GPS newbie - need lots of help

I just bought an iPAQ and a Bluetooth GPS unit (GlobalSat ST-338), and
I have no clue on how to do what I want with this thing. In fact I'm
not even sure I can do what I want.

What I would like to do is use my GPS unit to GPS the mountain bike
trails that I ride on. And then take that information and create maps
on my PC. I have a program called National Geographic Topo. And there
is a Pocket Topo version that loads in the iPAQ, and I can copy maps to
it from my PC.
When I start the program on my PDA, Pocket Topo has an option to "track
GPS current position". But I don't see that this is doing anything.
It doesn't create way points, and it doesn't create a map.

The GPS unit came with a utility called GPSinfo. And if I start that
on the pda, it does show the satellites that it sees and will give me
my current position, so I know its working. Other than that, I'm
completely lost (no pun intended).

I would appreciate any and all info.
Thanks

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