Now that the PQ receipts are more reliable, it makes sense. I still keep everything within 150 miles of home in a GSAK database. That way I can figure out where I'm going to cache without too much pre-planning. I want to go to Rolla, I set my filter, do an export and away I go. I have a GSAK macro that will create a filter for whatever number of caches I determine around a specific center point. I use that to create a gpx with whatever amount of caches I want to have with me and send it to my gps. It's easy and painless. ----- Original Message Follows ----- From: "Mike Griffin" To: Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Pocket Query enhancement Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:36:10 -0500 >- >Do you run my Mapsource script? You can easily look at a >map of the state on mapsource, right click anywhere on the >map and create a PQ from that point. If I am going to do a >county challenge or any other caching away from home, I >click to set a WP in a county, go 100 miles straight north >and right click to create a PQ. Then it is as simple as >connecting the dots. Everywhere you click, you can create >a PQ with those coords. I can do a whole state in minutes. > >Of course, if you don't have Mapsource, it is pointless for >me to bring up. > >Once I have all the data, GSAK couties macro does the rest. >Then I can filter just the caches I want to do in each >county. > >This sounds like a great class - "How to plan and get the >most out of your caching trip." Oh wait, I suggested it >several times before, but.... > >Mike > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kirk Yates" >To: "Michael Griffin" >Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:19 PM >Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Pocket Query enhancement > > >> - >> Reply: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 12:43:41 PM >> >> If you're trying to identify caches in certain counties >> and/or caches in Delorme Map Grids, it's nice to have all >> the caches in the state loaded to map. Search on the >> county name, the mapping software outlines the county, >> and you can easily see which caches are in the county, >where they are located, and which ones might fall on a >> route you're taking from county to county. >> >> I generally identify 3 per county (primary and 2 back >> ups), bookmark all the ones I'm interested in. From that >> point I check the bookmark list to see if any of the >> caches I'm watching are disabled. If there are, I find >>another cache in that county to watch. >> Then when a trip is coming up, run 1 PQ from my bookmark >> list, and off I go. I'll spend several hours putting >> together the bookmark list, but from that point it's >> fairly low maintenance. It's a lot easier to do it that >> way than to try to run interactive queries for different >parts of the state, not really knowing where the cache >> would fall on county boundaries. >> >> It would be a lot easier to run 1 PQ and get every cache >> in the state. As is is now, I play with the dates, and >> run 23 PQs over the next 5 days, then I'll start all my >> planning. So much for getting the planning done before >> Father's Day. I guess I should have started a lot >>earlier. >> Of course it didn't help much I started on it one >> evening, checked off 5 PQs to run and shut the computer >> down. Fired up the computer the next day and realized I >> had checked the wrong day to run, so it's going to take a >>day longer now. >> I like to drive so I really enjoy the all the counties in >> the state and Delorme map grid caches. Still working on >> all 50 states and D.C., but that's going to take quite a >>while. >>> - >>> Yeah, but the point is, what the heck would someone want >>> 20 queries a day for? >> >> >> >> >> **************************************** >> For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes to your account, >> including unsubscribing from this >> list, click -----> >> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches >> Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw >> Missouri Geocaching land use policies --> www.MoCache.net >>MoGeo Forums-->http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php >> > > > > **************************************** > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes to your account, >including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> >//www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived >http://tinyurl.com/87cqw > Missouri Geocaching land use policies --> www.MoCache.net > MoGeo Forums-->http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php > Steve It's not just the destination, but also the path you take and the friends you make along the way.