+pch Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I am considering buying a Navin MiniHomer which is a keyring gps that you can download points on. Is it compatible with geocaching and how would I do it. At 54.99 I will buy it anyway so I don't get lost in the parking lot anymore. Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 (edited) I am considering buying a Navin MiniHomer which is a keyring gps that you can download points on. Is it compatible with geocaching and how would I do it. At 54.99 I will buy it anyway so I don't get lost in the parking lot anymore. It's worthless for geocaching. It's just a GPS backtracker. It can only take you back to places you've already been, and saved to the unit. You can only save a handful of locations. Edited March 16, 2010 by Prime Suspect Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I am considering buying a Navin MiniHomer which is a keyring gps that you can download points on. Is it compatible with geocaching and how would I do it. At 54.99 I will buy it anyway so I don't get lost in the parking lot anymore. For only slightly more you could pick up a Garmin Nuvi that you could, while not the best choice at all, use for geocaching in a pinch. ...as a last resort. Only if you had to.* *Not recommend, but possible. Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I am moving this thread from the Geocaching Topics forum to the GPS and Technology forum. Quote Link to comment
dl9sec Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 (edited) Hi, It's worthless for geocaching. It's just a GPS backtracker. It can only take you back to places you've already been, and saved to the unit. You can only save a handful of locations. a few days ago i came in contact with Navin (www.navin.com.tw) and the german distribution (www.znex.de) and suggested exactly those features needed to make this really cool gadget perfectly usable for geocaching: - "Free-marking": a direct input for a longitude/latitude coordinate (needed e.g for multiples) - "Where-am-i": a direct readout mode of the actual coordinates Coordinate input and output is in a fixed "N/S dd°mm.mmmm E/W ddd°mm.mmmm" format. The input is done by a smart two-button user interface. IMHO the miniHomer 2.1 has now all the features needed for geocaching. I got the new firmware as a beta-user directly from Navin. I think if someone else is interested, the firmware could be requested from Navin or Z:NEX. Maybe the firmware is put on their websites for download within the next week... Regards, Thorsten Edited August 23, 2010 by dl9sec Quote Link to comment
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