[Az-Geocaching] AZ waypoint files.

[Jason Poulter]

just download them all like i do and only upload the ones you want into your
gps... depending on which area you are going to....

also i dont upload the ones i own and the archived ones....

jason


Jim Scotti wrote:

> When I downloaded the latest Arizona geocache waypoint file today, I noticed
> the file was up to 451 caches.  I don't know about everyone elses GPS, but
> mine only has room for 500 waypoints, so I don't have much room for saved
> waypoints if I simply download the whole file into my GPS and soon, it will
> be bigger than 500 waypoints long anyway.  It seems like we'll all be editing
> the files we download or we need to have the file broken up into smaller
> pieces, sort of like the way mapsource download maps are broken down into
> smaller areas.  I know most of the waypoints are around the Phoenix area, so
> separating Phx from the rest of the state will only solve the problem for a
> short time until the number of Phx caches grows to over 500....  At the
> current rate, that won't be long.  I suppose you could have the Phx area
> broken up into quadrants or even by cities and then the rest of the state in
> another file or something like that.  Maybe go by counties elsewhere if the
> rest of the state grows too large....  I wouldn't mind keeping my geocache
> waypoints down to a maximum of around 300 and selectively downloading the
> areas I'm likely to be in in the near future would allow me to do that.
>
> Jim
> Team Scotti
>
> Jim Scotti
> Lunar & Planetary Laboratory         jscotti@pirl.lpl.arizona.edu
> University of Arizona
> Tucson, AZ 85721 USA                 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/
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