Geocashing how to find something

[feejo]

go at geocashing.com then type your postal code there, and you will see cashes.

Don't forget to bring a present to exchange.

Have fun.

 

[GhostRing]

You mean geocaching.com?

Very fun recreation - I just started a few months ago.
(thanks to a TT and Garmin handheld I received for Christmas -
I guess everyone was getting sick of me getting lost!)

I typically use TT to plot a road route and then hone in with the eTrex.
Occasionally, I need to use Google Earth to find the nearest road, as TT
doesn't always like parks, fields, etc. as a Lat/Long coord.

There are so many different kinds of caches, we just love finding them!
*and it's a great way to get rid of all the brick-a-brack in the house...

 

[feejo]

I just went to one near home. Found just 1m of snow above it. It was pretty hard. I place it in favorite, then I adjust the compass to point at it, there was a big star showing the coord, easy. But got a hard time in the field. The snow din't help but like you said, TT try to direct you to the nearest road. I was not sure how to get there, cause TT dose not give real time cood. he give it if you press the compass, but you have to press everytime. Maby I need a trail GPS. I will try later on when snow will melt.

Apparently tripmaster can help to find coordinate off road, I will try.

 

[spdmsand]

So, how exactly do you enter waypoints from geocaching.com into your TomTom? Do you need to load them as POI's?

 

[Smokiewolf]

So, how exactly do you enter waypoints from geocaching.com into your TomTom? Do you need to load them as POI's?

I believe that it creates an .itn file which is an itinerary

 

[GhostRing]

I just use "add favorite" and use the Lat/Long function.
Then delete the favorite once I've found the cache.

 

[Smokiewolf]

I went on a hunt today, and I was using the browse map screen until I found it, and then I saved it in a POI file that I created.

 

[1XL-on-XR650L]

I create the cache location as a POI first, and then use browse map to get there. Then I open up the satellite signal bars and watch the real time coordinates change (drunken bee dance) until I'm right on top of the location. This method usually gets me within 10 feet.

 

[Smokiewolf]

I create the cache location as a POI first, and then use browse map to get there. Then I open up the satellite signal bars and watch the real time coordinates change (drunken bee dance) until I'm right on top of the location. This method usually gets me within 10 feet.

I kept turning it on and off to get a fix on my location. It seemed like it wasn't moving unless I walked really far.

 

[feejo]

Tripmaster can help geocashing but I think you will loose HELP ME! icon, that is maby the configure satelite can give the real time lat long, that can help a little.

 

[1XL-on-XR650L]

When I'm looking at the signal bars, I only have to move10 feet to see a lon/lat change. I have mine set for decmal display, not ?,'," (Deg, Min,Sec).

 

[GhostRing]

I've been messing around with Offroad to see if I can use it as an impromptu handheld.
Since it references the TT favorites, I save the waypoint/cache there.
I've got the target distance down to 5 yards and that seems to help.

However, the compass arrow has a tendency to jump around a bit and is
pretty slow to react sometimes.

Also, once I reach the dest. Offroad states "no further waypoints in itinerary"
is there a way to eliminate that? Maybe I'm just using it wrong...
Is it thinking -once I've reached it, there is no longer a reason to look for it?

 

[1XL-on-XR650L]

Yep, that it what it thinks! You arived (within the circle of error which you defined as 5 yards), and "Offroad" stops tracking. This is the same thing I have seen, and the only way to make it better is to reduce the circle of error. Try setting it to 1 yard. "Offroad" runs so slow on the One XL that you wind up chasing a compas arrow that is not close enough to real time to be useful at ranges of less than about 10~20 yards. I still like using it because I like the position cursor better than the solid arrow on the Browse Map option. But regardless of which mapping mode I use to find the general location of a cache, I still find that the signal bar screen which displays real time "un-snapped" coordinates works best for the last 10 feet or so.

 

[GhostRing]

OK, so it's not just me...
2 questions -
Do 3rd party apps. run drastically faster on the higher-end TT CPUs?
Would/does a simpler program designed for out-of-vehicle exist or be feasible?

I know my handheld GPS is likely the smartest tool to use on foot, but it would be nice
if the TT had a similar setting and reacted MUCH closer to realtime.

Just an idea...

 

[1XL-on-XR650L]

The signal bar screen displays real time un-snapped coordinates. I see a change in the decimal mode when I take 3 steps. I don't know how much better you can get than that without WAAS.

 

[feejo]

I create the cache location as a POI first, and then use browse map to get there. Then I open up the satellite signal bars and watch the real time coordinates change (drunken bee dance) until I'm right on top of the location. This method usually gets me within 10 feet.

Drunken that is the word. Lol