COLORADO 400T GPX FILES EXCEEDED

[+Snow Days]

I EXCEEDED MY GPX FILES ON MY GARMIN COLORADO 400T, I HAVE A MAC SO I AM USING BASECAMP. HOW DO I REMOVE FILES SO OTHER CAN BE ADDED. I BOUGHT A SD CARD THINKING I COULD USE IT TO HOLD MORE. SOOOOO CONFUSED ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANKS

Edited November 7, 2010 by Snow Days

[savant9]

No need to yell. Just delete files in the /garmin/gpx/ folder. Since you are using a mac you will also need to empty the trashes folder

[+Snow Days]

No need to yell. Just delete files in the /garmin/gpx/ folder. Since you are using a mac you will also need to empty the trashes folder

 

Shhhh, sorry to yell. Thank you for your help. I will be sure to speak softly with the rest of my questions, there will be many!

[+splashy]

Did you load all your caches one by one?

[+Snow Days]

Did you load all your caches one by one?

 

Yes I did. I clicked the send to my gps. After I deleted them all as shown above, I tried to reload some using BaseCamp, but had no luck. I went back and just put a few in one at a time. Does anyone now if I can use the SD card somehow for additional storage?

[+Cacheoholic]

Your problem is loading them one at a time. Each cache is a gpx file using the send to. You are limited to 200 gpx files. Therefore you are limited to 200 geocaches loading them one at a time. Pocket Quires have up to 1000 geocaches in a gpx file. That allows you to load 2000 caches using Pocket Quires in 2 gpx files.

[+Cacheoholic]

Snow Days, here's a link to the Colorado Bible. http://garmincolorado.wikispaces.com/Geocaching

Edited November 7, 2010 by Cacheoholic

[+Snow Days]

Your problem is loading them one at a time. Each cache is a gpx file using the send to. You are limited to 200 gpx files. Therefore you are limited to 200 geocaches loading them one at a time. Pocket Quires have up to 1000 geocaches in a gpx file. That allows you to load 2000 caches using Pocket Quires in 2 gpx files.

 

This sounds good. I also believe my SD card is allowing me to add more, but not sure. I was looking how to do this but with no luck. I will keep trying, but any information will be appreciated.

 

Thank you.

[+fegan]

The limits for the Colorado are 2,000 Geocaches and 200 GPX files...which ever you hit first you're done.

 

So, if you load caches one-by-one using [send To GPS] from the cache page, you can only load 200 Geocaches.

 

If you use PQs to load up to 1,000 Geocaches per PQ, then you can easily reach the 2,000 Geocache limit with just a few PQs.

 

Adding an SD card won't allow you to exceed these limits.

[+Visiting Vet Tech]

i have the same GPS with the same problem...im not a techy- and am trying to teach myself how to use GSAK. Im not sure how to get the pocket quieries onto my gps. I originally uploaded them one by one.... do i need to delete those and start over? Also my GSAK is showing some caches that i've already found as not found.... not sure how to fix it.

[+Cacheoholic]

It is much easier than you think.

1) Run the Pocket Query (PQ).

2) Extract the PQ. You will have 2 gpx files.

3) Copy the 2 gpx files and paste in the GPX folder in your GPS.

 

Done! No software needed.

 

GSAK is used to combine and manipulate the PQ’s before sending to the GPS but is completely optional.

[+Snow Days]

It is much easier than you think.

1) Run the Pocket Query (PQ).

2) Extract the PQ. You will have 2 gpx files.

3) Copy the 2 gpx files and paste in the GPX folder in your GPS.

 

Done! No software needed.

 

GSAK is used to combine and manipulate the PQ’s before sending to the GPS but is completely optional.

 

Ok, I figured out how to have a pocket query sent to my e-mail. How do I Extract as you stated above?

[+Cacheoholic]

Sorry, I don't speak Mac but on a PC you just right click and extract with Winzip.

[+SKS]

i have the same GPS with the same problem...im not a techy- and am trying to teach myself how to use GSAK. Im not sure how to get the pocket quieries onto my gps. I originally uploaded them one by one.... do i need to delete those and start over? Also my GSAK is showing some caches that i've already found as not found.... not sure how to fix it.

