Yes, what the other Steve said. I am tracking all caches in AZ. I have a list of all the caches I have found, and all my logs for them. When I upload the cache listings to my PDA, I get (almost) all the logs posted for each cache. This may not seem important, but if everyone is referring to the co-ordinates posted by so-and-so which (is 10-15 finds back from current, and the owner hasn't updated the listed co-ordinates) can be indispensable! I can upload the maximum number of waypoints (caches!) my GPSr will accept, centered on any location in the state (or, with the necessary downloads, the world!) Steven Stringham wrote: > Well, following Shadowace's advice a while back, I started getting > pocket queries of all AZ caches. Using what AZTech provided (included > below - and thank you very much), you can get them all in 10 queries. > > So, with a full list, you can filter the caches, print lists, etc. > however you wish, whenever, and you keep up with the newer and older > caches, etc. > > The only weakness in this plan is the older archived caches. You don't > get updates on a cache once it is archived. So, every now and then you > have to filter by oldest updates and go and download these ones to get > them updated individually. > > This way, I have pretty much the whole history of AZ caching in one > database. Kind of nice. There are a number of archived caches that are > not there, but I am working on that. > > Because GSAK can have multiple databases, uploading from the GPS is > simple into another separate databases for the quick look at your > activity (as suggested by AZSonburnt). > > This does create quite a large database. I have some 5900+ caches in > mine - including ones I have found in other states. This also lets me > filter to just my activities. > > When we go on a family vacation (out of state), I use pocket queries > to build another database of caches on my route (in the other states, > etc.) I sure liked the new feature of building a cache along a route > from GC. That was great on my trip to Washington this summer. I put > these all in the database, then export them all in one monster gpx > file. These I import into MS Mappoint, or mapsource, or whatever. > Then, as we go along, my wife (or myself if I am passenger) can use > the "current location" feature of the mapping program (attached to the > GPS) to see what caches are coming up. You then look at it offline in > GSAK. The passenger (my wife!) then decides what caches we do. So, I > get a breadcrumb trail of caches on the trip, and she gets to do > caches that have at least some small interest to her. But, I don't > have to do too much research ahead of time, as she does it on the way. > Also, we then can pass up the parking lot micros, and find funner > caches along the way. This trip, we stopped by a cache just north of > Moab, UT, and got to see dinosaur tracks in the rocks. There was no > road sign, but there was a parking lot, and state control of the site, > and cache close by. This was a fun stop. It didn't take too long, and > she enjoyed herself. Go GSAK and pocket queries! > > > > AZ Tech wrote: > Sometime back, ShadowAce provided me with a list of PQs that included > all of the active caches in Arizona. Lately, the 10th has gotten > close to the 500 cache limit, so rather than just add an 11th, I went > through and changed the dates to reflect the fact that some of the > caches are now inactive. So, for those who are interested, here is my > list of PQs for Arizona (you should be able to save these in your own > PQ list, assuming you're a Premium Member of course): > > AZ01 (01 Aug 00 - 07 Oct 02) > > AZ02 (08 Oct 02 - 06 Jun 03) > > AZ03 (07 Jun 03 - 16 Feb 04) > > AZ04 (17 Feb 04 - 30 Aug 04) > > AZ05 (31 Aug 04 - 26 Feb 05) > > AZ06 (27 Feb 05 - 12 Aug 05) > > AZ07 (13 Aug 05 - 05 Jan 06) > > AZ08 (06 Jan 06 - 15 Apr 06) > > AZ09 (16 Apr 06 - 10 Aug 06) > > AZ10 (11 Aug 06 - 31 Dec 06) > > > David - AZTech > > Bill Burkett wrote: >> >> Geez. All you guys make me feel like a GSAK novice. I've had it for >> a couple of year now and use it just to create a MapSource file of >> all the caches in my weekly pocket query. >> >> >> >> What else is everyone doing with GSAK? >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> *From:* az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com >> [mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com]*On Behalf Of >> *Matthew Shapiro >> *Sent:* Friday, August 25, 2006 5:10 AM >> *To:* listserv@azgeocaching.com; Jared Ross >> *Subject:* Re: [Az-Geocaching] GSAK >> >> >> >> ok...so all the kewl kids are replying, so I'll just add my yes to >> the mix. I map with ExpertGPS and and organize and dump all my >> waypoints from GSAK to my GPSr...makes loggin them at the end of the >> day easier too...I dont hold onto caches I've already found...the >> website already does that for me. So I just clear the database >> everytime I want to load a new querry. Then when I'm out caching, I >> just change the waypoint icon in my GPSr from geocache to geocache >> found...then I wipe the database again and upload from my GPSr...now >> I can sort by found and all the caches I have to log are right there >> in a handy list...never had top write down a thing. >> >> >> >> Matt (AZSonburnt) >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >> To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >> http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching >> >> Arizona's Geocaching Resource >> http://www.azgeocaching.com >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com >