Apisphere Geomate Jr. Geocaching GPS Update Kit

by Apisphere

Product Details

User's Guide [2.39mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 4.2 x 1 inches ; 2.7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002MZZX9O
• Item model number: 20-050-31
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,390 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

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Being able to simply go outside and switch on your Geomate.jr anywhere in the U.S. and embark on another geocaching adventure is totally awesome. And the 250,000 geocaches that are pre-loaded on any Geomate.jr are sure to keep anyone busy for quite some time. But new geocaches are being added every day! With a Geomate.jr Update Kit, you too can have your Geomate.jr updated with the latest and greatest geocaches.

This USB connector is your "key" to subscription-free updates to your Geomate.jr.

Requires a USB port on your computer.

Access a fresh new batch of geocaches, and update the exiting ones.

How It Works
Included with your Update Kit is a Geomate.jr USB cable, which is your "key" to unlimited geocache updates for your Geomate.jr. Using the Update Kit is as easy as using the Geomate.jr itself. Simply go to www.mygeomate.com and select "Updates." After an initial setup process, you can update your Geomate.jr with one click of the "Update" button from here on out, with no subscription required.

Not only can you load the latest geocaches added in the U.S., but you can also load complete goecache lists for other regions of the world like Europe, Australasia, or even Canada, with one-click updates of your Geomate.jr to get the latest geocache locations.

What It Means to Have an Update Kit

• Always have the latest and greatest nation- wide cache list.
• Get every possible cache for any given region.
• Vacationing in Germany? Then get the cache list for Germany, or England, or Australia...
• You can even customize your Geomate.jr--change the units or give it a name!

No Subscription Charges
The best bit of all, is that once you have an Update Kit, there are no subscription charges, no service fees and no update frequency limits! You can even share your Update Kit with friends to make sure they too have the latest geocaches.

Note:
At this time only PC is supported, but a Mac version is in the works. You will also need a USB port on your computer.

What's in the Box
Geomate.jr USB Update Cable, Quick Start Guide

Product Description

Being able to simply go outside and switch on your Geomate.jr anywhere in the U.S. and embark on another geocaching adventure is totally awesome. And the 250,000 geocaches that are pre-loaded on any Geomate.jr are sure to keep anyone busy for quite some time. But new geocaches are being added every day! With a Geomate.jr Update Kit, you too can have your Geomate.jr updated with the latest and greatest geocaches. Not only can you load the latest geocaches added in the U.S., but you can also load complete goecache lists for other regions of the world like Europe, Australasia, or even Canada! One-click updates of your Geomate.jr to get the latest geocache locations. Access every traditional geocache location up to a difficulty 4 in the U.S. (Premium member caches excluded). Load complete lists of geocache locations for other regions of the world. Set your own user preferences for your Geomate.jr or even give it a nickname.The best bit of all, is that once you have an Update Kit, there are no subscription charges, no service fees and no update frequency limits! You can even share your Update Kit with friends to make sure they too have the latest geocaches.Included with your Update Kit is a Geomate.jr USB cable (which is your key to unlimited geocache updates for your Geomate.jr) and a Geomate.jr Update Kit Quick Start Guide. Using the Update Kit is as easy as using the Geomate.jr itself. Simply go to www.mygeomate.com and select “Updates”. After an initial setup process, you can update your Geomate.jr with one click of the “Update” button.At this time only PC is supported, but a Mac version is in the works. You will also need a USB port on your computer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Necessary accessory, November 20, 2009

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S. Bauer "high_flyer" - See all my reviews
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If you get the geomate jr... you need this as well.

The geomate comes with something like 250,000 preloaded caches, however cache's are a very dynamic thing.... many come, some go away the updates are important. Even with the best updates you will occasionally go to a place where there "should" be a cache it is gone, current data is important.

The Other up-side is that with the updates, you can get specific regions, as well as additional cache's that are not included with the pre-installed database.

The downside, for what it is, this cable is expensive.... I wish the geomate simply had a standard usb interface, and did not require a special cable, but even with that, I would put this as a necessary part of the unit and well worth getting.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GEOMATE JR UPDATE KIT - SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY, March 13, 2010

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DML "Read The Reviews" (MD) - See all my reviews

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This is an update to my first review, below...Apisphere responded to my email concern, same day, and on a Saturday at that. Using the update kit required us to turn off Norton Utilities to run the update. It worked and we were off and running. It's been muddy in our area so we have simply stopped by a place that we know there are caches and tested out our new Geomate Jr. Worked like a charm. Gave us cache size, terrain, distance, and pointed us in the right direction. We can't wait to put it to field use.
Original post: We received our Geomate Jr and update kit from Amazon quickly. No problem there. The Geomate Jr looks like it would be perfect for us to use with our children for geocaching, however, not being able to update with the current geocache inventory could be disappointing. We "successfully" uploaded the software on three of our PCs, two with Windows 7 and one with Vista. When connecting the Geomate Jr to the the computer with the update cable, Windows STOPS WORKING. So essentially this purchase does not work for us. We are waiting for a response from Apisphere's Help Desk. Depending on the response, I will either update my post or return the products. This could have been avoided had the versions of Windows been disclosed...they tell you up front that it doesn't work with Apple.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't geocache without it..., June 28, 2010

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Lynnie - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Apisphere Geomate Jr. Geocaching GPS Update Kit (Electronics)

I agree that this is a necessary accessory for the Geomate Jr. The Geomate Jr. works fine without it, but it can be kind of annoying if you know there is a cache nearby, but you can't find it because it's not included on the original product.

The best thing about this update kit is that you can update as often as you want with no limits. One thing that should be noted is that you cannot load "all" of the caches in the U.S. onto the geomate jr at once. You have to select a region (roughly 1/2 of the U.S.) and it will load all "traditional" caches up to a difficulty level of 4. Considering that this gps is designed for kids, that should be more than enough!

I am also thankful to the previous reviewer who noted that Norton had to be turned off to install the update. That happened to be the case for me, too, and I knew what to do because I had read the review.

I bought the Geomate Jr. first and then ordered the update kit a few days later. If you're considering the Geomate Jr., you might as well buy both at once, because once you try it you will want it. :)