[Az-Geocaching] GSAK

Wed Jan 10 11:28:16 MST 2007

Finally, the answer to all of life's questions! Thanks Brian! haha

Wow, that is a tough question which probably would need a long tutorial to properly address. I would recommend that they jump on the forums at gsak.net and do some research, then post their questions in there. A quick answer for one of the questions though is "NO", GSAK does not have an automagic way of determining what caches in your database are archived. That being said there are somewhat automated ways of cleansing your gsak database(s). I would again recommend gsak.net for that information. I myself just try to keep the nearest 500 caches up to date by updating a few times a week and then checking those caches where the "Last GPX" date is less than the date on the most recent GPX file I've loaded. It's rather manual, but there are better ways.

Good luck,
Jared of AZBliss02

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From: Brian Casteel <bcasteel at uccinc.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
11:06 AM

To: listserv at azgeocaching.com

Subject: [Az-Geocaching] GSAK

I had this questions asked and was not sure how to answer it
since I only use it on a small scale.  Any thoughts???

For the last few years I've been using various methods of
translating GPX pocket queries (PQ) into HTML which allowed me to take my GPS
and palm device and go geocaching without a bunch of paper.  Last year I
got GSAK which really improved the whole conversion process and added cool
features to the process.  Then I got a laptop and decided to show my wife
the whole process of converting GPX to GSAK to HTML to Plucker to Palm
device.  She laughed so hard milk would have flown out her nose if she had
been drinking milk.  Then simply said, "I have a laptop.  All I
need is that and GSAK."  

Now that I'm GSAK centric I've been wondering about how the
best way to manage the GSAK database.  In the past I've had different
database for every PQ.  One for home, one for Long
 Beach , one for Portland ,
one for the route from SEA to PDX …  It seems to me that one monster
database might be an easier way to go, I just need to figure out how to filter
properly.  Also, I typically PQ only for active caches that I haven't
found.  I'm only interested in the caches I can find (I learned my lesson
of making sure caches were active after doing a multi hour multi cache to end
up in the owners front yard with him telling me the cache was inactive for the
winter …)  But I'm not sure how GSAK handles a cache that goes from active
to inactive or archived - do they get removed from the GSAK database if they
aren't in the GPX or does GSAK synch the database with the GPX by updating the
caches that are in the GPX and leaving the caches that aren't in the GPX
un-updated? 

Anyway,
this whole question boils down to what are best practices for using GSAK? 
One big database?  Multi databases?  Is there a CQ set-up that will
improve my GSAK usage, like should I set the PQ to show include my found,
inactive, and archived caches so GSAK can tag them properly? 

On 1/9/07, AZcachemeister
<azcachemeister at getnet.com>
wrote: 

I suspect this is the best overall solution, and is what I would
recommend/do if it were my problem. 

AZTech wrote: 

After my Gateway laptop's power supply died on me last year (neither battery nor AC adapter would power it up), I got a USB enclosure for the 2.5" internal HDD for about $25 and was then easily able to xfer everything over to my new laptop.  Then, when done, I now had a small 60GB portable USB drive that fit nicely in my new laptop bag!  Works great for making backups and transfering files...  David - AZTech     

------- Original Message -------From: "Lisa G." <lisasjunk at buppas.com>To: listserv at azgeocaching.comSent: 1/9/07, 9:27:21 AMSubject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] orygun connie  I think most laptops have a video out where you can attach an external monitor.  This may or may not help you depending on the nature of the card failure, but it would be worth a shot.  A friend of mine recently bought a 250G external USB drive for just over $100 (make sure the USB versions match; I know my older laptop has USB 1.0, and a lot of newer things use USB 2.0).  If that's affordable for you and you can get the laptop to last long enough, you could transfer the data to one of these yourself, and then you'd have a useful drive when you're done.  Good luck...computer failure sucks. :(  -Lisa    Brian Casteel wrote:       

I guess I didn't realize it was a laptop, or I wouldn't have said anythingabout on-board video, because integration is the only possibility for amobile computer.  If that's failing and it is this old, you will spend moremoney for repair/replacement of the failed component, which would involvereplacing the entire motherboard to resolve the issue.  Buy a new laptop.    But in the meantime, I wouldn't use the laptop at all until you get a newone, so you can see at least something on the screen when you're trying toset it up to get your 'stuff' copied from it to the new one.  Many newcomputers these days offer software that will pull the information for youand put it back in place just like it was on the older computer, so lookinto that when you're shopping.  There are other ways, but they would cost abit of money, which would involve having someone else pull and transfer thedata for you.  Brian          

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