Manitoba Geocaching Association

jleecollins · Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 53

I think I found a "Bug" with the Oregon 450 - a limit of the number of caches that you can have on the internal GPS memory.

I had loaded just over 1000 caches on the internal memory, with a bunch saved for our trip to Cape Breton yesterday. When we got there and wanted to start geocaching, I went to retrieve the cache information I could not retrieve any of the caches. Well at least we still had the Oregon 200 loaded up so used it.

Last night I moved all of the caches (they were in the memory) on the 450 internal memory to the memory card, I had put in the GPS and I could retrieve any of the caches that were saved.

So this is a problem you need to look out for while saving caches on the 450. I don't know what the maximum number of caches you can have in the internal memory, but there must be a limit.

It may have capability to load 5000 caches, but it looks like they have to be on the memory card

KeeGee · Posted: Dec 24, 2010 4:02 pm Post subject: Oregon 450 topo

Is the topo map of much use for geocaching? Looks like the topo version of the Oregon costs a fair bit more but I don't know if it helps here on the prairies.

ertyu · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 546 Location: Winnipeg

I'd suggest getting the detailed road maps (City Navigator) and then using the free Ibycus Topo maps for Canada. Also worth a mention are the Openstreetmap maps which are routable street maps, but not nearly as much detail as the Garmin ones yet.

Depends on your preference though.

jleecollins · Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 53

I got the Garmin Topo map for Canada when I bought the Oregon 200 last fall from Costco. So it was an easy load into the new Oregon 450

vsiedler · Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 4

The Topo Canada maps are pretty good. They also include street information. That being said they are rather expensive. I got mine from an "alternative" source.

ESP Browns · Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Posts: 1

For all the new Oregon users, if you use GSAK - this is a super handy macro. Most handily, I find, is that it can show availability or attributes (like winter friendly) without going into the logs.

http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=7745&st=20&#entry112006

MissionMode · Joined: 27 Nov 2009 Posts: 104

I modified that script to work with my Delorme unit... it's really handy.