[GeoStL] Re: PDA Geocaching.
- From: "Bill Boltralik" <wjb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- 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!)
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> [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
> >
> >-
> >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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