Geocaching Technology
A collection of articles about the various bits of geocaching technology I use and things I’ve done to make them more useful.
My Technology Stack
I use a variety of different devices and software, depending on what geocaching I’m planning to do.
- The Geocaching website for logging finds. I always create drafts logs on my devices, upload, and then process them through the website.
- An iPhone with the cachly app – for occasional and unplanned finds.
- A Garmin Montana 650 for long days out, where the phone would struggle with battery life and/or the phone signal might be dodgy.
- GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) for planning batches of caches to load to the Montana.
- Either memory-map or Garmin Basecamp for visualizing geocaches at home overlain onto various different mapping layers.
Many of the posts here include downloadable items and instructions on how to use them. All of the downloads are free, but I will take a dim view if you change a single word and then sell it on as your own.
Montana 700 Series
Renewed enthusiasm for my favourite hobby persuaded me to acquire some new technology. If only I was allowed to go out and use it.
More Garmin Icons
Sucess with custom icons in Basecamp and MemoryMap encouraged me to have another go at the Garmin Montana.
Back to Basecamp
I went back to Basecamp to see if I could figure out how to use custom icons. It wasn’t so difficult.
Exploring Memory-Map
There are a few things I don’t like about Garmin’s Basecamp, so I decided to dabble with MemoryMap.
Basecamp
Garmin’s Basecamp tool supports multiple sports and activities but doesn’t have maps built in. You have to find and install them yourself.
Garmin Custom Icons
A brief journey into the world of Garmin Custom Icons, because the default ones on my Montana were difficult to see against a busy map.