cad-guy Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 I am planning on driving from Arkansas to New Mexico in the future, and would like to pick up some geocaches along the way. Is there a way to search a route, and then list the geocaches within say 10 miles of the route? Anybody know the best way to do this? Just a thought. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 (edited) If you have Mapsource, use PQs and GSAK. Check this thread Caches Along A Route Instrucitons Open Mapsource, (be careful not to inadvertently put any stray waypoints on the map)select the route feature click on your starting point click on your ending point watch it create the route, click on File, Export and select mps; put the file where you can find it. Open GSAK, Create Filter (Ctrl-F); go to Arc/Poly tab on this dialog, click on "Load from File" button select the mps file (I get a long list of coordinates which are the nodes on the route) select a distance from the arc (e.g. 1.5 miles) save the filter (I have occasional lock-ups in GSAK when I use the Arc/Poly facility) now run the filter. Edited September 26, 2005 by BlueDeuce Quote Link to comment
+RakeInTheCache Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 See pinned discussion topic http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=80274 Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Markwell's documentation of how to use Pocket Queries, GSAK and MS Streets and Trips. Quote Link to comment
+4agers Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Here is my contribution That I put together for some other NEO cachers. Quote Link to comment
+Cache Viking Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 If you have Mapsource, use PQs and GSAK. Check this thread Caches Along A Route Instrucitons Open Mapsource, (be careful not to inadvertently put any stray waypoints on the map)select the route feature click on your starting point click on your ending point watch it create the route, click on File, Export and select mps; put the file where you can find it. Open GSAK, Create Filter (Ctrl-F); go to Arc/Poly tab on this dialog, click on "Load from File" button select the mps file (I get a long list of coordinates which are the nodes on the route) select a distance from the arc (e.g. 1.5 miles) save the filter (I have occasional lock-ups in GSAK when I use the Arc/Poly facility) now run the filter. Mapsource with PQs and GSAK works great and simple ... I like the simple part. Quote Link to comment
Shoobie & the Sand Crabs Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 What I do is find out when you want to stop for example a lunchtime cache. I then find the zipcode for that area. I then search that area I usually find stuff spread outwithin 5 miles of the highway just incase I get a late start or something. Quote Link to comment
+V-I-cacher Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 In Canada we started to name Caches along the Trans-Canada-Highway with a flag in the style of "TCDN" and then the province: "TCDNBC" "TCDNAB" etc. Maybe you can come up with Highway-Naming-Conventions of your own? Quote Link to comment
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