Geocaching/flying

"John Clonts" wrote in message news:MWayc.4350

Then you should know about oziphototool-- works with oziexplorer to
automatically mark on a map where your pictures were taken, by examining
the
timestamps of your pictures and the track from your gps!

That's very interesting! Thanks.

-c

On 11 Jun 2004 09:42:34 -0700, (Ron Hammer) wrote:

really like the aviation database built into mine. It is nice to be
able to find the nearest airport in case of an emergency.

Are the waypoints in the Pilot separate from the database, or must you
scroll through thousands of entries to find the one you want?

all the best -- Dan Ford
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Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
On 11 Jun 2004 09:42:34 -0700, (Ron Hammer) wrote:

really like the aviation database built into mine. It is nice to be
able to find the nearest airport in case of an emergency.

Are the waypoints in the Pilot separate from the database, or must you
scroll through thousands of entries to find the one you want?

They are separate. There is a different page for user waypoints,
airports, and navigation aids.
Ron

On 14 Jun 2004 06:28:30 -0700, (Ron Hammer) wrote:

Are the waypoints in the Pilot separate from the database, or must you
scroll through thousands of entries to find the one you want?

They are separate. There is a different page for user waypoints,
airports, and navigation aids.

Ah well. I didn't know that when I bought the surface version.

On the other hand, I'm not sure I'd want yet more pages. I find the
Garmin III+ very difficult to use. It seems to respond to identical
commands in different ways, which is why I was recently having a quiet
session at the picnic table.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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I have done a few Geocaches (www.geocaching.com). I used my Lowrance
Airmap 100 for those, but now I have a new toy that is far preferable -
the Garmin Foretrex 201. http://www.garmin.com/products/foretrex201/

I paid around $160 including shipping for it from www.gpscity.com. It
is incredibly portable, and I bought the bicycle handlebar mount for it
- it works well as a cyclometer. The user interface is *very* well done
considering the small number of buttons. It includes a charger for the
built-in battery (around 10-12 hours of life per charge) and a serial
interface cable.

It doesn't really have a usable moving map, other than a screen that
shows your track and nearby waypoints - but it could still be used as a
basic, backup GPS for track, course, speed, etc. (It has WAAS, for
whatever that's worth.)

I bought www.expertgps.com to use with it. Amongst other things, you can
import a scanned sectional map into ExpertGPS, create waypoints at VORs,
airports, etc. and then upload them into the Foretrex. I did this with
an SFO sectional that I downloaded from www.avsim.com; the accuracy is
not perfect but certainly adequate for VFR navigation in a pinch.

The Foretrex can also be used as a basic GPS receiver for syncing up
with Jepp's FliteMap or other moving map software. My boss bought one to
use with Delorme Street Atlas for navigating his truck/trailer/family
around the country, and he's tickled with it too.

Dave Blevins



On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:05:43 -0500, "Henry Kisor"
wrote:

Any pilot who's also into ground geocaching? I'm thinking about buying a new
GPS receiver to use for that purpose, but also wonder if these hikers' GPSes
can also be used for aviation, perhaps as a backup navigation instrument. (I
use an older Trimble for flying.)

Henry