actually, you'd only have to hack off the "G" for now, hopefully you'll be
upgraded to a new GPS unit before they add another character to the waypoint
name.

It took them almost 7 years to get to the 7th character added... the need
for the 8th character will be exponentially a few years off.

Jake - Team A.I.

On 06 Jan 2007 14:45:24 -0700, azcachemeister@getnet.com <
azcachemeister@getnet.com> wrote:
>
> Just hack off the 'GC'. They're all GC something, right?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Michael Dumroese
> Date:  1/19/07 14:14
> To:  listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subj:  Re: [Az-Geocaching] Just noticed this...
>
> Wonder what this will mean to all the people out there using GPSr's that
> only accept 6 character waypoints.  I myself use a Garmin eTrex.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: ShadowAce<mailto:shadowace.az@gmail.com>
>   To: listserv@azgeocaching.com<mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com>
>   Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:12 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Just noticed this...
>
>
>   24 Dec 06 Jumbled 4<
> http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c724c483-18ba-44943-931a-6b6784e5b1bf>
> by Flag_Mtn_Hkrs (GC103YE) appears to be one of the first ones in AZ with a
> 7 digit
>
>
>   On 1/19/07, Michael Dumroese <mykel_d@msn.com <mailto:mykel_d@msn.com>>
> wrote:
>     When did they start using 7 characters for waypoint id's?  Saw this
> while looking at the listing for tonight's event.
>
>     myke85268
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