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Re: Official Bluetooth GPS Receivers Thread

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Originally Posted by Starchaser View Post
I was hoping someone would answer your geocaching question. I looked at the prices for Tom Tom 6 and Garmin 10 and these are just as much as a full GPS unit!!! Amaze is free but you have to have cell phone connectivity and when I hike, I am often out of cell range (Olympic National Park). Even Google and Live are not options for me.

Anyone know of any low cost maps to load onto a memory card in addition to software that is Geocaching friendly?

BTW, I purchased the Holux M1200 and so far I am impressed!
I have the garmin software installed but feel it's only useful to get you in the general area or street routing to a cache area.

I also have cachemate installed (I use the same lic as I use on my old plam for paperless), it has a optional software add-on of GPSNAV which gets you very close for "off road" work.

I have used this setup only once or twice but what I find best for geocaching is my Garmin hand held, but in a pinch I can easily use the phone.