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I had previously created a series of 10 pocket queries, each with 500 items, as zipped files. This worked, but it required a full 10 pocket queries to cover the Orange Co. area. I notieced in the text at the bottom of the pocket queries that the queries could contain 1000 items, so I combined the 10 queries into 5 queries, only changing the number of items to 1000, and the date fields, which should have rusulted in queries with 1000 items and a .zip file. However, when I created them, they were created as .txt files, and would not import into GSAK. Also, they disappeared from the Pocket Queries Ready For Download tab when I tried to download them, so of the five files I created, I was only able to retreive two files, as the other three disappeared as I was trying to figure out how to rename them and download them. What's going on? Thanks

Posted below is the text of a message I recently sent to the Geocaching website. A request was made that I also post the message here, as it is of general interest. I would like to add that I appreciate and commend the efforts that members of the Geocaching.com website make on behalf of the geocaching community. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings, It’s nice to see you are working on the website. However, there is one glaring and long-standing shortcoming presented by the Geocaching website – pocket query size. Please redirect your efforts and resources to increase the size of individual pocket queries to at least 2,000 caches (better yet, 5,000 to fit the Garmin 500 series GPS). Please increase the number of downloadable pocket queries per 24 hour period to at least 10. Please provide a means of setting pocket query margins to enclose any size and shape boundary. These steps should be considered intermediary – long term, (within 5 years), the above limits need to be expanded at least another order of magnitude, if not more. If absolutely necessary, I would be willing to pay an additional $10 per year for this functionality. I’m sure I’m not the only person to make a similar request, however, don’t let my voice fall on deaf ears. In my opinion, you really need to address this matter, and soon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------