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1100+ caches in the area


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You can pull all 1100 but it will take 3 PQs. Design the first one by setting the date hidden to <1/1/2004 to start off with. Preview the results and then adjust the date until you get 500 caches. Then make a second PQ and do the same but set the bottom date to the same date you used in PQ#1. Then finish it off by getting the rest with PQ#3.

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You can pull all 1100 but it will take 3 PQs. Design the first one by setting the date hidden to <1/1/2004 to start off with. Preview the results and then adjust the date until you get 500 caches. Then make a second PQ and do the same but set the bottom date to the same date you used in PQ#1. Then finish it off by getting the rest with PQ#3.

 

Beautiful! Thank you very much, I never thought of doing that!

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1100+ caches? Curious minds wonder why you would want so many at one time. Good grief, that is at least a couple years worth of caching and by the time you get near the bottom the info would be really stale.

 

Jim

 

Its something I would keep updated, I just know I'm getting a few of the nearer ones omited.

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1100+ caches? Curious minds wonder why you would want so many at one time. Good grief, that is at least a couple years worth of caching and by the time you get near the bottom the info would be really stale.

 

Jim

 

I have over 2,000 caches on my GPS. Of course it would take me many years at the rate I cache to find 2,000 caches, but having all area caches comes in handy for spontaneous geocaching. Wherever I am I can check my GPS and see if there are any caches nearby. An hour to kill between appointments? See if there are any caches nearby. Going to visit your in-laws? Maybe there are a few quickies you can bag on the way. Going shopping with the wife? Let her wander the mall while you busy yourself with the nearby caches. Heading out for a hike? Maybe there are caches along your planned route.

 

I like that I can go anywhere in about a 50 mile radius and the caches will be on my unit.

 

I delete all the cache waypoints and refresh the data every few weeks so it's never stale.

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Depending on the GPS the OP has, some will allow the storage of multiple cache/waypoint files. I have several cache/poi files in my Explorist 500, eack PQ covers about a 5-10 miles radias that is base on coordinates rather then zip codes. This allows me to select the cache file for the area that I am in.

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