[Az-Geocaching] GSAK

Sat Aug 26 18:59:09 MST 2006

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) 
<http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=10c2c597-1e29-4ea7-9329-3eb60a7a1cb3>
AZ02 (08 Oct 02 - 06 Jun 03) 
<http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=5b969f8e-fcf9-4ae1-a7b0-e2897de513d5>
AZ03 (07 Jun 03 - 16 Feb 04) 
<http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=de972279-459c-43eb-a95f-7e8f20e7cda1>
AZ04 (17 Feb 04 - 30 Aug 04) 
<http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=6369a281-f28f-4b06-b813-cc34ba64c188>
AZ05 (31 Aug 04 - 26 Feb 05) 
<http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=83e1f154-8a10-4e84-ba30-76fc72b7abe9>
AZ06 (27 Feb 05 - 12 Aug 05) 
<http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=d0cb0328-c6df-468d-a7f5-2d2db8d17cea>
AZ07 (13 Aug 05 - 05 Jan 06) 
<http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=8c714471-aadf-43c7-8437-f302bd87bcd6>
AZ08 (06 Jan 06 - 15 Apr 06) 
<http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=609edb8b-8f42-4ab2-aea6-dfc0398a888d>
AZ09 (16 Apr 06 - 10 Aug 06) 
<http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=7e0d0dca-7876-4d6f-b7a5-13871a88a1e9>
AZ10 (11 Aug 06 - 31 Dec 06) 
<http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=78ede5ab-a451-4139-bbb2-8ed0cdeb0d48>

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 at listserv.azgeocaching.com 
> [mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com]*On Behalf Of 
> *Matthew Shapiro
> *Sent:* Friday, August 25, 2006 5:10 AM
> *To:* listserv at 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)
>  
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