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Comment on Have a Geomate Jr? Don’t panic. by spindocbob

spindocbob — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:08:18 +0000

This is good news. However, given what happened last month I would encourage people to try out other options as a back up. My only criticism of the Geomate Jr (even before the recent end of support) was its dependance on the website for updates.

Comment on Have a Geomate Jr? Don’t panic. by GArunner

GArunner — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:44:49 +0000

I was very disappointed in the news with Geomate Jr. But today I got the message that they have a temporary fix for the updates. Go to http://www.geomatejr.com rather than http://www.mygeomate.com. Sign in and do the update from http://www.geomatejr.com I just did it and it works! I am not sure how long this will last so try it out now.

Comment on Have a Geomate Jr? Don’t panic. by spindocbob

spindocbob — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:11:34 +0000

Was the PQ unzipped – that is it was a .gpx file not a .exe file? A parsing error usually occurs when the software doesn’t recognise the file or its contents.

Comment on Have a Geomate Jr? Don’t panic. by Lysa

Lysa — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:07:14 +0000

Okay…was able to get my computer to notice my geomate was there. Was able to finally find the folder my computer put my pq in…then when I hit ‘download’, I got a “parsing error” message. it won’t download because it won’t parse. What in all that is Good an Holy, is a ‘parse’???

Comment on Have a Geomate Jr? Don’t panic. by spindocbob

spindocbob — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:51:32 +0000

Robin, in your case you don’t want pocket query (.gpx file created by a geocache listing website). You want to create your own .gpx. There are some tools around on the internet. I use GSAK (gsak.net) to create mine. You can download it and use it without paying for a license, but you will get an annoying nag screen after 30 days.

Comment on Have a Geomate Jr? Don’t panic. by Robin

Robin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:45:37 +0000

Thanks, but here is my problem/question: my waypoints will all be closer that the standard distance accepted for caches on geocaching.com. How can I create a pocket query to download if I can’t activate them to begin with? What am I missing?

Comment on Have a Geomate Jr? Don’t panic. by grandad24

grandad24 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:27:52 +0000

1/31/12
Followed your guidelines and this morning I did a download of 500 (I think) caches near my home. Maybe it was just blind luck, but I feel better that my little backup GPS will continue to be of service. Norton did try to play games with me, but your link did the trick. Thanks a bunch.

Comment on Have a Geomate Jr? Don’t panic. by spindocbob

spindocbob — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:04:21 +0000

Heidi, what are you using to create the .gpx file. Remember, you can only load one .gpx file into the unit. Each new one you add, writes over the previous one. Happy for you to email it to me to have a look.

Comment on Have a Geomate Jr? Don’t panic. by Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:29:15 +0000

I am baffled why my geomate jr isn’t doing well. I created an individual list of a number of .gpx files and utilized the GUI to attempt to individually load each gsx.
Unfortunately for me, now my Geomate Jr. lists only one Geocache + home. ??? What did I do wrong?
I had hoped I could weed out geocaches that haven’t been found in a while, etc. Guess that might not be possible. I have attempted a pocket query without many restrictions (as yours has done) and I will receive my file tomorrow and attempt to load those. I’d had to see the GeoJr become completely useless…as it is now, I only have one geocache on the thing so it is useless. :(

Comment on Have a Geomate Jr? Don’t panic. by spindocbob

spindocbob — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:56:29 +0000

If you have a set of private waypoints, you need to store them in a .gpx file and transfer that code using the geomategui.exe application. You can create this file using software such as GSAK.

Pocket queries are lists of geocaches list on a listing website, such as geocaching.com, which you download – they are saved as a .gpx file.