+dphelps1 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 If I am going to a park and just want a list of all the caches in that park, how would I do that. I've checked out pocket queries but I couldn't figure out how to do that. Using the mileage radius takes you out to far. The only thing I could figure out is to view all caches on the map then bookmark the ones in the park, and then run a pocket query from that. Does that sound right? Is it the easiest way to do it, because that's not very easy. Thank you for your help Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I usually take a set of coordinates off of GE or some other mapping tool, or if I know a centrally located cache in the area, I'll use that as my search center. If I don't want a gazillion Listings returned from the PQ, I'll just limit the number to 100-200, or something similar. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Bookmark list is about the best tool. Build it and make it public so that others can benefit. Quote Link to comment
+ngrrfan Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Bookmark list is about the best tool. Build it and make it public so that others can benefit. This is what I do. I just wish GS would increase the number of bookmark lists we can have . Quote Link to comment
+palmetto Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 My approach is similar to Touchstones. I look at the map, pick a cache near the center of the area (park) I'm interested in, and run a pocket query centered on that. You can limit the total number of caches returned to something just over the number in the park. and remember that you can use kilometers instead of miles. A 1km query is pretty small. Of course, parks are never perfect circles, so a query a bit larger then the number of caches in the park will get them all, plus some around the edges. Quote Link to comment
Skippermark Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Depending on the number of caches in the park, a bookmark list is probably the best option. If there's only a handful of caches, it might be easier to use the Send to GPS option if your GPS is supported. Quote Link to comment
+Team Mars Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) This is where GSAK is great. I just learned last weekend at a GSAK event how to create polygons. With that you can outline the borders of the park or area you want to go and then it will give you all the caches in that area. You run that out of the general PQ for the area you created. Then you can load that into your GPSr from GSAK. Edited February 23, 2012 by Team Mars Quote Link to comment
+Huntleigh Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) This is where GSAK is great. I just learned last weekend at a GSAK event how to create polygons. With that you can outline the borders of the park or area you want to go and then it will give you all the caches in that area. You run that out of the general PQ for the area you created. Then you can load that into your GPSr from GSAK. But wait there's more!!!! If you have GSAK ver 8 you can back-load your selection up to a Bookmark list one on GC.com (you'll have to create am empty one first). If you're feeling public spirit minded you can then make the Bookmark public. Edited February 23, 2012 by Huntleigh Quote Link to comment
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