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  • 01/31/2004 at 7:40 am #1721260
    Snoshu

      Hey, has anyone else been watching this thing develop? Looks to be a possible “all in one” caching software solution…

      GSAK http://gsak.geocaching.com.au/

      Go see!!

      Bill
      Team Flushingrouse

      01/31/2004 at 12:23 pm #1746830
      kbraband

        It looks interesting, but exactly what is it? They need better a better “all-in-one” concise description. Maybe it’s just too early in the morning for me.

        01/31/2004 at 1:22 pm #1746831
        Snoshu

          I’ve played around a bit with some of the earlier beta versions of this prog… Always seemed to work fine.. What the developer is doing is to take ideas from different users and incorporate them all in this one program…

          You can sort, upload, import, export, create html files, all from one screen.. I don’t know if it covers all the bases yet, but it’s getting close.

          The one thing I don’t see, is a Plucker type of operation….yet…

          Bill
          Team FG

          01/31/2004 at 3:56 pm #1746832
          n9wbr

            I really like it. I’ve been using it for some time now and haven’t run into any problems with it. It has most of the features of Watcher but also has the ability to upload selected waypoints to your GPS. The author is very responsive to suggestions and has been making huge improvements in the software.

            — N9WBR (Jeff)

            02/29/2004 at 4:59 pm #1746833
            sbukosky

              I downloaded the newest version and opened a GPX file with it. What does it do? If it could covert the file so it can be opened in USAPhotoMaps, it’d be great. I don’t see how it can though. Can it?

              Now that I have the Garmin 60 with the lightning fast USB, I’d like a quicker way to open files in the serial only program.

              02/29/2004 at 5:29 pm #1746834
              Cathunter

                Hi Steve,
                What exactly is is you are trying to do? A gpx file can be opened in USAPhotomaps without any conversion.

                In GSAK, once you open the gpx file, you can go to “file” and then “export” where you will see a drop down list of every file type I have ever needed.

                GSAK will also arrange waypoint listing order in about every imaginable way. Want to know what caches are the oldest? No problem. How about what caches have not been found in the longest time? It’s a click of a button. It also makes it easy to pick a central point to start a days caching, and list all caches in order of distance from your start point. Filter out certain caches based off type, difficulty, owner, etc, etc, etc.

                The only thing I don’t like about it is it doesn’t use all the Garmin images for cache type representation. I think it will in an upcoming version though.

                04/15/2004 at 1:57 pm #1746835
                jthorson
                  04/15/2004 at 5:56 pm #1746836
                  kbraband

                    quote:

                    Originally posted by jthorson:

                    Polygon filtering. In English: I made an I94 filter that selects all caches within a distance from I94. If you are going along a certain route, you can find caches along the route as opposed to just a radius from point.

                    That is a key reason for me to give it a try!

                    05/13/2004 at 7:51 pm #1746837
                    WISearchers

                      quote:

                      Originally posted by kbraband:
                      That is a key reason for me to give it a try!

                      Jeff and Ken:

                      Can you show me how to do this this weekend? We are headed on a major road trip this summer, and this would be vital!

                      WISearchers (Tony)

                      05/13/2004 at 8:10 pm #1746838
                      kbraband

                        We’ll both have to ask Jeff to show us. I forgot all about trying GSAK until I saw your new post just now.

                        05/13/2004 at 8:37 pm #1746839
                        jthorson

                          quote:

                          Originally posted by kbraband:
                          We’ll both have to ask Jeff to show us. I forgot all about trying GSAK until I saw your new post just now.

                          Have it on your computer(s). The author has made it even better in the recent release.
                          I just loaded my own GPSr an hour ago using a combo of my I94 filter and other filters.

                          05/14/2004 at 3:20 pm #1746840
                          WISearchers

                            quote:

                            Originally posted by jthorson:
                            Have it on your computer(s). The author has made it even better in the recent release.
                            I just loaded my own GPSr an hour ago using a combo of my I94 filter and other filters.

                            I’ll bring my laptop to the campout. Rumor has it you guys might need a laptop for morning GPS loading?. You are welcome to use it. I have GSAK, Easy GPS, Spinner, Plucker and Mapsource 4.x. Should be well equipped for whatever you may need.

                            05/25/2004 at 12:41 am #1746841
                            Ootek

                              We’re leaving on a trip west on Friday and want to cache along the way. Would someone be able to give me a crash course in polygon filtering so I can build a list of caches within a certain distance from our route?

                              Thanks,
                              Ootek

                              05/25/2004 at 12:54 am #1746842
                              Cathunter

                                I would like a little help here too. I was hoping to get some at the campout, but there were too many caches to find.

                                05/25/2004 at 1:14 am #1746843
                                Flushingrouse

                                  Ootek and Cathunter,

                                  I believe(never done it myself),

                                  that what you’re looking to do is hit any caches within a certain distance from your route, say 10 miles or so.. Right?

                                  What you do then, is create another set of waypoints which follow your path. this will make up the “arc” you wish to filter from…

                                  Better yet, read this: http://www.gsak.net/help/hs4800.htm

                                  Bill
                                  Team Flushingrouse…

                                  We can chat about it here as well… http://home.wi.rr.com/lcdcreations/chat.htm

                                  [This message has been edited by Flushingrouse (edited 05-24-2004).]

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