using pocket queries with no PDA

[+Cacheola Crew]

I'm trying to figure out how to best use Pocket queries, as I do not have a PDA.

 

I ran one for an area we will be visiting next weekend and it printed out on paper, but they are all in alphabetical order, not in distance order. I also can't tell which are virtual and which are traditional on the sheet. Basically, I get the name and the coordinates and that is it.

 

I want to also do some caches along the way. I read Markwell's FAQ on this, but I do not have mapsource streets and trips.

 

Is there a simple way for non-techno people to plan to cache along the way. I spent a while just trying to click on the map, but navigating that was pretty slow going.

 

-J-

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Geocaching-HamptonRoadsVA/join

 

"You have brains in your head; You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

You're on your own. And you know what you know.

And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...."

Dr. Seuss

[+Geofool]

Their is a program by Clayjar called WATCHER. I think it will do what you need. You can find it here.>>clayjar.com

 

GF

 

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Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

 

[+quakemap]

Request Pocket Query in zipped GPX format, unzip/save on hard drive, drag/drop on QuakeMap window.

 

As for caching along the way, you can get as many .loc files as you want by clicking along your route - not as good as PQ's, but good enough to see them all on the map.

 

http://www.quakemap.com - redefining Easy...

[+quakemap]

Request Pocket Query in zipped GPX format, unzip/save on hard drive. Drag/drop to QuakeMap window.

 

As for geocaching along the way, you can get as many .loc files as you want by clicking along the route. Not as good as PQ's, but good enough to see them all on the map.

 

Happy trails,

 

http://www.quakemap.com - redefining Easy...

[+Cacheola Crew]

Thanks, I downloaded the Watcher and I got a print out list and put it in order of distance from my central point. This is great.

 

I'm not sure how to use the Quakemap. Now that I have the GPX file, what d you mean by "drop it in"?

 

I'm not real computer literate.

 

Janine

Cacheola Crew Mom

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Geocaching-HamptonRoadsVA/join

 

"You have brains in your head; You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

You're on your own. And you know what you know.

And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...."

Dr. Seuss

[+Renegade Knight]

I use pocket queires to get waypoints for my Topo Software. I use the topo software to plan my geocaching expiditions. It lets you visually see were the caches are at.

 

Easygps of course puts the points into my GPS.

 

Watcher is a nice program for taking a quick look at the status of all the caches you are interested in.

[+Spange & Crew]

I have just begun using GPXSpinner along with watcher. This is a great combination. Renames the waypoints by the type along with the symbols. Beats the heck out of doing it manually.

GPX Spinner

Hope this helps!

 

Spange & Crew

[+Cacheola Crew]

I'm not sure if I'm expecting too much, or if I'm just not getting it, but I've been trying for hours to figure out how to download caches along the route.

 

Here's what I ended up doing.

 

Clicked on the state map, panned along my route, hit "identify" on all close caches and then I wrote them down.

 

After I wrote them down, I then went into hide and seek a cache and found them and checked their boxes to download the waypoint of those I wanted. However, since there was more than one page to check boxes on, I had to save each page of checks under a different name.

 

Now that I have the many many Easy GPS files with the waypoints, I guess I have to download them into the GPS that way.

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Prior to doing that, I was hoping I could load them into the GPS from the Pocket Query program, but it doesn't seem that I can delete ones I don't want when I use the watcher program. Also, can you download to the GPS from the watcher program, or is that strictly for lists. I didn't see anything on the menu.

 

I've got to get some sleep. I'm going to be seeing waypoints in my dreams. What a frustrating process it has been.

 

-J-

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Geocaching-HamptonRoadsVA/join

 

"You have brains in your head; You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

You're on your own. And you know what you know.

And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...."

Dr. Seuss

[+DBleess]

Spinner is the way to go. If you have pc mapping software that can receive waypoints from your GPS, even better.

 

http://members.cox.net/dmbleess/geocache/benchmarks.htm

 

The PDA just saves you from killing trees. You'll see what I mean if you start printing a lot of cache pages. You usually can at least set up your printer output for "4 pages to a page" layout if you get tired of lugging the paper.

 

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