 

With GSAK you can right'click on a cache and change status to found. Another way is to download another copy of that cache page after you've logged it, this will update it's status to found. There are also other more sophisticated ways of handling that but I'm not that skilled with GSAK.

Also, I set up individual databases for different areas around here. When I want to update the caches I usually delete the old files in the database and load the new PQ in it's place. My PQ only contains caches that I haven't found and that are active (selections I made when creating the PQ). So if there are caches I've found in the old database that I haven't updated by changing their status, and I don't delete the old caches, the new PQ won't update them either because it only loads caches I haven't found and the old, found caches remain unchanged and still listed as unfound.

 

Hope some of this helps.

[+New Jersey TJ]

Ok, I figured out how to have a pocket query sent to my e-mail. How do I Extract as you stated above?

 

When you try to open the zip on the Mac, you'll probably get prompted asking what to open it with. The default selection should be "Archive Utility". Use that.

[+SeekerOfTheWay]

It is much easier than you think.

1)Run the Pocket Query (PQ).

2)Extract the PQ. You will have 2 gpx files.

3)Copy the 2 gpx files and paste in the GPX folder in your GPS.

 

Done! No software needed.

 

GSAK is used to combine and manipulate the PQ’s before sending to the GPS but is completely optional.

 

I do this, unzip and I see the two files. I drag and drop the firrst file that ends in .gpx into my Garmin gpx folder. I see the caches loaded into my Colorado fine.

 

What is that second file for? Do I need to drag and drop that into the Garmin gpx file too?

[+ecanderson]

The 2nd file is optional. It contains additional waypoint info for the caches like trailhead location, parking, etc.

[+Visiting Vet Tech]

The 2nd file is optional. It contains additional waypoint info for the caches like trailhead location, parking, etc.

What are waypoints exactly? I've marked places before to create a cache, but what's the point of them in the PQ file?

[+Visiting Vet Tech]

how many PQs can i put on my garmin?

[+Cacheoholic]

A waypoint is simply a point marked with a GPS. The Garmin paperless GPS’s handle waypoints, geocaches and POI’s (points of interest) separately and differently. If a cache owner is gracious enough to include these extra waypoints then it is very slick to know where to park, where the trail starts or any other location a cache owner wants to point out. These waypoints are automatically included in the PQ and display automatically when loaded. No need to manually enter the parking coords, etc. if the cache owner did their job!

 

Each PQ is a gpx file. It depends which Garmin GPS you have know the capacity. All paperless Garmins are limited to 200 gpx files. So you could load 200 PQ’s. But you are also limited to 2000 or 5000 geocaches depending on what GPS you have. So if you use the maximum of 1000 geocaches in each PQ then you can only load 2 or 5 PQ’s (depending on which GPS you have). The extra waypoints are “waypoints” and not geocaches so the extra waypoints don’t subtract from the geocache capacity.

[+ecanderson]

The 2nd file is optional. It contains additional waypoint info for the caches like trailhead location, parking, etc.

What are waypoints exactly? I've marked places before to create a cache, but what's the point of them in the PQ file?

Again ... " It contains additional waypoint info for the caches like trailhead location, parking, etc." These are not cache entries, but are associated with cache entries in your GPS. The "point" is that the cache owner thinks that he has some additional coordinate information posted on the cache page that might be helpful to you, and that additional coordinate data is part of the data being sent along with the PQ. It can be especially useful if the correct approach to a cache is not immediately apparent, and the owner is trying to give you a break.

 

Not all GPS units retain the special association between cache and additional waypoint data -- some do.

 

If you don't find the information helpful, you can avoid loading the smaller file when you load up the main *.gpx from the PQ.

[+SeekerOfTheWay]

Good information, thanks. I get it now!

[+Visiting Vet Tech]

It is much easier than you think.

1)Run the Pocket Query (PQ).

2)Extract the PQ. You will have 2 gpx files.

3)Copy the 2 gpx files and paste in the GPX folder in your GPS.

 

Done! No software needed.

 

GSAK is used to combine and manipulate the PQ’s before sending to the GPS but is completely optional.

 

I do this, unzip and I see the two files. I drag and drop the firrst file that ends in .gpx into my Garmin gpx folder. I see the caches loaded into my Colorado fine.

 

What is that second file for? Do I need to drag and drop that into the Garmin gpx file too?

This worked! Im so excited, now i just need someone to go with me!