+infiniteMPG Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 The Pocket Queries part of www.geocaching.com is probably one of my favorite features. As the owner of many caches and quite a few multi-caches, I was wondering if there was any way to download the cache information for caches you own and also obtain the hidden waypoints for the stages of a multicache??? Having to do maintenance runs on extreme multi-caches is always 'not fun' but it would be a lot easier if you could do a pocket query on caches you own and have all waypoints (including hidden waypoints) download with the file. Any help on doing this???? Thanks, iMPG Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 ok - I just have to ask...... How is it that you don't know where to find the stages???!!?? Link to comment
Keystone Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 I don't think the OP is saying that he doesn't "know" where his multicache stages are hidden. Rather, if someone owns five multicaches and five puzzle caches, for a maintenance run it is convenient to download these automatically, WITH their hidden waypoints, when heading out the door. I believe that the cache owner can obtain the hidden waypoints by downloading the individual GPX file from the cache page. Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 .... no disrespect intended. I was just wondering what kind of terrain these might be hidden in that the owner would require a GPS to re-locate it. Just curious about what conditions make it likely not to find your own hides. I have 2 caches that are in dense underbrush that looks a lot like the surrounding area and have at least once needed my GPS to get back to one of them for for a maintenance run. Link to comment
+cache_test_dummies Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 I believe that the cache owner can obtain the hidden waypoints by downloading the individual GPX file from the cache page. I have just confirmed this to be the case by downloading the GPX file from the cache page for my multi. The coordinates for the hidden waypoints are included in the file. Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 As has already been said, a .gpx download from the cache page will get the hidden points for the owner. kind of terrain these might be hidden in that the owner would require a GPS to re-locate it. Just curious about what conditions make it likely not to find your own hides I have some caches out where I'd way rather have the points loaded in the GPSr than not. Last week doing cache maintenance I discovered that I had all the points for a multi on the SD card, except the final. I knew that the final was roughly .xx miles north of the parking, so I threw a point out there and was able to find it. The whole cache is a bushwhackers hide in the heavy river basin swamp growth at a confluence of two rivers. I could have found stages 1 and 3 with no coords. 2 and 4? probably not, or at least it would have been way more work than it would be worth. Link to comment
+Crew 153 Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 If you run a GPX file from the cache page while logged in under the owner, the GPX file contains all waypoint information. You can drop that into a GSAK table and upload to you GPS. Link to comment
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