Magellan eXplorist 500 - Manual (Page 85)

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What is Geocaching?
Very simply, geocaching is a fun, recreational game that you can play using your eXplorist
receiver. It’s been referred to as “electronic treasure hunting” and is just that. Caches are
hidden all over the world and your task is to find them, armed only with the coordinates of
the cache and your Magellan eXplorist.
People will hide caches, usually in a waterproof container (the military ammo box is very
popular), and record the latitude/longitude coordinates for the cache. Inside the container is
the “bounty” that is the prize for locating the cache. In many cases there may be a log book
for you to sign, indicating that you have found the cache. You can take your prize from the
cache and, as many do, leave something new in the container for the next person who comes
along.
The popularity of geocaching is growing rapidly everyday and new geocache points are
constantly being added. For more information on geocaching, as well as a great source of
geocache points, visit GEOCACHING at www.geocaching.com.
What is the Magellan Geocache Manager?
The Magellan Geocache Manager is a software application that runs in Windows® on your
personal computer. It is a place to create, modify, store, and most importantly, upload
geocache points to your eXplorist.
There are two ways of adding geocache points to the Magellan Geocache Manager. You can
enter the points manually by typing in the information or you can download geocache points
from one of the many geocache fansites found on the Web. The Magellan Geocache
Manager has a link to www.geocaching.com under the Help menu which is a great source for
finding and downloading geocache points.
How Do I Install the Magellan Geocache Manager?
Insert the Magellan Wizard CD-ROM that came with your eXplorist into the CD-ROM drive on
your personal computer. It will automatically load and the Main Menu will be displayed.
Click on “Install software” and follow the
instructions to install the Magellan Geocache
Manager.
Once the software is installed, you can Exit from
the eXplorist Wizard and the Magellan Geocache
Manager is ready to use.
Magellan Geocache Manager