Mapping out routes

[Trekkin and Birdin]

marc will probably have the answer on this one. Sometimes I see where someone has mapped out a route to specific caches, showing the roads and distance and all that. How do I do that?

I know how to get caches along a route with GoogleEarth, and I have GSAK. I’m sure there’s a way to develop queries that let you target specific caches, like say all the letterboxes in an area. I do know how to filter those queries, but they still seem to be defined by the distance from my start point.

Thanks for help from the clueless!

[marc_54140]

Well, if you insist ……..

Here is how I set up a ‘Tour”.

1. Create a bookmark for the route.
2. Pick a starting point.
3. Go to a cache at or near the starting point. Open cache page.
4. Click on ‘map’.
5. Adjust zoom as needed.
6. Pick a cache you might want to bookmark, and put the cursor over it.
7. A balloon will appear with basic info.
8. If you want to bookmark, there is a line at the bottom. Click it.
9. On bookmark page, find the one your created.
10. On my MAC, after bookmarking this cache, I close the window that was opened, and go back to the map one.
11. Scroll all in the direction you intend to travel, and look at other caches along the way.
12. When done, request a PQ from the bookmark list.
13. Plot out the caches on your mapping program to see where they fall.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Thanks, that’s exactly what I want to do. Sometimes it’s best not to see what other options are nearby if you are on a mission, LOL.

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