Difference between revisions of "Waypoint management software"
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| − | Waypoint Management Software allows you to download waypoints into your PC so you can download them into your [[GPS Receiver]]. This saves you from re-typing coordinates. | + | With thousands of caches in Australia, printing out cache summary pages for each one of them would be time-consuming and wasteful. Luckily there's some computer-savvy geocachers out there who have made our lives easier! Waypoint Management Software allows you to download waypoints into your PC so you can download them into your [[GPS Receiver]]. This saves you from re-typing coordinates. |
The most popular Waypoint Management Software packages are: | The most popular Waypoint Management Software packages are: | ||
* [http://gsak.net GSAK] | * [http://gsak.net GSAK] | ||
| − | * Cetus GPS | + | * [http://www.cetusgps.dk Cetus GPS] |
| − | * Clayjar Watcher | + | * [http://http://www.clayjar.com Clayjar Watcher] |
| − | * EasyGPS | + | * [http://http://easygps.com EasyGPS] |
| − | * GPS Babel | + | * [http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net GPS Babel] |
| − | * GPS Connect | + | * [http://www.chimoosoft.com/gpsconnect.html GPS Connect] |
| − | * GPX Spinner | + | * [http://www.gpxspinner.com GPX Spinner] |
| − | * GPXSonar | + | * [http://gpxsonar.homeip.net/default.aspx GPXSonar] |
| − | * GPXView | + | * [http://strandberg.org/gpxview GPXView] |
| − | * iSilo | + | * [http://www.isilo.com iSilo] |
| − | * Plucker | + | * [http://www.plkr.org Plucker] |
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| + | Overall, Aussie cachers prefer [http://gsak.net GSAK], partly because it's made by Western Australian geocacher Clyde, but mostly because it works well! | ||
Revision as of 23:37, 14 June 2005
With thousands of caches in Australia, printing out cache summary pages for each one of them would be time-consuming and wasteful. Luckily there's some computer-savvy geocachers out there who have made our lives easier! Waypoint Management Software allows you to download waypoints into your PC so you can download them into your GPS Receiver. This saves you from re-typing coordinates.
The most popular Waypoint Management Software packages are:
- GSAK
- Cetus GPS
- Clayjar Watcher
- EasyGPS
- GPS Babel
- GPS Connect
- GPX Spinner
- GPXSonar
- GPXView
- iSilo
- Plucker
Overall, Aussie cachers prefer GSAK, partly because it's made by Western Australian geocacher Clyde, but mostly because it works well!
