nuvi 500

[shrek and fiona]

does anyone have the nuvi 500
how many caches will it hold
it says 500 waypoints but that is not caches
like the oregon it says 2000 waypoints and it will hold 5000 geocaches

[labrat_wr]

if it is anything like the nuvi200, the custom waypoints are only limited by the size of the SD card.

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[Barry Butrymowicz]

I have a nuvi 200 and have had over 5000 in mine, and not even using the sd card

[labrat_wr]

@sweetlife wrote:

I have a nuvi 200 and have had over 5000 in mine, and not even using the sd card

Barry, is that using the GSAK macro giving all the cache info or just the waypoint/coords?

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[Barry Butrymowicz]

GSAK macro with just the Waypoint and Coords,
with the 550 dont need all the other stuff in the nuvi

but did have about 2000 the other way before we got the 550

[The Yinnies]

Doing it the same way you do your Oregon with th GPX, you can get I think 1000. I have never had more than that on mine. Using GSAK as many as you want.

[CodeJunkie]

@labrat_wr wrote:

@sweetlife wrote:

I have a nuvi 200 and have had over 5000 in mine, and not even using the sd card

Barry, is that using the GSAK macro giving all the cache info or just the waypoint/coords?

OK – I don’t want to hijack this thread, but I’m curious. I’ve never loaded cache info (other than WP/Coordinate) to my Nuvi 205W. I normally load all the cache data into my iPod Touch.

1) I’m assuming there’s a GSAK macro to copy data to the Nuvi. Does anyone know the name of the macro.
2) How do I access the additional info on the Nuvi (i.e. which screen or icon do I use)?

[bartrod]

Don’t know if this will help you, Ed, but it’s a link that helped me get started when I got my Nuvi 200 a couple of years ago:
http://geocaching.totaltechworld.com/index.html

As far as the menu is concerned, use the arrow to find the “Extras” page…that’s where the custiom POI’s…in this case, geocaches…will be stored 😀

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[sandlanders]

Continuing the hijack…

We got a Nuvi 205W this summer, but we have a Mac. MacCaching does the job of GSAK, but it looks like we might need Parallels Desktop for the macro from bartrod’s link. Our computer can handle the requirements, but does anyone have experience with Parallels? Or should we just get an iPod? Or upgrade our receiver… again? (We have a Legend HCx) 😕

[labrat_wr]

garmin_nuvi_exportgpx is the one I have been using.

there is another that I have not tried but looks to do a similar task
Nuvi69CsxGarminCsvPoiExport

or maybe ConvertNuviGPX

all on http://gsak.net/board/MacroIndex.php

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[labrat_wr]

oh, part II

the garmin POI loader will load these to the nuvi in the Custom POI file accessible from the Extras target.

When you touch a cache listing target, touch MORE and you will have the text for the description and other information for the cache. of course, no photos. Additional waypoints also load as child waypoints.

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