+walkergeoff and wife Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I wonder if anyone can help? I am using a Garmin Oregon 600 and load way-points using GSAK. It will display the main waypoints with no problem but doesn't show the child waypoints that are in the cache description. Am I doing something wrong? If so, please let me know what it is. Many thanks Geoff Quote Link to comment
+Graculus Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I wonder if anyone can help? I am using a Garmin Oregon 600 and load way-points using GSAK. It will display the main waypoints with no problem but doesn't show the child waypoints that are in the cache description. Am I doing something wrong? If so, please let me know what it is. Many thanks Geoff My bold above. If you mean coordinates someone has written into the description then no, it won't show them as they are not coordinates but just plain text. If you mean the additional waypoints on the cache page then it should certainly show them. I don't use GSAK to put caches on my Oregon, I just transfer the two GPX files and it works fine. Chris Graculus Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK Geocaching Wiki Geocaching.com Help Center UK Geocaching Information & Resources website Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) I wonder if anyone can help? I am using a Garmin Oregon 600 and load way-points using GSAK. It will display the main waypoints with no problem but doesn't show the child waypoints that are in the cache description. Am I doing something wrong? If so, please let me know what it is. Many thanks Geoff My bold above. If you mean coordinates someone has written into the description then no, it won't show them as they are not coordinates but just plain text. If you mean the additional waypoints on the cache page then it should certainly show them. I don't use GSAK to put caches on my Oregon, I just transfer the two GPX files and it works fine. Chris Graculus Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK Geocaching Wiki Geocaching.com Help Center UK Geocaching Information & Resources website Along the same lines as Graculaus. IF the coordinates are written in the description -rather than as Additional Waypoints- GSAK has a macro to add them as child waypoints. (It can also get them from logs..!) Edited August 24, 2014 by Bear and Ragged Quote Link to comment
+walkergeoff and wife Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 I wonder if anyone can help? I am using a Garmin Oregon 600 and load way-points using GSAK. It will display the main waypoints with no problem but doesn't show the child waypoints that are in the cache description. Am I doing something wrong? If so, please let me know what it is. Many thanks Geoff My bold above. If you mean coordinates someone has written into the description then no, it won't show them as they are not coordinates but just plain text. If you mean the additional waypoints on the cache page then it should certainly show them. I don't use GSAK to put caches on my Oregon, I just transfer the two GPX files and it works fine. Chris Graculus Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK Geocaching Wiki Geocaching.com Help Center UK Geocaching Information & Resources website Quote Link to comment
+walkergeoff and wife Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Hi Chris Thanks for that. I have discovered that the GSAK format does not work properly in the Oregon. It appears not to store the additional waypoints as waypoints. Having followed your advice and stored the two files, one with and one without child waypoints, I can see the caches on the main screen and the child waypoints in the waypoint manager. I assume that this is the right way to do it? Many thanks Geoff Quote Link to comment
+walkergeoff and wife Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 I wonder if anyone can help? I am using a Garmin Oregon 600 and load way-points using GSAK. It will display the main waypoints with no problem but doesn't show the child waypoints that are in the cache description. Am I doing something wrong? If so, please let me know what it is. Many thanks Geoff My bold above. If you mean coordinates someone has written into the description then no, it won't show them as they are not coordinates but just plain text. If you mean the additional waypoints on the cache page then it should certainly show them. I don't use GSAK to put caches on my Oregon, I just transfer the two GPX files and it works fine. Chris Graculus Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK Geocaching Wiki Geocaching.com Help Center UK Geocaching Information & Resources website Along the same lines as Graculaus. IF the coordinates are written in the description -rather than as Additional Waypoints- GSAK has a macro to add them as child waypoints. (It can also get them from logs..!) Quote Link to comment
+Graculus Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Hi Chris Thanks for that. I have discovered that the GSAK format does not work properly in the Oregon. It appears not to store the additional waypoints as waypoints. Having followed your advice and stored the two files, one with and one without child waypoints, I can see the caches on the main screen and the child waypoints in the waypoint manager. I assume that this is the right way to do it? Many thanks Geoff That's how I do it without GSAK. Geocaches appear in the Geocaches list and Waypoints in the Waypoints list. As commented above GSAK can do lots more things. I'm quite happy just having the caches I want from my PQ on the GPS. Regards Chris Graculus Volunteer UK Reviewer - http://www.geocaching.com UK Geocaching Wiki - https://wiki.Groundspeak.com/display/GEO/United+Kingdom Geocaching.com Help Center - http://support.Groundspeak.com//index.php UK Geocaching Information and Resource site - http://www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk Quote Link to comment
patdhill Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I use the Send Waypoints option under the GPS menu option in GSAK to transfer from GSAK to my Oregon 600. As long as you have GSAK set to Oregon 600 the child waypoints can be found by selecting "Where To?" then "Extras" and you see the list of child waypoints grouped together eg "Geocachers_Parking Area". When GSAK generates the ggz file it sends the other waypoints as Garmin POI (point of interest) files. Quote Link to comment
+walkergeoff and wife Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 I use the Send Waypoints option under the GPS menu option in GSAK to transfer from GSAK to my Oregon 600. As long as you have GSAK set to Oregon 600 the child waypoints can be found by selecting "Where To?" then "Extras" and you see the list of child waypoints grouped together eg "Geocachers_Parking Area". When GSAK generates the ggz file it sends the other waypoints as Garmin POI (point of interest) files. Thanks for that info. I will give it a try. G Quote Link to comment
+walkergeoff and wife Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 It would be good if I could find a way of displaying caches and waypoints on the same screen or map. Quote Link to comment
+Graculus Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Displaying them both on the same list screen - no, not with a Garmin. You can view Geocaches or Waypoints. On my Oregon 550 it does show both caches and waypoints on the map. Waypoints show as blue flags or a P symbol. Note that I'm just using a PQ copied to the GPS, not using GSAK. Chris Graculus Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK Geocaching Wiki Geocaching.com Help Center UK Geocaching Information & Resources website Quote Link to comment
+walkergeoff and wife Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Displaying them both on the same list screen - no, not with a Garmin. You can view Geocaches or Waypoints. On my Oregon 550 it does show both caches and waypoints on the map. Waypoints show as blue flags or a P symbol. Note that I'm just using a PQ copied to the GPS, not using GSAK. Chris Graculus Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK Geocaching Wiki Geocaching.com Help Center UK Geocaching Information & Resources website Thanks again, Chris. I have checked, and you are quite right. This makes life a lot easier, not having to switch from one list to another. I am doing a series tomorrow in which you have to pick up numbers from waypoints on the way round so that you can get the co-ords of the bonus. I was worried about missing one but I can now see where the waypoints are. Quote Link to comment
+Kyzabra Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 For what its worth as well, it could be the display resolution you have on the Oregon. If you go into the map setup, then advanced, then zoom levels, you can change at what level of zoom the waypoints display. This stops your screen being cluttered with waypoints at a "high" level. I just went in and changed mine to 500mtr and the waypoints show as the type of waypoint you set (eg trailhead). Much easier. Quote Link to comment
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