Geocaching AximSite Members? - Page 2

chrust · 01-30-06, 07:44 PM

We (= my wife and I) are geocaching for 3 years now. We use the Garmin Etrex Vista outdoors and Axim5 with the Haicom CF Sirf3 card running the Mapopolis navigation software to bring us close to the caches. And we love it!

zernam · 01-30-06, 08:39 PM

Huh...I had absolutely no idea that this even existed! I can't say that I'd sign up for this sport, but I wish all the power to ya all :) Sounds like it could be very entertaining.

matthewp · 01-30-06, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by bobolinx

I've been geocaching . . . some in Steelers country

Hope to see you there sometime!

Originally Posted by bobolinx

Are there any inexpensive PDA/geocache solutions that let you navigate and keep records of caches?

There are some good suggestions for navigation here in the thread. For keeping records, be sure to check out GPXSonar if you haven't already. See here:

http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=917

If you subscribe to geocaching.com and are familiar with queries, then this program is an indispensible tool. And, it's better than inexpensive, it's free!!!

Pocketbrain · 01-30-06, 09:39 PM

I'm a noob at geocaching, and haven't actually gone caching yet. Plan to knock out a couple of caches in my area within the next month or so.

CuriousG · 01-30-06, 11:17 PM

I've been caching for quite a while in the cache capital of the world :)

My user name is Curious George

permalink · 01-31-06, 08:37 AM

I just signed up at geocaching.com under the user name "tbtex".I have a Garmin ETrex Legend and going to start seardhing soon.

USMC - Retired · 01-31-06, 08:38 AM

Welcome to the world of caching TB, you gonna do it alone or with a partner?

jfarr · 01-31-06, 08:43 AM

I've been caching for a while now and I used to take my X30 into the woods, but the thought of it being dropped by either myself or my rambunctious nephews made me rethink the whole thing. And I wouldn't even consider taking the X51v out of the car when I get to a caching stop. So just to be safe, I bought a sub-$100 Magellan Explorist. It makes things more fun...I let the nephews carry the device and if it gets wet, so what? (it's waterproof) :approve:

Inertial · 01-31-06, 11:24 AM

I've been caching for about 5 weeks now, with 41 finds and 4 hides to my name. Of course I'm caching under the name "Inertial".

I started with my x50v (with HAiCOM CompactFlash HI-303III GPS receiver) and loaded it with GPXSonar and VITO Navigator II. I already had iGuidance so getting to the vicinity was easy.

I got a bit frustrated with using this setup (VITO Navigator in particular), but I was hooked on geocaching so I bought a Garmin Etrex Legend C.

I've since decided to give my Axim another shot so I could have 2 GPS units running at once and have tried it with BeelineGPS. Without a doubt it's 100% better than VITO Navigator!

jfpetesn · 01-31-06, 06:48 PM

I am considering getting into geocaching. Has anyone tried GPS Tuner? I was just considering it. Any feedback?

Inertial · 01-31-06, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by jfpetesn

I am considering getting into geocaching. Has anyone tried GPS Tuner? I was just considering it. Any feedback?

You may want to look at this thread that talks about GPS utilities for the Pocket PC. GPS Tuner is specifically mentioned there.

permalink · 01-31-06, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by USMC - Retired

Welcome to the world of caching TB, you gonna do it alone or with a partner?

My wife looked at me funny when I mentioned it so I guess I will do it alone for now.

Rsaturn9 · 01-31-06, 09:05 PM

Geocaching seems like fun, it is making me want to get a GPS for my axim:approve:

mmlulin · 01-31-06, 09:15 PM

I've being geocaching for a few years. I hid the Pennsylvania summit cache

I found X51v+BT GPS+Mapopolis is good on road traveling. If the cache is in the wild, I still use Magellan Map330 w/ topo map.

My geocaching.com user name is mlulin

USMC - Retired · 01-31-06, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by Tblove

My wife looked at me funny when I mentioned it so I guess I will do it alone for now.

Mine did too but after her first time out she loved it and now has some of her friends doing it too... nothing like doing it with my wife and a couple of her friends!