Episode 66 – Caching Wishes and Custom POI dreams

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Tonight we are talking about those things we would like to see from Geocaching.com. We are also going to be talking about Custom Points of Interest (POI) files in your GPS unit. Why you would want to use them and some of the draw backs.

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Introduction To Garmin GPS Custom POI (Points Of Interest) Data
Garmin POI Loader
More POI info
Geekboy.from.illinois Custom POI tutorial
Chat Log from our users who listen online – Look how much fun we have while live

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Episode 65 – Hosting Events

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Tonight we talked about hosting events. We talked with a few cachers who have hosted events to get there ideas on how to best host an event.

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Poem Log by KoaKai
Geocaching.com updates

Episode 64 – Logging caches

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Everyone logs there caches differently. How do you do it? Tonight we talk about how we do it. We also talk about what options are available when it comes to logging

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Amazon wish list
Darrylw4’s FTF party
XpunkX’s FTF
GSAK 7.2.2 Change log
Geocaching WAP
Bish0p’s PPC/windows program
Utterz for audio logging
Road trip 2008

Episode 63 – Waypoint Managers

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We’re looking at options today for Mac and Windows operating systems and a Linux one. Those are:

• Windows
  • DeLorme Topo (DeLorme GPSRs)
    
  • EasyGPS
  • GeoBuddy
  • Geocache Manager (Magellan eXplorist only)
    
  • GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife)
  • i-Cache
  • MapSource (Garmin)
    
• Mac
  • GeoJournal
  • GEObsession
  • MacCaching
  • Project Bobcat (Garmin)
• Linux
  • Fidian tool set
    • http://tinyurl.com/6mdzav instructions
    • http://rumkin.com/software/gpx_tools/ Where to download
      

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GC1CXHQ – Cache XpunkX placed
GC1CVMP – Cache XpunkX got FTF this week on
Charity pathtag forum at pathtags.com
http://slimcache.blogspot.com
geocaching.com changes