Chirp locations
Mon, 06/20/2011 - 5:04pm
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I left an active Chirp within sight of the 101 freeway in Mountain View, California last week. Near a likely spot for techies to visit. A properly Garmin equiped visitor could exchange the Chirp's short text message from his slow moving car, SAFELY!
Be the first to (privately) send me the code I stored in it, (and of course, confirm your identity by leaving info with the chirp,) and I will give you $5.00! I hope to check the Chirp a couple of times this year.... a battery longivety test is what I'm doing.
A possible POI format for an independant Chirp database:
Chirp Location, Number of visits per month, type of returned info. (cupon etc.)
Ideas?
i give up
What's a chirp? Some California thing?
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What's a chirp? Some California thing?
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=74811&ra=true
thanks
What's a chirp? Some California thing?
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=74811&ra=true
Illiterate? Write for free help.
Interesting
This takes geocaching to a new level. How long have these been available?
"For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
how can one read this? using
how can one read this? using a regular gps? or does this require a special reader?
Never heard of this
So I guess its not just any GARMIN GPS that will detect this chirp and exchange information with it.
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Compatible Devices
So I guess its not just any GARMIN GPS that will detect this chirp and exchange information with it.
I found a list of compatible devices on the page linked above.
There are 12 devices listed: Dakota 20; GPSMAP st, GPSMAP st, GPSMAP stc; and, Oregon 300, Oregon 400c, Oregon 400i, Oregon 400t, Oregon 450, Oregon 450t, Oregon 550, & Oregon 550t.
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Thanks
Thanks for asking that question BoxCar, I didn't know either.
mark it
Since I don't have a compatible GPS I guess I'll just have to use a permanent marker and write my name on it if I were to find it.
Not really! I live way too far away. But it sounds like this geo-caching is a hi-tech hobby!
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Amazing
What will they think of next........................
glad someone else didn't
glad someone else didn't know what it was. I don't feel so bad now. Thanks for filling me in.
glad someone else didn't
glad someone else didn't know what it was. I don't feel so bad now. Thanks for filling me in.
how did this double post?
how did this double post?
Sounds Like Fun -
But - My Nuvi is not compatible.
so is it possible that
so is it possible that someone could just home in on the device and steal it?
Yes, but...
not much you can do with a chirp other than place it in another location for more chirping.
Yep, high-tech geocaching.
phlatlander
Possible, yes
But, what would that say about them? It does take all kinds these days...
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Chirp
I have a chirp but I"m not sure what to do with it. Any ideas? I think I read somewhere that it says to load .gpx files on it. I want to do something creative with it. Has anyone tried making a geocaching.com geocache with it? Does geocaching.com allow you to post the coords on their website?