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On the Left Side of the Road...@sandlanders wrote:
“It’s the end of the world as we know it.”
“And I feel fine….la la la la la la la la LEONARD BERNSTEIN!”
On the Left Side of the Road...@JimandLinda wrote:
I hope s/s isn’t looking! 😯
I don’t think ciphers are really his style. And besides, we have enough cipher caches around as it is.
On the Left Side of the Road...Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful;
And since we’ve no place to go,
Let it snow
Let it snow
Let it snow…On the Left Side of the Road...@seldom|seen wrote:
some double and triple pointers at the crack of dawn today while I was in bed.
You coulda come along if ya weren’t so whipped…
On the Left Side of the Road...@Snyder Bear wrote:
😀
😯 x 526.5…
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On the Left Side of the Road...@labrat_wr wrote:
See what happens when you complain????
they turn off the heat!
I’m not complaining any more! This is my kind of summer weather.
On the Left Side of the Road...@Snyder Bear wrote:
I do have some points pending yet
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On the Left Side of the Road...Well the game ain’t over ’till Deejay sez so, but unless sagasu is sittin’ on a whole bunch of points to snipe it looks like SB showed us all how it was done this month!
On the Left Side of the Road...@Sagasu wrote:
My wife says she will archive some of them when I can’t drive or walk any more.
This is too funny. On our “team” I’m the one who wants to archive caches and am always told “but I like that one!”
On the Left Side of the Road...The Oregon improves on that somewhat by showing an icon specific to the cache type–traditional, multi, earth, puzzle, virtual–and it changes to an “open box” when you find it.
However, you can’t change the original icon–as far as I can tell you can’t really change it at all and any workaround kills the geocaching functionality.
I’m also used to simply deleting individual caches from the interface of the GPS itself, so having to pull the GPX file back off, manipulate it, and put it back on is definitely clunky. But I’m sure there are people out there who love it, and it will just take getting used to.
I think the easiest way to accomplish what we want to do is simply amend the cache name in GSAK before creating the file. Put a number or letter at the beginning so I know whether it’s one to target or not. It’s just easier to look at a screen and visualize it.
On the Left Side of the Road...Update: As I originally suspected, the other thread does not apply but not for the reason I originally thought. I should have mentioned at the beginning of this thread that my question specifically applies to the Oregon.
The short answer is that there is no way to customize the geocaching icons on the Oregon. You can do some POI workarounds but you cannot retain the geocaching-specific functionality if you do this so what’s the point.
The Oregon is not as customizable as earlier Garmin units, which is a bit ironic, however it appears they made a tradeoff between form factor and in-depth functionality.
Our old Lowrance still kicks butt over any unit I’ve seen in terms of how much and how easily you can manipulate information on it. Compared to the Lowrance the Garmin is a very “dumb” unit inasmuch as it is simply a GPX file reader. In contrast, the Lowrance took the info on the file, made it its own, and let you play with it ON THE UNIT to your heart’s content. Think of it as the difference between having Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. Garmin simply doesn’t “digest” the GPX database.
But, with its comparatively awful GPS issues, the Lowrance fails at its most basic function. So it appears we’ll have to stick with the Garmin to get us where we’re going, but come up with some creative workarounds or other processes to figure out just where we want to go and to effectively manage that information once we get there.
On the Left Side of the Road...Dave, I looked at that forum before posting but it didn’t seem to apply because I’m not loading to Mapsource.
EDIT: I see a link buried in there that looks like it might apply, and I’m guessing perhaps that Mapsource is running under the covers somewhere even tho I don’t have the Mapsource program/CD/whatever.
I’ll do (even more) research…old dog, new tricks…
On the Left Side of the Road...It seems every time we consider archiving a cache that might have run its course, it gets found by a whole bunch of cachers. I suppose if the spot were opened up to a new cache, it would have gotten found by those new cachers as well as old.
It’s really hard to determine what should be archived. We have so many series and favorite caches. And our caches that aren’t found much are either not taking up prime real estate.
So we haven’t archived any except those that have caused so many problems that maintenance isn’t worth it any more. But that’s only a handful out of 199 caches so it’s not too bad!
On the Left Side of the Road...We echo the sentiments above, and add that this is not only cause for congratulations, this is cause for a great big
THANK YOU!
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