TwoNav, with its 2.2 version, provides all the necessary tools to practice ‘paperless’ Geocaching, from reading GPX files with Groundspeak extensions to the generation of field notes which can be uploaded to Geocaching.com.

Geocaching tools are centralized in ‘Menu > Discover > Geocaching’. Here you can find easily and quickly find access to the most important functions. In addition to this, you can also work with geocaching files like as any other waypoints file.

Geocaching menu

Geocaching tools are centralized in ‘Menu > Discover > Geocaching’, from where you can control all the stages of geocache hunting:
  • Select a geocache to hunt -> ‘Navigate...’
  • Access all of its information -> ‘General’, ‘Description’, ‘Encoded hints’, Associated’
  • Check field notes from other users and generate your own ones -> ‘Field notes’

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Note: Geocaching menu is not available in On-Road mode for 2.2 version

Setting a geocache as destination

You can set a geocache as destination in 3 different ways:

  • ‘Menu > Navigate... > Geocache’*
  • ‘Menu > Discover > Geocaching > Navigate...’*
  • Like any other waypoint. From waypoint properties or context menu.

*Not present in On-Road mode.

Waypoints can be ordered in different ways. Open context menu on waypoints file name and select ‘Sort by’ to choose the rule to order waypoints (name, proximity, etc).

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Generating field notes

In addition to see field notes of other users, TwoNav allows to create your own field notes regarding to any compatible geocache file.

  • You can generate fields notes of the geocache which is currently set as destination from ‘menu > Discover > Geocaching > Field notes’.
  • You can generate field notes of any geocache from ‘menu > data > Waypoints’. Just select the geocache and access its ‘properties’, ‘Field notes’ section

Once in ‘Field notes’ window, choose a ‘Status’ for that geocache. You can also add a comment. Press ‘OK’ and field note will be saved in ‘geocache_visits.txt’ file.
‘geocache_visits.txt’ file can be used to upload easily your field notes to Geocaching.com.

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Note: There aren’t, so far, specific instructions to upload TwoNav’s field notes. Instructions for other GPS devices like Garmin Colorado or Oregon are applicable to TwoNav. Just find ‘geocache_visits.txt’ file in TwoNavData/Data folder and upload it.

Geocaches with associated files

TwoNav allows to work with waypoints which get associated files, like images, sounds or texts.

Files which are associated to a waypoint can be played manually (by waypoints list, context menu or infocurrent) or automatically if entering radius of that waypoint. Autoplay can be configured from ‘menu > Settings > Navigation > WPT alert’.

Geocaching files with associated images/sounds/texts can be generated from CompeGPS Land. Read more.

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