+Skoogie Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I know a few "paperless" cachers, just using PDA's for all their page downloads, etc... I'm not sure about what PDA to go with and/or what software I need to get going. Anyone want to help with some "paperless caching for dummies" ideas... Thanks Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Pocket PC = GPXSonar or GPXview Palm = Cachemate. Either works. Desktop is GSAK or Watcher or both. Done. Unless you want PDA maps too... Link to comment
+Muddler Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 The Knight is right! I use GSAK on the Desktop and take Cachemate with my Palm 205 out in the field. I am not totaly paperless because I like to have paper printouts of maps in the field, for getting me to the general area and to have for safety in case the electronic version quits. I don't like being out in the woods without knowing how to get back to the truck. Both are great programs. I have read other posts that are using the Palm 7. I do know you will need something with enough memory to hold all of the cache data that you download to the Palm/Pocket PC. I have information for a lot of Alabama and some in NW Florida and it is right at 3 MB. Good Luck! Muddler Link to comment
+fly46 Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I go paperless by reading the cache pages at home before I go and not messing with palms or laptops or anything else other than my gpsr. Link to comment
+BalkanSabranje Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I go paperless by reading the cache pages at home before I go and not messing with palms or laptops or anything else other than my gpsr. This is most certainly helpful with long multis and mysteries... BS/2 Link to comment
+sacherjj Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I figured out why I will be going paperless for some time to come, from yesterday's geocaching. Link to comment
+PDOP's Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I know a few "paperless" cachers, just using PDA's for all their page downloads, etc... I'm not sure about what PDA to go with and/or what software I need to get going. Anyone want to help with some "paperless caching for dummies" ideas... Thanks Geocaching Sans Paper - the Art of Paperless Caching Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I go paperless by reading the cache pages at home before I go and not messing with palms or laptops or anything else other than my gpsr. This is most certainly helpful with long multis and mysteries... Ah, but most North American caches are traditionals - there are people with 300 finds of which only 10 or fewer are multis. Compare that with, say, Belgium, where less than half of all caches (it seems to me) are traditionals. In many areas of the US and Canada, cachers have such a density to choose from, and the caches are generally simple enough, that it makes sense to slurp 250 waypoints at time into your PDA. European caches tend to be a bit more challenging - I don't think many German cachers have managed 30 or more in a day, which some Americans have done. Link to comment
+Skoogie Posted February 27, 2005 Author Share Posted February 27, 2005 Excellent info. PDOP's post with the easy to follow guidance from Geocaching University was especially helpful to an "anti-tech" such as I. I think I can figure this out now... Thanks to all Link to comment
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