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putt42

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It would be nice to have the ability to download waypoints based on a specified "distance" from a given location (could be town/zip/GPS Coords/etc.). The idea being that this will result in one large listing (not the current multiple pages) of all waypoints fitting this criteria and also only one file to download.

 

Currently, for example, I typically download waypoints up to 50-75 mi from my location (zip code). It takes up to ten pages of "marking all" of the waypoints and then downloading each individual page (resulting in up to ten .loc files). I then have to combine or individually load these files into the GPS.

 

It would be a nice option to be able to list and "mark all" waypoints up to a specified distance, and then be able to download this as one file.

 

Maybe this capability has been previously requested or already exists and I have not been smart enough to figure it out.

 

Thanks for any advice or help

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Thanks, but it's not a matter of a customized query - it's a matter of that a current query by (for example a zip code) gets displayed on many many pages resulting in having to download a significant number of files.

 

Perhaps I was not as clear as I could have been - the issue is downloading a query as a single file, and not the "query by distance" I use as an example for a query. The current query capabilities are fine for me.

 

Thanks for the response

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Pocket query files allow you to download the entire set of query results -- up to 500 caches -- all in one file, either in .loc format for your GPS or in .gpx format for both your GPS and your handheld computer or for use with third party PC software applications. They are exactly what you are asking for, and I would encourage you to try them out!

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Ok, thanks much for the inputs, but I guess I am beating a dead horse here.

 

I thought someone had made the arbitrary decision to list only 20 or so waypoints per page, making the downloading of waypoints a little more of a chore. I think I now realize that it was not an arbitrary decision - it invents a "premium" feature.

 

I enjoy geocaching, and I understand the need to generate some funds (travel bugs, coins, etc.), but if the basic geocaching site were not free .........

 

Thanks again

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Ok, thanks much for the inputs, but I guess I am beating a dead horse here. 

 

I thought someone had made the arbitrary decision to list only 20 or so waypoints per page, making the downloading of waypoints a little more of a chore.  I think I now realize that it was not an arbitrary decision - it invents a "premium" feature.

 

I enjoy geocaching, and I understand the need to generate some funds (travel bugs, coins, etc.), but if the basic geocaching site were not free .........

 

Thanks again

The basic geocaching site IS free. You can get everything you need to geocache for free. For 3 dollars a month (and cheaper than that if you buy a years subscription) the pocketqueries are more than worth the price. There are dozens of programs out there that you can use to manipulate the data in anyway you see fit, 2 of the most popular are Watcher and GSAK.

 

If every feature was free, you'd find that the lack of funds to pay for this site and the huge amount of bandwith that this site uses would lead to the site being so slow that it wouldn't be useable.

 

Premium membership will also give you the ability to download .gpx files. Those are way more useful than .loc files - they contain a lot more information.

 

Besides - even if you don't want to pay the 3 dollars - it's not like you can't do what you want anyways, it just takes longer.

 

southdeltan

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