[Az-Geocaching] Merry Christmas Caching presents

[Guy Aldrich]

I'm interested in the Magellan explorist XL !Does anyone have one yet ?
On 12/26/05, Bob Renner <renner001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'll throw in my 2 cents worth.  I recently bought an
> iQue 3600.  It's a full Palm based PDA with a GPS
> receiver built in.  I added a 1Gig SD memory card.
> With that I can store about 1/2 of the North America
> City Select street maps.  Whe the 2 Gig SD cards come
> down in price I'll be able to fit all of the NA City
> Select.
>
> I also have a program called CacheMate.  I have all
> active caches in AZ stored as well (about 3900).  This
> is along with the description of the cache and the
> recent logs.  I can have CacheMate search for caches
> near my location (or some other location), and then
> convert it into a waypoint on the maps (3800 active
> waypoints slows down the mapping too much so I don't
> have them all active as waypoints all the time).
> CacheMate will also allow me to make notes for my log
> on a cache and then HotSync it to my desktop when I
> get home.
>
> I also have a jpeg viewer so I can download any
> pictures from the cache page and view them while
> looking for the cache.  I recently captured a jpeg of
> a topo map from National Geographic TOPO! and loaded
> that for viewing while looking for the cache.
> Unfortunately, it wont display my location on the
> topo.
>
> I originally got the iQue for use in the car.  It will
> calculate a route and then give me voice prompts while
> driving.  The color screen is larger than most other
> GPS units and even some of the Street Pilots.  Plus,
> it has a built in MP3 player so I can listen to music
> while caching or on a road trip.
>
> The mail drawback is the battery life.  With the
> screen on max backlight and the GPS on, it only lasts
> a couple hours.  Turn off the backlight and it lasts
> longer.
>
> I still use my eTrex Legend for caches which require
> hiking since it is more rugged and the battery lasts
> longer.  However, for in town caches, the iQue
> basically does everything and makes for completely
> paperless caching.
>
> Bob Renner
>
>
>
> --- Azpaul1 <azpaul1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > On a long road trip there are not any USB
> > connections to upload mapsets. You
> > just have to change SD cards to change mapsets.
> >
> > Besides I was talking what is available now. Not
> > what's in the future.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Roping The Wind" <arizcowboy at hotmail.com>
> > To: <listserv at azgeocaching.com>
> > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 4:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Merry Christmas Caching
> > presents
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Steven Stringham
> > <sstringh at stringham-family.org>
> > > >Reply-To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
> > > >To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
> > > >Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Merry Christmas
> > Caching presents
> > > >Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:29:10 -0700
> > > >
> > > >Why?
> > >
> > > I was going to say the same thing! The Magellan
> > Explorist 600 has NOTHING
> > on
> > > the 60C. The 60C/CS is superior to the explorist
> > line. If and when the new
> > > 60CSx comes out... it will have expandable memory
> > as well as SiRF. So,
> > once
> > > again... Garmin ups the notch once more! I
> > certainly dont see the need to
> > > have to have more than 56MB of internal memory
> > (60C/CS). You can always
> > save
> > > mapsets and they only take a second to upload with
> > a USB connection.
> > >
> > > Scott
> > > Team Ropingthewind
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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