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Originally posted by kbraband:
Go to Control Panel>Network & Internet Connections>Internet Connections>Internet Options>Security>Trusted Sites> and then add the URL for the WGA site to your list of trusted sites.
I tried that and got the message that it must be a secure site and be prefixed with https. No luck there. I’ve enabled first and third party cookies and they seem to work on my homepages. The boards keep track of what topics have new messages but the individual message folders don’t turn pink. I’ve looked over the internet options for privacy and security and am puzzled. Guess I’ll keep checking boxes until it works.
I went back an looked close and found I could click a box and eliminate the secure site requirement. I have the green circle and check mark and Trusted sites on the bottom of the browser now, but still keep getting recognized and returned back to the login screen. Bah!
[This message has been edited by sbukosky (edited 02-04-2004).]
Perhaps without the benefit of personal give and take, one’s intentions may not come clear. It would be my intention that some common sense in reporting environmental concerns would eliminate the thought of suggesting that a time limit should be considered for caches. Indeed, as I understand the official international guidelines, a cache should not be temporary in nature and should have longevity to it. As I understand temporary, it would be a matter of months and not anything concerning temporary event caches.
One puzzling omission that I hope they add with a firmware update is the GOTO feature when you add a new waypoint such as parking coordinates. The V lets you add a waypoint, such as that for parking and once entered, gives you a GOTO option. As it is, the 60 requires you to search for that new waypoint. Not a problem if near, but if several miles away, you have to scroll through other waypoints. Also, it is missing the recalculate function of the V. For example, you autoroute to the vicinity of GCXYZ and then enter recalc for off road. With the 60, you have to refind the geocache waypoint to refigure off road.
On the other hand, the 60 does have one interesting feature when using autorouting. It is the Highway view which shows your road ahead with all the curves to the end on an artificial horizon with a signpost showing the next road. It would be nice for longer trip on limited access roads. The regular map and route screen becomes horribly tiny if you have more than two data fields added to the display. I’d like to see the option to switch between a screen with the data fields and then one without just by pressing a button.
The geocaching find-to-calendar needs a little work. It doesn’t allow for offset caches as well as it could. For battery life, I’ve had a fresh pair of 1200mah NmH in for 12 hours and it has been sitting on one bar for an hour. I had the backlight on full shortly after five pm so with a better set of batteries, that would be better than 24 hours of life for two batteries. Not bad.
Dave said it very nicely. Unless someone mentions on the cache page that it is winter friendly, you often will be frustrated. I was on one last weekend that I had a hard time finding. Because of a few inches of snow cover, it was blended into all the other snow. With no snow it would have stood out like blaze orange in the middle of an open field!
The last few winters since geocaching started has found little snow in much of the state. I started in December and found many through the winter. This winter has been more snowy so I spend more time wishing for a thaw. Patience!
Cache police? Some caches have impact and some don’t. I would hope that experienced cachers would comment when the environment is being degraded. However, these cachers likely have found the cache early on and many newer cachers will not say anything but glowing reviews about any cache they are on.
Some caches have the sole intent to baffle the hunter and here is where damage can occur. Coupled with poor coordinates, an area can get trashed quickly. We do have tools to prevent this.
First are the hints. If no finds are logged and there are no hints, the cache should be archived if the owner does not give a useful hint. Each no find results in additional visits from the team which adds impact to the area. My philosophy has always been to hide a cache so the casual hiker won’t see it but the geocacher can find it. That means if you want to baffle the cachers by using a novel method of hiding a cache or waypoint, the means to find it should be included in the hints.
Second, it can be hard to get good coordinates initially. When finders can provide more accurate coordinates, we have the provision to post those when the log entry is made. I like to verify their accuracy with both Mapsource and USAPhotoMaps. Cache owners should be encouraged to use these programs to verify their coordinates. Demonstrating this would also make a good educational program for a general meetng!
Third, people are encouraged to log no finds. It is not a sign of being a newbie or lack of skill. I have many no finds and post them to allow the cache owner to determine if some maintenance is required and to possibly aid future visitors to the cache.
Finally, I think such things should be presented at every opportunity we have. Social events are great, but adding a little education program would show the governments that we are making an effort to get the word out and discipline outselves.
Got to use if for some hiking and a few caches today. I’ll sum it up like this; If you don’t have a Garmin V, you will probably love it. If you have a V, you will have mixed emotions because it has improvements that we V owners have been looking for, such as USB speed and more memory, but it definitely is not the improved V that we’ve been asking for. They got us over a barrel. To get that, you have to buy both a 60 and the latest version of the Street Pilot. Nuts!
I used the USB connected and Mapsource. I just tried EasyGPS and it doesn’t have USB provisions. For the heck of it, I tried Mapsource again and download from the GPS the waypoints, maps and tracks. It was instantaneous. Uploading waypoints are the same. I agree that the maps cover a wide enough area that seldom will I have to change them, but it is good to know that a whole new mapset takes less than five minutes! I did notice that after using the USB cable, my USB connection to my scanner was disabled and I had to reboot the computer to get the scanner to be recognized. Possible a problem with my USB hub.
