[GeoStL] Re: Caches Along the Highway
- From: bromley@xxxxxxx
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Bart Cross <bartcross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:01:32 -0500
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Bart,
If you're using GSAK, there is a macro out on the GSAK support site under user
macros. It is called "Routeme.txt" and will do a lot of what you want. It
does require a couple of extra pieces of free software (wget and a certain
special version of GPSBabel). What the macro will do is figure the best route
between two selected items and then call out to Google, get Google's suggested
route and then mark all the caches along that route that fit a distance
criteria that you provide. It is pretty slick. Unfortunately, the newest beta
version of GPSBable (the one that fixes USB for Garmin) doesn't contain the
necessary conversion stuff.
If you have time, take a look at the macro. It is really slick and does what
you want, provided that GSAK has the necessary waypoints.
Steve aka javapgmr
Quoting Bart Cross <bartcross@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> -
> This helps a lot. I now see the 'Arc/Poly' in the filter section of GSAK. I
> think that this is my answer. I'll create a dozen or so large queries around
> the major cities along the way and then import them into GSAK and try and
> filter them within 1/2 mile of the route. I will play around wth this and
> see how it works out. Thanks Mike!
>
> - Bart
>
> >From: Mike Lusicic <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Caches Along the Highway
> >Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:48:52 -0500
> >
> >-
> > I don't think there is a way on GC.com. From what I hear, though, the
> >folks
> >with GSAK build a series of queries along the route, then use GSAK to
> >select
> >caches with a corridor along the route.
> >I think you can create a route on your GPS, download it to a file, then
> >read
> >it in as part of a filter in GSAK. Do you have GSAK?
> >
> >Bart Cross wrote: - I will be taking a driving trip to Washington DC in a
> >fewweeks and was wondering if anyone knew of a way to build a query on
> >Geocaching.com to search for caches that were close to a specific
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