Multiple Gpx Files

[+ODragon]

Im curious if there would be a way set up all caches with the option of downloading multiple gpx files for the same caches. For example, I was looking at a cache that had multiple waypoints in it. One waypoint for the cache, one for the trailhead and one for parking.

 

It would make life a lot easier if when I downloaded the GPX file it would give me all three of these in seperate gpx files so I can just get them all at into the GPS.

 

I'm hoping I'm making sense and thanks for consideration.

[+mrking]

Hmmm, nifty idea. That would save me time in either Mapsource or GSAK and of course if I have to manualy input them into the GPSr.

[+Hemlock]

In the meantime, try this page,

[+ODragon]

In the meantime, try this page,

Thanks Hem, I've never seen this page before and I will be using it! (Not as easy for me as what I asked for but much easier for J!)

[+The Leprechauns]

In the future Jeremy has said he hopes to have a feature where cache owners can upload a GPX file to the cache page. It could contain parking coordinates, multiple waypoints for a multicache, waypoints for points of interest and trail junctions along the hike on a ten-mile long trek in the mountains, etc.

[Jeremy]

Im curious if there would be a way set up all caches with the option of downloading multiple gpx files for the same caches. For example, I was looking at a cache that had multiple waypoints in it. One waypoint for the cache, one for the trailhead and one for parking.

Yes. We will be allowing uploads of GPX files to the web page in the future. Hemlock is referring more to the coordinates in the logs or on the page, which is a nice workaround but not good for, say, Pocket Queries. These uploads will be incorporated with the GPX file for the cache listing.

[Jeremy]

Jinx again.

[+ODragon]

Yes. We will be allowing uploads of GPX files to the web page in the future. Hemlock is referring more to the coordinates in the logs or on the page, which is a nice workaround but not good for, say, Pocket Queries. These uploads will be incorporated with the GPX file for the cache listing.

Once more, thank you J.

[+DomHeknows]

also try waypoint workbench at http://www.sheps.clara.net/WW.htm that can take a gpx file and give you all the coordinates mentioned in the descriptions and logs.

[+caderoux]

In the meantime, try this page,

I couldn't get that page to work for me - the frames all disappear (IE6) - am I doing something wrong?

[+Hemlock]

Oh crud. It looks like the new site design here broke that. I've emailed the author of that site to let him know, along with a suggestion of how to fix it.

[+mrking]

Actually, this gave me an idea... I'll just include a link to a GPX file with all the neccessary coords when I submit my next cache hide.

 

I still love the idea of GC implementing it right into the site so we wouldn't have to host it ourselves.

[+SnoWake]

Oh crud. It looks like the new site design here broke that. I've emailed the author of that site to let him know, along with a suggestion of how to fix it.

Yep - the site redesign inadvertently "broke" Boulter's Coordinates Grabber - but, like the his excellent Express Logger, he made some quick adjustments, and it seems to be functional again today.

 

As a perfect example - I recently found the cache "Rock(lin) of Ages" on my way home from Tahoe. The Grabber would have extracted all six sets of coordinates from the cache page, greatly simplifying tedious (and error-prone!) data entry into the GPSr.

 

Alternatively, if you have the ability to post something to the web (personal site, geocities, AOL, ...?), you can do exactly what is being discussed here: Create a GPX file with all the relevant coordinates, place it on the website you have access to, and simply include a link to it from the cache page. Sure, it's easier if we make Jeremy do all the work and provide the storage - but this is a viable workaround for many, until the feature is implemented at gc.com. Here's a great example: Hynr's Arboretum Geocaching Tour.

 

Finally, the no-tech way: What I usually do on multis is just go to the first waypoint, and then "edit" that waypoint to reflect the next stage. Has me doing manual data entry, but on the other hand, it cuts down on "clutter" in the GPSr. Of course, of multi's/puzzles where there's math involved in calculating the next coords, you all but HAVE to do it this way...

 

Just some thoughts,

Billy

(aka SnoWake)