Waypoints on Dakota 20

[+And Sister]

I still have a lot to learn about my Dakota 20. One of those things is how to use waypoints.

 

When doing a multi and getting new coordinates, I know to enter "next stage". But why does it say I'm navigating to a different cache (it seems it usually tries to get me to the "next nearest" cache), not telling me it's going to the waypoint? I find this very confusing, as I'm never sure if it's really pointing me to that other cache or actually directing me to the waypoint, just with the wrong name showing on the legend.

 

Here's an example, though this is for a puzzle cache, not a multi, and I made the actual coordinates a waypoint rather than a "next stage".

 

I just turned on my Dakota 20 and selected "Where To?". I selected the waypoint I want to go to. It showed me the map, and it looked as though it was finding the correct location. (I renamed the waypoint as (name of cache)-Actual, and that's what the map showed.) But when I hit GO, the name of a totally different cache showed up and my waypoint no longer shows on the screen. I know that the cache that's named at the top of the screen is some distance away from where I want to go. Which one is it actually directing me to? If it's the other cache, what am I doing wrong?

[+dfx]

probably same reason as discussed here: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=265246

[+geojibby]

Check this out:

 

I still have a lot to learn about my Dakota 20. One of those things is how to use waypoints.

 

When doing a multi and getting new coordinates, I know to enter "next stage". But why does it say I'm navigating to a different cache (it seems it usually tries to get me to the "next nearest" cache), not telling me it's going to the waypoint? I find this very confusing, as I'm never sure if it's really pointing me to that other cache or actually directing me to the waypoint, just with the wrong name showing on the legend.

 

Here's an example, though this is for a puzzle cache, not a multi, and I made the actual coordinates a waypoint rather than a "next stage".

 

I just turned on my Dakota 20 and selected "Where To?". I selected the waypoint I want to go to. It showed me the map, and it looked as though it was finding the correct location. (I renamed the waypoint as (name of cache)-Actual, and that's what the map showed.) But when I hit GO, the name of a totally different cache showed up and my waypoint no longer shows on the screen. I know that the cache that's named at the top of the screen is some distance away from where I want to go. Which one is it actually directing me to? If it's the other cache, what am I doing wrong? <img src="http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/signalskeptical.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="signalskeptical.gif" />

[+And Sister]

Thanks. I think that video will be very helpful when I have time to watch the whole thing. (Tonight was my late night at work, so I will save the whole thing to watch when I'm a little more awake and can get the most out of it. I really appreciate all the suggestions you've given me. I'm also in the process of trying to reupload my PQ to my Dakota, as you suggested in another thread. I am having trouble (what else) clearing out another PQ from the GSAK database, so as soon as I get that done, I'll upload the new PQ and delete the visited.txt and see if all my found caches are deleted from the unit. If I only didn't have to go to work, I could concentrate on getting these things done!

 

(Oh, I think I'm going to like the new forum changes!)

[+And Sister]

Am I interpreting your video and answer correctly? If I call up the waypoint and then use the geocaching active selection from the compass screen, I should see the correct waypoint/cache name on my screen instead of a random nearby cache?

Edited December 23, 2010 by And Sister

[+geojibby]

Ya, if you are navigating to a geocache, select the geocaching-active dashboard and you are good to go. It's very confusing aspect of the Dakota if you select the geocaching - nearest instead.

 

Am I interpreting your video and answer correctly? If I call up the waypoint and then use the geocaching active selection from the compass screen, I should see the correct waypoint/cache name on my screen instead of a random nearby cache?

[+And Sister]

This didn't work for me. I went back to the puzzle cache I was working on. I selected the waypoint, then went to my compass dashboard. I selected geocaching-active. I still got 1) the name of another cache, 2) the distance to that cache, 3) the arrow in the smaller dashboard field pointing in the direction of that cache. The main compass did appear to be pointing me in the general direction of the cache, and I did get a signal when I got to the area. However, it didn't give me any information about my distance from the waypoint. And I still find it confusing and frustrating that it does not indicate that I am navigating to the waypoint.

[+dfx]

the "geocaching - active" dashboard only works as expected if you're actually navigating to a geocache. if you're navigating to a waypoint, it will revert to showing you the nearest geocache. the "enter next stage" menu option in the geocache menu is a partial fix to that, but in some cases you still need to navigate to a regular waypoint and in those cases, the geocaching dashboards are pretty much useless.