using GPX files with Oregon 600
Posted: 27 November 13 5:37 pm
He peeps, new* geocacher here and I need some advice on using these GPX files with Garmin's Oregon 600.
I have a pocket query (from geocaching.com) and have downloaded a gpx file of caches within 20km from my home. This works just fine.
But when I come to gca and download the gpx file for nsw I don't see any of them on my gps. I have heard people having problems with having files in subfolders of /garmin/gpx, but that's not it. To try and diagnose the problem I created a subfolder called "old" and put every file in the gpx folder into old. I then placed just nsw.gpx into the gpx folder and when I rebooted the gps I could still see all my other gpx data, but still nothing from the nsw.gpx. I then deleted everything in the gpx folder and put only nsw.gpx in there. On reboot, I see nothing, just a message that says I have no caches and to check out opencache.com.
This tells me two things:
1) it doesn't matter (for me) if my valid gpx files are in a subfolder or not, the oregon will find them, and
2) the nsw.gpx file I have from here isn't compatible with my device.
I don't have the option of using gsak (at this point) since I'm on osx and I have hosed the install (I have to get around the work out how to re-set it up. until then, windows apps are out). I just tried a couple of mac osx tools to check the nsw.gpx file and I got nothing. One app just crashes consistently. and (for some reason) I can't get them to appear in google earth.
I know it's probably a user error, I'm just hoping someone can help point me in the right direction.
edit:
*(new) I thought I would add in case anyone checks my profile. I registered back in 2006 and did a few caches back then (9 to be exact), but went no further with it. So although it says I've been caching since 2006, I have really only been doing it for two weeks. Back then I didn't have a GPS or an iPhone, I actually used a palm treo! Anyway, I digressed
Any help appreciated.
I have a pocket query (from geocaching.com) and have downloaded a gpx file of caches within 20km from my home. This works just fine.
But when I come to gca and download the gpx file for nsw I don't see any of them on my gps. I have heard people having problems with having files in subfolders of /garmin/gpx, but that's not it. To try and diagnose the problem I created a subfolder called "old" and put every file in the gpx folder into old. I then placed just nsw.gpx into the gpx folder and when I rebooted the gps I could still see all my other gpx data, but still nothing from the nsw.gpx. I then deleted everything in the gpx folder and put only nsw.gpx in there. On reboot, I see nothing, just a message that says I have no caches and to check out opencache.com.
This tells me two things:
1) it doesn't matter (for me) if my valid gpx files are in a subfolder or not, the oregon will find them, and
2) the nsw.gpx file I have from here isn't compatible with my device.
I don't have the option of using gsak (at this point) since I'm on osx and I have hosed the install (I have to get around the work out how to re-set it up. until then, windows apps are out). I just tried a couple of mac osx tools to check the nsw.gpx file and I got nothing. One app just crashes consistently. and (for some reason) I can't get them to appear in google earth.
I know it's probably a user error, I'm just hoping someone can help point me in the right direction.
edit:
*(new) I thought I would add in case anyone checks my profile. I registered back in 2006 and did a few caches back then (9 to be exact), but went no further with it. So although it says I've been caching since 2006, I have really only been doing it for two weeks. Back then I didn't have a GPS or an iPhone, I actually used a palm treo! Anyway, I digressed
Any help appreciated.