+Neil81 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I recently upgraded from a Garmin 60CS to an Oregon 450 and have been trying to get everything set up so I can go paperless. There is one last issue I haven't been able to resolve. Has anyone come up with a good way to flag certain caches in the GPSr as "to dos" for the day? I want to keep a large number of caches on my device but be able to quickly find the ones I planned on doing for the day. My initial plan was to use GSAK to append "TODO" onto the end of the cache names that were of interest but some of the names become too long and weren't searchable on the GPSr. Just wondering if anyone has resolved this "issue." Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I am moving this thread from the Geocaching Topics forum to the GPS and Technology forum. Quote Link to comment
+fegan Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 How about instead of adding TODO to the end of the name, put it at the beginning...that should do the trick. Quote Link to comment
+Maingray Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 No built in way, but I like the idea! Email Garmin the suggestion. Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Create a route with the geocaches you are planning to find. Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) I just took a look at GSAK. Go to Database|Global Replace and Select Waypoint Name from the dropdown box. Type what you want to add in the box to the right and then select Add Before and run it. It will add that to the front of the name and you are set. As I always say the answer to ALL questions about waypoints is GSAK. Forgot to say that you should user flag and filter for the ones you want first so it only changes those. OOPS Edited March 10, 2011 by Walts Hunting Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 The Etrex series used to have a Favorites option. You could save your home coords and whatever else, and when you deleted all waypoints your favorites would stay loaded in your gps. Via software upgrades, they took it away, brought it back for while and then took it away again. Too bad in my opinion. Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 [...] Just wondering if anyone has resolved this "issue." Thanks. See that posting: http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=17881&st=0entry126662 HTH Frohes Jagen Hans Quote Link to comment
+Maingray Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Yes, often wondered why the handhelds didnt keep the favourites option, while the nuvis did. Would be a nice catch all bucket, being able to add waypoints, poi, caches etc. Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Yes, often wondered why the handhelds didnt keep the favourites option[..] They still do. Nüvis just use "favorite" as another wording for waypoint. That said: Favorites and waypoints are the same items with different names. Frohes Jagen Hans Quote Link to comment
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