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A few :-)
From: "Bridget Griffin" <bridget@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: PDA Geocaching. Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:44:29 -0600
- So, Bruce, how many did you actually do?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce S" <bruces1321@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 1:08 PM 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
>
>
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>
>
> >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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