[GeoStL] Re: PDA Geocaching.

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To get gpx files you have to be a premium/charter member of geocaching.com and then you use pocket queries. When you select the file type select gpx file instead of loc file. If you get the gpx file you don't need to check the ebook format as you will not need it.

Bruce






From: "Bill Boltralik" <wjb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: PDA Geocaching.
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 08:43:13 -0600

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Bruce,

Can you tell me how you are downloading the .gpx files (that Watcher can
use) from GC.com, instead of the .loc files that EasyGPS uses?   I do know
that converted EasyGPS .loc files to .gpx do not work for Watcher.  I will
be using my Handspring Treo 90 (Palm OS) with a SD card.

Are you using the Pocket Queries, only available in the Premium Membership?

Bill
(IKanFindIt!)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce S
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 1:08 PM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: PDA Geocaching.
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> I have just returned from my 2 week caching trip and I did
> not carry any
> printed cache descriptions.  I had about 750 cache
> descriptions stored on my
> pda (I wasn't sure what way I might go in a few areas).  I don't use
> mobipocket because it is quite slow and clumsy compared to
> other options
> available.  I get my pocket queries as gpx files and use
> watcher to select
> and merge the descriptions into one gpx file. (watcher is a
> program by
> Clayjar and is available at http://clayjar.com/gc/temp/ )   I
> then use
> gpx2html (by fizzymagic) utility to convert the gpx file in
> to multiple html
> files. This program makes nice pda readable pages including
> the closest 5
> caches to the one you are looking at.  I then use plucker to
> load and view
> the files on my pda.  Plucker is very fast, has a nice user
> interface and
> good search/sorting features. Information about gpx2html and
> plucker is
> available at http://home.attbi.com/~fizzymagic/gpx2html.html.
>  I know that
> this all may seem very time consuming but I was able to do
> all 750 cache
> descriptions for my trip in under 2 hours and most of that
> time was just
> eliminating cache I was not interested in.  Selecting and
> printing 750 cache
> sheets would have been a very difficult and time consumming
> task let alone
> keeping track of all that paper.
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "glenn l nash" <glennnash@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: "SLAGA" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [GeoStL] PDA Geocaching. Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003
> 16:25:10 -0800
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> >I for example i have an Ipaq. what can i download grom
> GC.com, and how
> >do I
> >do it?
> >
> >Would I D/L wpts into easy GPS then to the PDA like I do with the
> >Garmin or
> >is it a whole different ballgame?
> >
> >I have heard that you can get cache pages into the PDA. Is
> it more of a
> >hasel than it is worth and how do I do that?
> >
> >Glenn
> >
> >
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