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Vantage Point works! Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+musthavemuzk Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 vantage point is verry minimal on what it can provide. but yes it will load your GC up. sadly it is an all or nothing load with VP software to magellan. you can of course go in and uncheck caches in VP, but it is tedious to do. i also wasnt able to find a map to use with it. i could look at my caches on a map, but that is all. i didnt see any streets roads or anything like that. i was looking at a map with I-80, I-35 on it and that was all. as you said though it works to load magellan gps. there are a few options to provide more control over loading caches. GSAK being the most commonly recomended. you can also clear out VP and load a new PQ so only the current PQ is loaded. in conjunction with that you can tweak your PQ to get best choices for you. Monty Quote Link to comment
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