[Az-Geocaching] Re: Another new feature at GC.com

[Brian Casteel]

You could easily do the same thing with PQs.  For example, mark coords for
several points throughout the state, ensuring that there is guaranteed
overlap, minimizing as much as possible to ensure you get the
complete/accurate results.  When the PQs are downloaded, load EasyMPS and
you can double-click each of the PQs and load several, then open directly
into MapSource.  The newer version of EasyMPS will allow you to select
multiple .gpx files and open them with fewer steps too.  Of course, this is
a Garmin-specific nifty feature, but what can you do?

 

To further elaborate on the PQs, you can select limitations such as the
state, so if your radius extends beyond the borders of the state, the
limitation will effectively create a boundary comprised of the AZ state
borders as closesly defined as possible by the coordinate database that
provides such limitations.

 

Before, yes I would download a .gpx from azgc.com and sort by icon, then
remove all the archived/disabled/found caches and have an instant view of
what I don't yet have.  But anymore, I build a couple PQs for a specific
area and filter my cache hunt list down based on criteria determined for
that trip.

 

It takes a little more initial legwork, but I don't think that's any big
deal.

 

Brian

Team A.I.

 

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Sprocket
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:27 PM
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Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Re: Another new feature at GC.com

 

Except there is no _easy_ way to to do that.  Sure, it can be done... it
just ain't easy.  As easy as say, downloading the (now defuct) .TPO file
from azgeocaching.com that listed every cache in the state and had them
sorted by Found and Not Found for my team.  By quickly deleting all the
caches in the file that were marked as found, I easily had a map with every
cache I hadn't found in under 5 minutes.  I can't see an easy way to do this
with PQ's.  I don't think I'm the first here to point out that PQ's aren't
exactly intuitive and user-friendly.

-- Sprocket

I would have thought you could do that by merging several PQs together,


perhaps using one of the free geocaching tools available?





Andy

 

I'd really like to see is a PQ of "All Caches I Haven't Found" based on


state.  I don't really need a list of caches I've found because I already


have numerous sources for that and because, well, I've already found them.



I could _really_ use a list of caches I haven't found in the state so I


don't have to mark, download to GPS, then upload to NG Topo every new cache


that is posted when it is posted.

 

 

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