Sat nav help please?

[+dunfie doughballs]

Hi all,

 

I hope this isn't a daft question but I am on the look out for a sat nav that i can load caches into.

I have the garmin vista for actual caching but would prefer a proper sat nav that could highlight where these caches are as we are driving along.

 

Is this simply a case of downloading these as a gpx file/gsak macro to ANY sat nav unit and this info being shown as points of interest or is there more to it?

 

Suggestions of suitable (and hopefully cheap ) examples would be welcome.

 

Thanks in advance

Steve

[+Flyfishermanbob]

Hi all,

 

I hope this isn't a daft question but I am on the look out for a sat nav that i can load caches into.

I have the garmin vista for actual caching but would prefer a proper sat nav that could highlight where these caches are as we are driving along.

 

Is this simply a case of downloading these as a gpx file/gsak macro to ANY sat nav unit and this info being shown as points of interest or is there more to it?

 

Suggestions of suitable (and hopefully cheap ) examples would be welcome.

 

Thanks in advance

Steve

 

Any Tom Tom will do what you want ..... just export everything from GSAK to a folder and drag the contents to UK maps or Europe maps on Tom Tom .

 

Even better is to download Big Wolf's macro and export to a file or direct to Tom Tom that way.

 

 

See , you should have come to

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...24-79237594c4ae

 

 

Edited December 8, 2010 by Flyfishermanbob

[+dunfie doughballs]

Cheers Bob,

 

The weather put us off that event and the Mpu one later

As you can tell...i'm still no further forward on which sat nav to get!!

 

steve

[+Graculus]

To see how easy to do it with a TomTom and GSAK click here for my resource site. I can't say how it is done using a Garmin Nuvi or other Sat Nav as I only use a TT.

 

Chris

Graculus

Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com

UK Geocaching Information & Resources website www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk

Geocaching.com Knowledge Books

[+reddeeps]

I have a garmin nuvi, and downloaded a macro for gsak and it does it all for me.

If you search on here for nuvi there is a thread about paperless caching with a nuvi.

I bought my sat nav of ebay purely due to that thread

 

editted as i found the thead for you

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=193374

Edited December 8, 2010 by reddeeps

[+dunfie doughballs]

I have a garmin nuvi, and downloaded a macro for gsak and it does it all for me.

If you search on here for nuvi there is a thread about paperless caching with a nuvi.

I bought my sat nav of ebay purely due to that thread

 

editted as i found the thead for you

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=193374

 

Thanks for the help

Chris,i have searched your site before but somehow missed that part....looks like the numptie guide i need

and thanks reddeeps i will read through that thread(and the follow up on Gsak) to give me a better idea.

 

Thanks again

Steve

[+Bear and Ragged]

BEWARE with TomTom.

 

They went through a stage of not allowing POI's to give a proximity warning, other than their own speed camera database POI (which you paid TomTom for).

 

You can load a POI file of caches and navigate there, but not have an alarm sound if you were near a cache.

 

They do seem to be either updating, or say they will update, their various units.

[+Flyfishermanbob]

Proximity alarm isn't necessary for navigation to caches.

 

It works ok on 530 with up to date software.

[+Graculus]

I create a POI for my TT of just parking waypoints and trad caches. I use it to simply drive to the parking or closest place to a cache. I use a real GPS to navigate to the cache - one with an arrow on it

 

Chris

Graculus

Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com

UK Geocaching Information & Resources website www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk

Geocaching.com Knowledge Books

[+Teacosies]

+1 on the garmin nuvi range, then set it up as Graculus said. Works good with straight cordinates if you are looking for parking and I've even set 2 caches with my nuvi giving good cords to search for.

[roger-rabbit]

Thanks for the tips. Installed on my TomTom300, and it works fine. Even tried to walk to one rural cache today, and couldn't work out how to get to it. Went back to the car, and the TomTom took me right to it. GREAT.