Magellan 300 GPS Receiver User Manual


 
Create Menu 10
Geocache
Creating a Geocache
1. Access the Main Menu, highlight “Create” and press Enter.
2. Select “Geocache” from the Create Menu.
3. Select “Current Location”, “Point On Map”, or “Coordinates”.
Current Location displays the Waypoint screen with the
coordinates for your present location filled in.
Point on Map displays the Map screen. Pan around the map until
the pan cursor is at the point you want the waypoint created for
and press Enter. The Waypoint screen is displayed with the
coordinates for the pan cursor filled in.
Coordinates displays the Waypoint screen with all values set to
current location.
Use the PAGE/GO TO button to access Options.
4. The Geocache screen provides the fields needed to identify the
waypoint and its location. The fields can be modified to
customise the waypoint.
5. Icon: Highlight the icon and press Enter to display all possible
icons that can be used to represent the waypoint. Select the
desired icon and press to accept and close the window.
Geocache Name: (Default “GCXXX”). Select the waypoint name
field and press Enter to display the keyboard. Enter the name and
select the green button.
Location: Select the latitude or longitude fields and press Enter
to bring up the keyboard that can be used to enter the desired data.
Difficulty: Assign a difficulty rating to this cache.
Terrain: Indicate the type of terrain the cache is located in.
GCType: Geocache type.
Hint: Field for including hints about the cache site.
Date: Date the cache site was created.
6. Select to accept the information and save the geocache waypoint.