+searchjaunt Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hi, The title says it all: does anybody know what the max size of a geocache name is in the list of geocaches on a GPSmap 64? Cheers Eddy Quote Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I'll bet it's the same as waypoints, which a quick test shows is 30 characters. Quote Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 On further thought, if they're indexed based on Code, then there may be a much higher limit (I won't say no limit, there is always a limit). Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Hi, The title says it all: does anybody know what the max size of a geocache name is in the list of geocaches on a GPSmap 64? Cheers Eddy Create a cache in GSAK with a name aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbccccccccccddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeffffffffffgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiijjjjjjjjjj , export that cache and see which chars do it onto the unit. * Hans * the 62 should have a limit of 200+ chars. Edited September 1, 2014 by HHL Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 The current cache name limit given by Groundspeak is 50 chars. So you're good with your Garmin 64 anyway. Hans Quote Link to comment
+searchjaunt Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 I've been testing things and whatever length > 13 I set as smart name in GSAK, only 13 chars are shown in the list of geocaches. Quote Link to comment
+Red90 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The point of a smart name in GSAK is to truncate the title for old GPS units that can't have a long name. You do not need to use that feature on a 64. Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I've been testing things and whatever length > 13 I set as smart name in GSAK, only 13 chars are shown in the list of geocaches. Yes, there is not enough room with the list buttons. OPEN the cache and you'll see the full lenght of the cache’s name. Hans Quote Link to comment
+searchjaunt Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 OPEN the cache and you'll see the full lenght of the cache’s name. Indeed, but if one does a trail, all these caches have the same name (except from some number at the very end). If you need to open all the caches in order to know the next in sequence. One can't rely on the distance for this. Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) OPEN the cache and you'll see the full lenght of the cache's name. Indeed, but if one does a trail, all these caches have the same name […] Export the caches with a custom name and have the usersort number at the very beginning. Hans Edited September 4, 2014 by HHL Quote Link to comment
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