Geocaching AximSite Members? - Page 5

Inertial · 07-07-06, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by connersdad

Me, the wife, and the kids have been geocaching for a month or so. Our name on geocaching.com is Team MadSpaniel. The kids get a real kick out of it. They know we have to be secrative when there are muggles around, my son likes to think that we are spies!!! Too funny.

I do have a question. At the moment we use Google Earth to find the location of the caches. I am going to buy either a BT-338 or the CF version along with IG3. Will this be sufficient to get an accurate GPS fix using cache coordinants??? Or will I need different software???

As always, I greatly appreciate anyones input.

The IG route should put you in the general vicinity of caches, usually pretty close. That said, you may still have to search the area a bit before ever getting out of the car since sometimes there are more logical approaches. As I'm sure you've already discovered, the shortest distance to a destination isn't always the easiest route!

permalink · 01-07-07, 05:39 PM

I started geocaching recently with my X5/ CF GPSr. We found our first cache today. It's pretty neat.

Does anyone have the same setup as me and if so, how do you protect your pocket pc outdoors. I was looking at otterbox (too expensive for me right now) and aquapack. Not sure of any other solutions. Does anyone use the aquapak now with this set up? Thank You

Ivan Awfulitch · 01-07-07, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by zacksba

I started geocaching recently with my X5/ CF GPSr. We found our first cache today. It's pretty neat.

Does anyone have the same setup as me and if so, how do you protect your pocket pc outdoors. I was looking at otterbox (too expensive for me right now) and aquapack. Not sure of any other solutions. Does anyone use the aquapak now with this set up? Thank You

I use an X50V with a large Aquapak for PPC. Doesn't offer much in the way of impact protection but it will keep the unit dry in any condition. They're supposed to keep the unit dry to a depth of 7 feet, but I haven't tried this. Haven't had a problem bashing the unit and the pack is easy to hold on to and operate the unit.

Here's the unit I have and it works with a Globalsat 337 or a Holux 271 CF unit.
http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.a...m-2843-To-2860

athlonduke · 01-08-07, 11:25 AM

i use a rhino or innopoket mag case for the durability. if its raining, i'll take it out of the metal case and put it in a plastic bag

lately though, i use the axim for driving there because its MUCH easier reading the screen of the axim then the tiny screen of my wife's garmin 60csx. also, mapopolis's speech navigation is pretty damn good.

after we drive upto the cache site, we'll just use her garmin to get to the cache. its just as accurate and its waterproof/dropproof/idiotproof =P

Teutonics · 01-08-07, 01:20 PM

I just signed up on geocaching.com, same ID. The kids are old enough now that they should enjoy it.

elpoulpo · 01-09-07, 06:19 AM

Geocaching since last summer with an X50 and a bluetooth SirfIII GPS. The only issue being the high addiction to the game.

ThatGuy · 01-11-07, 03:11 PM

Just to chime in and hopefully help some of the new-to-caching folks, I've got some tutorials on using an Axim for GeoCaching up at http://th4tguy.com/nav/ . I'm still working on fleshing them out.

Right now, the most complete ones that will get you up and running are:
Using GeoCaching.com for a quick starter on finding and getting cache information,
Using CacheMate to navigate to caches and log finds,
and GPX versus LOC for details on why to register CacheMate and at GC.com.

If you already have TomTom, I'm currently working on Custom POIs in TomTom, which will detail how to use GPX Spinner and gpsbabel on PQs from GC.com to show caches on your maps as POIs with different icons for each cache type.

So far, I'm liking the use of GC.com and CM for actual caching. I just got TomTom custom POIs set up, which helps for navigation and browsing nearby caches while out and about. I've tried BeeLine and BCN, but I'm sticking with CM for now. I just heard about Smcache, but have yet to try it.

I'm using:
Dell Axim X50v PocketPC PDA
DeLorme Earthmate BlueLogger BT GPSr
Gomadic Window PDA Mount
and a generic clear Axim case (it's small, offers some pretection from the elements, and was cheap)
TomTom 5.21
CacheMate 1.2.0

Mr.Gecko · 03-19-07, 10:29 PM

Hello fellow cachers, I will turn one (in geocache years) in May (same name). I'm hooked. I just need to find more time to do it. It is a great family outing. My two boys (7 & 10) simply enjoy going out on the hunt. It's great bonding time.

I use a Magellan eXplorist 210 for my hunting but use my Ax for all my logs & .loc files. I don't mind letting the kids navigate with the Mag because it can take some abuse. I too afraid to let them use the Ax out in the woods if you know what I mean.

Just bought a VisionTac VGPS-700 with iGuidance v3.0 for my street nav, can't wait to try it out. Any comments?

If anyone is interested in Geocaching or want to know what all this is; check out www.geocaching.com. Just beware it is very addicting once you tried it.

Hope our paths cross out on the hunt...Onward Cache!!!

bstrain74 · 05-31-07, 05:02 PM

This thread hasn't had some posts in a while so I thought I'd give it a kick start. I actually just heard of geocaching this past weekend and my girl and I are hooked. We went outlooking with just some printouts from geocaching.com. It was great. We didn't find anything but hopefully we will once my GPSr gets here - I ordered the VisionTac VGPS-700 today.

The park I've been walking/running/biking in for years has about 15 or so caches in ti! I couldn't believe it!! Happy hunting!

**breley** · 05-31-07, 05:33 PM

I'm going to give it a whirl this summer and take my kid out with me. I know of two geocaches that are on my way home.

bstrain74 · 06-04-07, 09:05 AM

Finally out geocaching this weekend - I got my VisionTac VGPS-700 the other day. Finding my first geocache wasnt too bad. I thought the GPSr and software would be more accurate than it was. The first one I found was in an open area so I knew the cache had to be in one particular tree. The next one wasnt so easy. The area had some tree cover so maybe I was loosing my signal? I use GPS Tuner 5.1 and the distance kept changing drastically which surprised me. Anyone know why the distance would change so much. I thought I was in the right spot only to look back at my Axim to see it said I was like 9m away! I know that GPS is accurate up to 3-5m but I was surprised how much it kept changing. Do I need to stand still for a few minutes til I get a good fix? Anyway, it was great to be outside and at least find 1. I would have looked for more but the rain started.