On May 23, 2009, at 8:05 PM, loranwilcox wrote:
The newer garmin units Oregon and the Nuvi 500 use the GPX files directly with no conversion needed.
Team Sand Dollar
----- Original Message ----- From: "az_pistolero" <az_pistolero@mac.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 7:12 PM
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] What does Garmin's "geocaching mode" mean?
My trusty old GPS-V gave up the ghost last week -- looks like the display is gone.
The old GPS-II+ and GPS-III units died or were donated a long time ago. Guess it's time to retire my Touratech mounts and break down for a new GPS.
Garmin's touting a "geocaching mode" on their units. Does anyone know specifically what this means? Is there some special feature beyond an NMEA serial link included in these units?
I don't use GSAK -- I'm on a Mac using MacCaching, in case that should matter.
My interests are: Great battery life, ability to load Garmin Topos, WAAS, 500-1000 waypoints, back-tracking, "Waterproof" or better, Durability. Routing is
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