+EdFromOhio Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I'm new to Geocaching, so please forgive me if this already exists. After doing a search for caches near a certain point, does anyone else think it would be helpful to have the GPS coordinates shown on that results page? It could then be a nice way to have a summary of caches and locations without drilling down into each one. Maybe having a checkbox option at the top to enable or disable the GPS coordinates from being displayed, or maybe even set in the user's profile or something. The reason I'm asking is because my GPS unit does not handle loading up geocache points. So I find myself printing off the first page of every cache I want to go find. That obviously wastes a lot of paper. I was told by a support person that this is the place to ask to see if anyone else thinks it would be helpful or not. Thanks in advance, EdFromOhio Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Sounds like you need to learn to use Pocket Queries. http://www.markwell.us/pq.htm Then you can use a program like GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) to print out an excel like summary of all the caches in the PQ. The summary list would include all of the coordinates. What brand/model of GPS do you have? Maybe somebody can offer a detailed work-around.... Link to comment
+EdFromOhio Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 What brand/model of GPS do you have? Maybe somebody can offer a detailed work-around.... For now, I'm using a TomTom 130. It has a walking mode that helps guide me near the cache, then I switch into the raw coordinates to get to the exact spot. It's not as easy as a handheld, but there is a certain element of challenge that makes it more interesting. I didn't see any to bulk load custom points with their software. Hopefully someone knows a way around that. Link to comment
+EdFromOhio Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 For anyone else using a TomTom 130 (many are, thanks to NewEgg's recertified one selling for 50 bucks after rebate), there is indeed a way to load up a bunch of Geocache points. Generate your GPX file using the Pocket Query utility here (membership required.) After it is e-mailed to you, save it somewhere to your hard drive. Download and install GSAK from http://gsak.net/ Delete all of the sample data if you want by going to Database, Delete all waypoints. Go to File, Open and open the GPX file that you saved earlier. You should now see all of your Geocache points. With all of that loaded, go to File, Export, TomTom POI file. On mine, I unchecked the defaults and added the "BMP Icon" value. I got the icon from http://martinp13.virtualave.net/geocache/Geocache.bmp It will create a file with an OV2 extension. It is important that the BMP and the OV2 have the same filename for the TomTom to recognize it. Connect your TomTom to your computer and use Windows Explorer to copy the OV2 and BMP file into your TomTom's USA_and_Canada folder. After restarting your TomTom, those new Geocache points should now be available as points of interest. It worked for me, but as always, YMMV. Link to comment
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