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so I tried a couple of tests with Nuvi 255 + micro SD card.
Using Geocaching.com....
Find a geocache, and click on the send to GPS icon.
This sent a single .GPX file via a web interface to either D: or E : - my
choice.
Next, tried using the checkboxes and "download waypoints" at the bottom.
This created a GEOCACHING.LOC file for Open or Save.
I used Open with my EasyGPS program.... which then could Send To GPS.
The interesting thing - which I hadn't really noticed before,
was that the GPX file when saved in the /Garmin/GPX/ sub-dir on the GPS
would automatically "appear" with the "Favs" listing.
AND - it didn't matter if it was
D:Garmin/GPX - for the internal flash
E:/Garmin/GPX - for the external micro SD card
I could then "edit" each entry and put them into a Geocaching "category" on
the GPS.
Or, remove them from the GPS files,
and re-add them via POI Loader as POIs vs FAVS.
SO - in summary - I usually had a choice of D: or E:
except for my specific software - EasyGPS -
which just sent them to the internal D:
On 6/6/2010 7:17 PM, ps56k wrote:
>> I think it all depends on the logistics used to send the data to the GPS
>> from the Geocaching website.
>> Recently, I uploaded a couple of local geocaches,
>> and they wound up in the GPS Favs..... no drive letter was used.
>> But I'm not sure what I did to make that happen ?
>> This is different than using POI Loader to upload various POI files.
>> So, I could have been directly from the Geocaching.com website,
>> vs downloading into a file and then dragging that over....
>> from the Geocaching website.
>> Recently, I uploaded a couple of local geocaches,
>> and they wound up in the GPS Favs..... no drive letter was used.
>> But I'm not sure what I did to make that happen ?
>> This is different than using POI Loader to upload various POI files.
>> So, I could have been directly from the Geocaching.com website,
>> vs downloading into a file and then dragging that over....
> I was curious to see how that happened...
> so I tried a couple of tests with Nuvi 255 + micro SD card.
> Using Geocaching.com....
> Find a geocache, and click on the send to GPS icon.
> This sent a single .GPX file via a web interface to either D: or E : - my
> choice.
> Next, tried using the checkboxes and "download waypoints" at the bottom.
> This created a GEOCACHING.LOC file for Open or Save.
> I used Open with my EasyGPS program.... which then could Send To GPS.
> The interesting thing - which I hadn't really noticed before,
> was that the GPX file when saved in the /Garmin/GPX/ sub-dir on the GPS
> would automatically "appear" with the "Favs" listing.
> AND - it didn't matter if it was
> D:Garmin/GPX - for the internal flash
> E:/Garmin/GPX - for the external micro SD card
> I could then "edit" each entry and put them into a Geocaching "category" on
> the GPS.
> Or, remove them from the GPS files,
> and re-add them via POI Loader as POIs vs FAVS.
> SO - in summary - I usually had a choice of D: or E:
> except for my specific software - EasyGPS -
> which just sent them to the internal D:
that's yet another problem.. my EasyGPS won't download any Geocaches from/to
> so I tried a couple of tests with Nuvi 255 + micro SD card.
> Using Geocaching.com....
> Find a geocache, and click on the send to GPS icon.
> This sent a single .GPX file via a web interface to either D: or E : - my
> choice.
> Next, tried using the checkboxes and "download waypoints" at the bottom.
> This created a GEOCACHING.LOC file for Open or Save.
> I used Open with my EasyGPS program.... which then could Send To GPS.
> The interesting thing - which I hadn't really noticed before,
> was that the GPX file when saved in the /Garmin/GPX/ sub-dir on the GPS
> would automatically "appear" with the "Favs" listing.
> AND - it didn't matter if it was
> D:Garmin/GPX - for the internal flash
> E:/Garmin/GPX - for the external micro SD card
> I could then "edit" each entry and put them into a Geocaching "category" on
> the GPS.
> Or, remove them from the GPS files,
> and re-add them via POI Loader as POIs vs FAVS.
> SO - in summary - I usually had a choice of D: or E:
> except for my specific software - EasyGPS -
> which just sent them to the internal D:
the 450... evidently I'm not the only one having this problem... have gone
over to the EasyGPS forums.. a lot of people are in the same boat with other
Garmin units also... tried everything
http://forums.topografix.com/index.php?showforum=5
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> from the Geocaching website.
> Recently, I uploaded a couple of local geocaches,
> and they wound up in the GPS Favs..... no drive letter was used.
> But I'm not sure what I did to make that happen ?
> This is different than using POI Loader to upload various POI files.
> So, I could have been directly from the Geocaching.com website,
> vs downloading into a file and then dragging that over....