Question about PQ/Premium membership

[+jdbonar]

I know the premium membership allows Pocket Queries, but I guess I am not 100% sure what these are.

 

So far, for what we are doing, the best feature we could have would be able to "send to GPS" multiple caches at once. Is that what PQs are?

 

We have a megellan triton 500, which has been great so far, but I don't know if this changes anything or not. I know I can download them as waypoints down to my computer, then onto the magellan, but I don't like the way they are loaded onto the megallan as a waypoint. The way they are loaded onto it as a geocache is so much better.

 

Thank you!

[+RandomH3ro]

I know the premium membership allows Pocket Queries, but I guess I am not 100% sure what these are.

 

So far, for what we are doing, the best feature we could have would be able to "send to GPS" multiple caches at once. Is that what PQs are?

 

We have a megellan triton 500, which has been great so far, but I don't know if this changes anything or not. I know I can download them as waypoints down to my computer, then onto the magellan, but I don't like the way they are loaded onto the megallan as a waypoint. The way they are loaded onto it as a geocache is so much better.

 

Thank you!

a pq alows you to search by types and other things.

 

for instance, i use PQ's to weed out the micros when i plan on going caching with my kid.

[+dfx]

PQs can be used for two things: one is something like an extended search. you can select certain criteria and then you get to see a list of matching caches.

 

and the second is what you're looking for: you can get a GPX file with all the caches that match your search criteria, up to 1000 at a time. this is the "real" use of PQs: a bulk download of a large number of caches for your GPSr.

Edited July 26, 2010 by dfx

[+jdbonar]

So it will download them as actual gecaches to my GPSr, just like clicking on "send to GPS" and not a bunch of waypoints like clicking the box in the cache list? If so, there may be one more premium member in a few days

[+Bear and Ragged]

So it will download them as actual gecaches to my GPSr, just like clicking on "send to GPS" and not a bunch of waypoints like clicking the box in the cache list? If so, there may be one more premium member in a few days

Whatever you get when you click 'send to GPS' is what you get in a PQ. Multiplied by 1,000

 

And, if you set it right, of whatever criteria you want.

No caches harder than a D3.5? Sorted!

No caches smaller than a regular? Sorted!

No Unknown/Puzzle caches, no Multi's? Sorted!

[+Isonzo Karst]

Some gps units can accept the Pocket Query directly from Geocaching.com, but most cannot.

 

You'd need to put the query into some Magellan software to load your gps, would be my guess. I'm not familiar with your unit to know for sure.

[+ras_oscar]

I use a garmin GPS and GSAK. Download the PQ into gsak then export to a gpx file. Garmin has a free utility that accepts gpx files and downloads them either to the unit or to a memory card. I use the card option because the capacity is virtually unlimited vs the 1000 cache limit on the unit. I use gsak because I also dl to my palm sorted by state. If i didn't need that i wouldn't need gsak at all.

[+CDavisJK]

Pocket Queries are an awesome Premium feature. If you find someones bookmark list, like, a "Hall of Fame" for a certain area, then you can download the whole list as one .gpx file. Or, you can make a criteria search and have it updated every week or on certain days and then transfer it to your gps. They do take a little bit of tiem to be generated so I have a few set up to auto run so that they are always available.

 

I can just plug my Lowrance Safari into my laptop and transfer that single .gpx instead of messing with multiple .locs and .gpxs.

[FunkMaster-T]

Thought I would hijack this thread a little rather than start a new one...my question is similar...

 

I just won myself a Premium Membership after attending my first Geo-Event (Yay Me!) and since me and the family are about to head off on holidays, thought I would create some routes and download the cache's on the way. No problems there...What I am wondering is if there is a way to have the Names of the cache's download or only the GC #? On EasyGPS they are listed by name but when I downloaded them, I only got the GC#.

 

I am using a Garmin Etrax Legend.

 

Thanks...T.

[frozenflyboy]

Thought I would hijack this thread a little rather than start a new one...my question is similar...

 

I just won myself a Premium Membership after attending my first Geo-Event (Yay Me!) and since me and the family are about to head off on holidays, thought I would create some routes and download the cache's on the way. No problems there...What I am wondering is if there is a way to have the Names of the cache's download or only the GC #? On EasyGPS they are listed by name but when I downloaded them, I only got the GC#.

 

I am using a Garmin Etrax Legend.

 

Thanks...T.

On my Colorado you simply hit the left options button and it gives you a menu which show GC by name or GC by # and some other choices.

[+Bear and Ragged]

Thought I would hijack this thread a little rather than start a new one...my question is similar...

 

I just won myself a Premium Membership after attending my first Geo-Event (Yay Me!) and since me and the family are about to head off on holidays, thought I would create some routes and download the cache's on the way. No problems there...What I am wondering is if there is a way to have the Names of the cache's download or only the GC #? On EasyGPS they are listed by name but when I downloaded them, I only got the GC#.

 

I am using a Garmin Etrax Legend.

 

Thanks...T.

 

GSAK.

 

Load as Smart Names. Or just load as Name.

[+DonB]

Thought I would hijack this thread a little rather than start a new one...my question is similar...

 

I just won myself a Premium Membership after attending my first Geo-Event (Yay Me!) and since me and the family are about to head off on holidays, thought I would create some routes and download the cache's on the way. No problems there...What I am wondering is if there is a way to have the Names of the cache's download or only the GC #? On EasyGPS they are listed by name but when I downloaded them, I only got the GC#.

 

I am using a Garmin Etrax Legend.

 

Thanks...T.

I'm not sure what the Etrax Legend will do, but with EasyGPS if you click on edit then preferences it will bring up a screen showing any GPS you have used with it. Highlight the GPS you want to set up and click the geocaching button. With my 76 I can have it show cache name instead of the GC number and it will also show the hint if there is one. Keep in mind you have to download the caches as a gpx file.

[FunkMaster-T]

Thanks folks for the quick responses...will explore EasyGPS a bit more and see if I can figure it out...T.