I drove around a bit to try autorouting and it does compute faster than the V, but I don’t think the screen is as efficient. The best way I can describe it is that the map screen is smaller and the color seems to bloat the features. I think it is better for a passenger to use it as a navigator where the V would fit in my line of sight and the screen was sharper and more informative. It is as if the electronics have advanced but the display has taken a step back.
I did find that I held a good lock while sitting in my recliner. The V would not. So, I expect better performance once the leaves sprout out. I also think the color display might be more readable when in a park where the V has a contrast problem if trying to see the tracks dashes.
So, the way I see it is that it is not a replacment for the car navigation function of the V, though the electronics are better suited. It probably will be a better geocaching handheld with the added bonus of routing you in the cachemobile from hunt to hunt.
For my needs, I think I’ll sell the V and keep an eye open for a good price on a Street Pilot on eBay and use that for car navigation.
As I turned onto my street while coming home for lunch, the FedEx truck was pulling in front of my house. Talk about timing! I’ll come up with a Garmin V vs GSPMAP60C comparison soon. Many similarities, but Garmin definitely desires the V owner to purchase two units. The 60 and the new replacement for the StreetPilot.
My most important reason for buying it was memory capacity and speed of loading maps. I am not disappointed. Loading nearly 500 waypoints was instantanious and 56 megs of maps covered Wisconsin, most of the UP and most of Chicago. It loaded in around five minutes, give or take some. I was not timing it.
For driving, some method of securing it to be visible while being hands free will have to be devised using the screw hole on the back of it. It does not sit horizontal as does the V but Garmin could have added that feature so it could lay on the dash resting in a bean bag or however. Like I said, they want us to buy two units.
I hope the weather warms a bit this weekend so I can give it a try in the woods. Who knows, maybe it’ll even sniff out that Diamond In The Rough!
Congrats Trudy and Da Beast! I just decided to skip the compass and altimeter and ordered the 60C from Offroute.com. Everyone seems to be talking about GPScity but Offroute has the same price but I paid extra for shipping. HOWEVER… I see Mr. Irish gets 5% to 20% of the sale, so decided to go that route.
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Originally posted by skarolek:
Steve, Do you know about the state’s “2nd vehicle discount”?…. Hmmm, come to think of it, I’ve bought a sticker for my GoldWing in the past too…
Now I know why your name is familiar! Yeah, I’m aware of the second sticker discount. Oddly, I got one for my Gold Wing at Bong when some of the guys from Racine and Kenosha held an event there. Maybe you’ve seen a picture of Brian, Jeremy and myself on a motorcycle caching trip? That was two years ago. Perhaps it is time for another two wheeler only caching tour to be scheduled?
Steve Bukosky
WaukeshaI’ve usually don’t have a problem with user fees. It does irk me about the sticker policy for both the state and Waukesha because I have four vehicles that I might take to a fee area at any given time.
Just be glad we don’t have to pay a fee to the Air Force to use the GPS!
Try Air Force One, GCF39A which is along a dog park near Stoughton. There were some at the Mitchell Park dog park in Brookfield near Capital Drive (hwy 190) and Barker road. It was named Barker road long before there was a dog park. I’ve scouted the dog park in Milwaukee for one but don’t get there enough so haven’t hidden one yet.
You’ll see many of my logs signed as sbukosky and Kanook. He is my current partner, a two year old Husky that we got as a pup. My first Husky pup was Kanuk. We bought him when we were young and had our second baby and I was working late at night. Kanuk would love to go to the family lake cabin and hike around with me. He developed kidney failure at the old age of 13. Twenty some years later the babies are on their own and we have an emptiness in our hearts to fill. We adopted our present Husky and named him Kanook as a remembrance of our first. I keep a picture of Kanuk right here by the computer so I never forget.
I was away on business the last few days and Pat said that Kanook would get real antsy around five thirty. I should be home by now and I wasn’t and he knew things were not right. Today I returned home at my usual time and for the first time in two years, he was looking out of the living room window as I drove in. All is well again.
Sometimes I’ll see him staring at a wall. I’ll look up and its a picture of one of the grandchildren that he’s looking at. Sometimes he will show interest in something on television, but ignores most of it. A wise creature.
I take him to a dog park often, so he gets better excersize than he gets at home and so he can socialize with other dogs. So many personalities. So much bonding with their humans. If my dogs won’t be waiting for me in the here after, I don’t think I want to go.
Woo Haa! does that bring back memories! I did that on a hot August day, I think, and the water in the tunnel was warm. I wore old sneakers and rode my Yamaha there so I’d dry up a bit riding back home. Sorry for the spoiler…ahh, not really. The water is probably much lower now so some good waterproof boots might do the job.
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Originally posted by brupp:
Where can I find a MS word document to make a sticker for the ammo can?
What I did is go to geocaching.com and they have stickers for sale. They are dark green with the geocache logo. Anything identifying the container as a geocache would do. I’ve copied pictures of such and printed them on on paper with my color printer then completely coved them with waterproof tape. That worked well and actually survived a prairie fire at my ”Gone but not For Gotten” cache.
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