Ive heard the Garmin Oregon supports Waypoints, POIs and Geocaches. How are they different on the Oregon?
Waypoints probably don’t need any further discussion, they work like waypoints do in just about every other GPS. People familiar with newer Garmin products will also understand POIs (Points of Interest). POI’s are like waypoints in that they identify a location like a restaurant or a mountain summit but they cannot be modified or created on the GPS. Garmin’s maps typically include millions of POI’s but they also provide a POI Loader which can be used to create and load custom POI’s on the Oregon. The Oregon also adds special handling for waypoints which are geocaches which is discussed in more detail on the Geocaching page. Geocaches are distinct from Waypoints on the Oregon. They are visible through separate lists and are managed differently. Geocaches cannot be modified (except for marking them as found, DNF’ed, etc) or deleted but they do contain information specific to geocaches like cache type, terrain/difficulty ratings, container size, hints and the full cache description.
