+KaiserKlan Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 I'd like to be able to request a pocket query that runs along a corridor such as a freeway. For example if I am about to drive from Kansas City to Washington D.C., show me all the caches within 1 mile, either side of I70. Would anyone else like to see this? -- the GeoScouter Link to comment
+K-9 Cachers Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 I'd love to see it. I'm going to West Virginia in a few weeks- it would be great if I didn't have to figure out what caches were close to the route I'm driving. I'm using Mapsource but it's very time consuming to manually figure it out. I was in Maine this summer, and some of the caches that I thought would be close to my route, actually were out of the way. Would love to be able to do a pocket query and get this info!! Link to comment
+BigBirdNL Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Take a look at the youngest beta of GPSBabel. This has the function in it! BigBird Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 The problem with using GPSBabel, of course, is that it's nearly impossible to get a database of all of the caches that might be within a mile of I-70 between KC and DC. If only we could download a .loc file for an entire state.... Not that I don't love the feature in GPSBabel. I should love it; I wrote it. I'm glad someone else finally noticed it's there. Link to comment
+BigBirdNL Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Warm Fuzzies - Fuzzy:The problem with using GPSBabel, of course, is that it's nearly impossible to get a database of all of the caches that _might_ be within a mile of I-70 between KC and DC. If only we could download a .loc file for an entire state.... I think you're right. We don't have this problem in the Netherlands. You can download all caches in the Netherlands easily in 2 Pocket Queries :-). BigBird Link to comment
+Runaround Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 This would be a very nice feature. The last time I went on a trip I created several PQ's along the route, merged them in Watcher, converted them to .csv with GPSBabel, loaded them to Streets and Trips, selected the caches I wanted along the route, then filtered with Watcher. Whew. It took a little bit of time but I had a good highway list. If a PQ could automate the process, I'd love it. Now where did I park my car??????? Link to comment
robertlipe Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 Well, GPSBabel can do the merge as it goes, so there's one less step. S&T can pull "pushpins along the entire route" - I use that feature frequently. I'm very interested in hearing how you got Watcher to include just the pins that S&T decided was along the route. That's a trick I'd like to know. P.S. Use "s_and_t", not "csv" when choosing your output format and it'll keep linky links. See the detailed page on http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net for more S&T info. Link to comment
+KaiserKlan Posted September 22, 2003 Author Share Posted September 22, 2003 I just received a note from Heidi, she said... and I quote... "We are looking to upgrade the PQ's in the near future, this is a feature we are looking at implementing." Sounds very promising, again this weekend I wish we had this ability. Thanks. -- the GeoScouter Link to comment
+RuffRidr Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 This is one of those features I think just about everybody wishes was here. I definately would like to see that... along with stats. --RuffRidr Link to comment
+YeOleImposter Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Originally posted by robertlipe:Well, GPSBabel can do the merge as it goes, so there's one less step. S&T can pull "pushpins along the entire route" - I use that feature frequently. I'm very interested in hearing how you got Watcher to include just the pins that S&T decided was along the route. That's a trick I'd like to know. How does one "pull pushpins along the entire route"? YeOleImposter.DoesntExist.com Link to comment
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