+jlw82 Posted September 25, 2010 Posted September 25, 2010 Is it possible to show the Comment on a waypoint, rather then the Name of it on the map, on a Oregon 450? Its possible to do so in Basecamp, but I cant find out if its possible to do in the actual Gps. It would be a great feature! .. And a GC question: Is it possible to get the .loc files that I dl from GC.com to get in the GC-section on the Oregon 450? And have them with identifiably names and not gc-codes. Hard to write a suitable topic for these questions. Quote
+Cacheoholic Posted September 25, 2010 Posted September 25, 2010 Is it possible to show the Comment on a waypoint, rather then the Name of it on the map, on a Oregon 450? Its possible to do so in Basecamp, but I cant find out if its possible to do in the actual Gps. It would be a great feature! Sounds like you are loading geocaches as waypoints? I can’t imagine why you would be doing that and not using GPX files to load geocaches as geocaches. The paperless geocaching feature uses child waypoints as extra points like parking coords, trail head coords but there’s not much use for waypoints on an Oregon for geocaching other than that. You can change the name manually in the Waypoint Manager but there is no way to switch name with comment on the GPS its self. This is easy to do if loading geocaches as waypoints using GSAK but again I don’t know why you would be loading geocaches as waypoints. .. And a GC question: Is it possible to get the .loc files that I dl from GC.com to get in the GC-section on the Oregon 450? And have them with identifiably names and not gc-codes. LOC files only contain very limited information of geocaches. You should be using GPX files to get all the geocache information. The Oregon Wiki is the best Oregon resource to answer questions about Oregons. Quote
+jlw82 Posted September 25, 2010 Author Posted September 25, 2010 (edited) Is it possible to show the Comment on a waypoint, rather then the Name of it on the map, on a Oregon 450? Its possible to do so in Basecamp, but I cant find out if its possible to do in the actual Gps. It would be a great feature! Sounds like you are loading geocaches as waypoints? I can’t imagine why you would be doing that and not using GPX files to load geocaches as geocaches. The paperless geocaching feature uses child waypoints as extra points like parking coords, trail head coords but there’s not much use for waypoints on an Oregon for geocaching other than that. You can change the name manually in the Waypoint Manager but there is no way to switch name with comment on the GPS its self. This is easy to do if loading geocaches as waypoints using GSAK but again I don’t know why you would be loading geocaches as waypoints. .. And a GC question: Is it possible to get the .loc files that I dl from GC.com to get in the GC-section on the Oregon 450? And have them with identifiably names and not gc-codes. LOC files only contain very limited information of geocaches. You should be using GPX files to get all the geocache information. The Oregon Wiki is the best Oregon resource to answer questions about Oregons. Its to dadgum expensive to get premium acc! Can I convert the .loc files, so they appear in Geocahces somehow? Well, i did, and they did not appear in the geocaches. Edited September 26, 2010 by jlw82 Quote
+TheRedArmy Posted September 26, 2010 Posted September 26, 2010 Its to dadgum expensive to get premium acc! Can I convert the .loc files, so they appear in Geocahces somehow? Well, i did, and they did not appear in the geocaches. $30/year or works out to be $2.50 a month, really, you can't skip 1 coffee a month and get a membership. Quote
+jlw82 Posted September 26, 2010 Author Posted September 26, 2010 Its to dadgum expensive to get premium acc! Can I convert the .loc files, so they appear in Geocahces somehow? Well, i did, and they did not appear in the geocaches. $30/year or works out to be $2.50 a month, really, you can't skip 1 coffee a month and get a membership. i dont drink coffee. im a very a stingy fellow. Quote
+WaylessWood Posted September 26, 2010 Posted September 26, 2010 Then why the Oregon 450? There are cheaper models out there. The 450 really works best with gpx files and pocket queries. Compared to a lot of other sports, $30/year is a bargain. Quote
Motorcycle_Mama Posted September 26, 2010 Posted September 26, 2010 If you just got the Oregon, then you should be eligible for a free 30 day Premium Membership. http://www.geocaching.com/garmin/freetrial.aspx Quote
+jlw82 Posted September 26, 2010 Author Posted September 26, 2010 If you just got the Oregon, then you should be eligible for a free 30 day Premium Membership. http://www.geocaching.com/garmin/freetrial.aspx wow thanks! did't get any info about that when i got my gps. works great! Quote
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