Rhialto Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Hello, I Dream of this and I want to share it... It happen to me more than once that I use the maps to spot a place I plan to visit and I look at what caches are available. I always wanted to be able to use the mouse and select a spot with an expanding circle or square and get a PQ of that selection. The way I do it now (and let me know if there is a faster way) is that I write down the ID of the cache in the middle of the spot I'm looking at, then go to create a new PQ selecting type of caches, etc. then at the end I enter the cache ID to gather all cache around within a radius. While if it was available right from the map with the cache type already selected (since it is available already) it would be MUCH faster and fun than ever to select caches you want to throw in the GPSr. Maybe that is not possible and is a limitation from Google or something, that's why I'm asking. Can it be done? If it's no, that's fine. If it's yes then maybe in 2010? Link to comment
+kf4oox Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 This sounds good to me. Maybe have a menu item that will dump you into a new PQ page with the cache already added to it so you finish filling it out and tell it to genereate. kf4oox - Paul Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 There is already a link on the map that says Create Pocket Query. Click it an it creates a PQ with the center of the map and a radius determined by the zoom level. It currently doen't select the cache type or hide found or owned caches. It would be nice if it did that, but it does display the PQ page and you can select these items manually before saving the PQ. Link to comment
+fegan Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 There is already a link on the map that says Create Pocket Query. Click it an it creates a PQ with the center of the map and a radius determined by the zoom level. It currently doen't select the cache type or hide found or owned caches. It would be nice if it did that, but it does display the PQ page and you can select these items manually before saving the PQ. Ditto. Never used that feature before, but just confirmed it's there. Pretty cool! Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I have been using this feature for PQs of areas I will be visiting for some time now and have been quite happy with the results. Link to comment
ao318 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I also use the Map PQ feature for areas that I want to visit. It is very easy to use and then I filter out what I don't want through GSAK. Link to comment
Rhialto Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 Ok great, didn't know it worked that way. Nice to see that the radius comes from the zoom level. Thanks! Link to comment
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