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GSAK is an incredible program. The power of being able to do relational database things to the data on your desktop is just great. I have GSAK export the caches for any area I'm going to be around into Delorme Street Atlas or Microsoft Streets and Trips files. I then import into whichever program I'm using that day... If I'm driving to unfamiliar areas then I hook up the USB GPS (not the handheld Etrex) to the laptop and Delorme Street Atlas will give me routed directions to the cache. Otherwise, I think Microsoft Streets and Trips is "prettier" so I'll use it if I'm familiar with the area or have a navigator. That will get me into the parking lot. GSAK also exports the cache data to HTML files, which Plucker (a free program for Palm Pilots) will import and display on the palm for you. While in the car driving around if I'm near a push pin, I can go into GSAK and see the downloaded version of the cache's page from GC.com too. GSAK will also export which ever caches you select into your GPS as waypoints. Oh, I'm such a geek... ---A

Got it! I'm a genius. Thanks guys.

Ok, I'm a newbie Premium member, and a newbie at PQ... Everything I have read states that I can run a PQ and get the results right now on the website. I am trying to make sure that my PQs are returning what I want before I start firing them off... Like this on the PQ setup page... "If you don't need the files for your GPS or PocketPC, you can also run your Pocket Queries on the search page. This is also a great way to ensure that your Pocket Queries are returning the results you want." And there's even a link that takes me to live results of my search. But I'll be darned if I can figure out how to do a search that detailed without setting up the PQ first, and I sure can't figure out how to run that search again. How can I test my PQ's before I get the results e-mailed to me? Is there any kind of guide on how to set up PQs? Thanks for helping a (dense) newbie out!