loc files importing as waypoints

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I downloaded the attached file from geocaching.com. When I import the file into Basecamp the geocaches show up as waypoints. Then, when I send the "waypoints" to my Garmin etrex they show still show up as "waypoints."

How do I get Basecamp to recognize the loc file as geocache points?

I'm kind of a noob, so forgive me.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<loc version="1.0" src="Groundspeak">
<waypoint>
<name id="GC1290K"><![CDATA[The Autumn by kylvag]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.95745" lon="-77.338333"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC12A4N"><![CDATA[Outbreak by kylvag]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.9531" lon="-77.338783"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC2DKBE"><![CDATA[Newton Between the Bricks by smtoole]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.95265" lon="-77.335533"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC1ZK2X"><![CDATA[Cache 'n Crack by JPWAVE]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.951583" lon="-77.33795"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GCNV9H"><![CDATA[Commuter Cache by zygote2k]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.9513666666667" lon="-77.3397833333333"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC1290G"><![CDATA[The Summer by kylvag]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.950583" lon="-77.336333"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC124QZ"><![CDATA[The Friends Cache by kylvag]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.958617" lon="-77.3331"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC2TJTH"><![CDATA[Ranger Rick's Balancing Act: NWF by RangerRickTrails]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.9524" lon="-77.332333"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GCYWFB"><![CDATA[Change of Scene by The VanDucks]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.9539" lon="-77.3311"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC2TJTZ"><![CDATA[Ranger Rick's River Bend: NWF by RangerRickTrails]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.955567" lon="-77.33075"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC13G28"><![CDATA[Ranger Rick's Hideout by tim4wsp]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.952583" lon="-77.330583"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC2TJX2"><![CDATA[Ranger Rick's Fort Wedge Wood: NWF by RangerRickTrails]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.953267" lon="-77.32905"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC2TJVQ"><![CDATA[Ranger Rick's Rootin' Around: NWF by RangerRickTrails]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.956417" lon="-77.328767"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC128YE"><![CDATA[The Spring by kylvag]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.959233" lon="-77.33"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC1290R"><![CDATA[The Winter by kylvag]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.94995" lon="-77.330917"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC172"><![CDATA[Backyard Stash by 2Wheel'in]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.954483" lon="-77.328233"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GCHP1R"><![CDATA[No Cache is an Island Micro by ludozone]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.954817" lon="-77.348533"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC1JTFR"><![CDATA[Restin' in Reston by Revered1s]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.952033" lon="-77.348333"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GCYK08"><![CDATA[Perms, Pasta, Pictures and Pints at the Pond by K9 GEEP]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.953317" lon="-77.348967"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint><waypoint>
<name id="GC2CQ3Q"><![CDATA[Uncle Geo Wants You! by canyouswim]]>
</name>
<coord lat="38.9476666666667" lon="-77.3436333333333"/>
<type>Geocache</type>
<link text="Cache Details">www.geocaching.com/.../cache_details.aspx
</waypoint></loc>
  • That is correct. As you can see from your listing, .Loc files do not have geocaching data, so they are waypoints. You will need to download .gpx files with geocaching data from geocaching.com or opencaching.com for the geocaches to be recognized as geocaches in BaseCamp.