Jumping in late here, but I would love a state wide query.
Until then, I run several queries on two accounts (mine and
super_cacher's). I have state wide IL, TN, KY, and (most of) IA files
that I update each week. I did the same thing for MO last year.
Yeah, that's something like 30,000 caches, and no, I have no intention
of getting to all of them...yet...but I like to look at the map and
decide where to go or vice versa. I also like having more than the
last 5 logs. And also for the various challenges I can run filters and
GSAK macros to help identify which counties/pages I need.
Here are some things I do
1. I run the PQs based on date rather than location. This
eliminates the overlapping circles. I start with the oldest cache for
that state and adjust the time frame until it contains 500 caches.
Then I start a second from that date, etc. I have them all running
once a week each week. This updates any that have been
disabled/enabled and adds more logs.
2. I run one "new caches in the last week" for each state.
3. As I find caches, I remove them from the state files.
Periodically I go back and adjust the dates in the PQs to bring them
back to 500.
4. I periodically run the refreshallgpx2_0 macro on caches that
haven't had a find or a note posted in awhile. This eliminates the
archived caches.
Of course I do run out of PQs and switch back and forth between
states, but it works pretty well for me. During Easter break, I just
took my IL file and hit the road with no particular plan and had a blast.
I know about the no-no rule. So, "Hypothetically" anyone who wants to
look at my statewide IL file could.
-Tracy
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*From:* Kirk Yates <kirk.yates@xxxxxxx>
*To:* geocaching <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:30:36 PM
*Subject:* [GeoStL] Pocket Query enhancement
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I've been working on trying to pull all the caches in IL. Looks like
it takes 23 pocket queries. 5 days.... sure would be nice if there
was a way to get all the caches in a state with one query, even if you
could only run one of them a week, like the "found" query.
--
Kirk Yates
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