refresh database in gsak?

[djwini]

is there any way to refresh a database in gsak with the latest logs? i have pared down a pq into just certain caches that i want to hunt, so i don’t want to use the whole pq. but i want to check the caches before i leave on vacation, for any that might not be available.

[greyhounder]

I think you’d need to run a new pocket query to do that…..?

Bec

[marc_54140]

Go into the Tools – Options and active the User Data field. Make an entry in this field for the caches you are interested in. Make it the same for all the caches, such as 101.

Download the new PQ, and then use the Search filter to find just those caches with 101 in the User Data field.

[Cheesehead Dave]

I find it easier to do filtering in GSAK than with making a pocket query. I’d just find a cache in the middle of the area you’ll be in and grab the nearest 500 caches. You’ll get all the latest logs and then you can use GSAK to filter down to the ones you want.

Be sure to make it a new PQ, then you’ll probably get it right away.

[Jeremy]

I’m assuming you deleted caches out of GSAK and you don’t want to bring them back with a new Pocket Query (that has a whole bunch of other caches, including the ones you want to update)?

One easy way is to simply select the radio button that says “Existing Only” under “Database Update Options” when you load the new Pocket Query (on the Load GPX/LOC File screen). With this selected, only the caches you have left in GSAK will get updated and no new caches will (re)appear.

A side note: I’m a big fan of using the “User Flag” feature to mark the caches I really want to find, and leaving the other caches in GSAK. In your case, you could have simply checked the boxes next to the caches you wanted to find, and then filtered on the user flag before you did an export. The user flagged caches survive a Pocket Query load.

I normally mark the caches I want to find. I then export all the caches to CacheMate, and then filter on the User Flag and do a second export with a different filename. I can then have ALL the caches in CacheMate with some (from the second export) in a special category called “Must Find” so I know which ones I really want to find.

[djwini]

i’ll try some of these suggestions. i used three different areas for pq’s put the files into mapsource, edited out the ones i didn’t want, put them back into gsak, in a single folder. it would be hard to go thru the whole thing again. i was hoping there was some kind of update button that would go and search the latest from gc.com. maybe that will hapeen someday. clyde makes a lot of nice things happen with gsak

[marc_54140]

Well, and here I thought I had a nifty solution to this problem!!!

Thanks jvechinski for pointing out something I had not played around with yet.

GSAK is loaded with so many bells and whistles it’s hard to remember or know what they all do.

[Jeremy]

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Originally posted by djwini:
i’ll try some of these suggestions. i used three different areas for pq’s put the files into mapsource, edited out the ones i didn’t want, put them back into gsak, in a single folder. it would be hard to go thru the whole thing again. i was hoping there was some kind of update button that would go and search the latest from gc.com. maybe that will hapeen someday. clyde makes a lot of nice things happen with gsak

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If you can rerun the same 3 PQs, just load the GPX files into GSAK with the “Existing Only” thing selected and you should be good to go. Otherwise, you’ll need to recreate PQs for the same areas.

An automatic update feature like you suggested would definitely be nice but would also require some help from geocaching.com… basically, they’d have to provide a mechanism for submitting a list of caches to include in a Pocket Query.

BTW, I had to run 12+ PQs to get the data to cover the caches on my last trip to SC. Sometimes if you are just going to do a few caches along a long route, it is easier to create a bookmark list on geocaching.com and create a Pocket Query from that (a recently added feature).

[NSLP1]

One thing that I ran into with GSAK… It is very helpful to create a filter/macro to clear out caches that haven’t been updated to your database.

We were in Milwaukee area and went hunting afew caches… turns out 2 of the 3 were inactive! I didn’t have the computer with me… only gps and palm.

I created a filter/macro that clears out any active cache (I decided to leave inactive/archived ones so I know they are inactive/archive) that I have NOT found, and whose last import was over 60days (actually I did afew… 90/60/30). When it runs, it deletes those caches from the database.

I had many left in there from previous trips outside our normal home area, so many were over 90days old, if I go back to that area I will be generating new PQs anyway.

[this will be covered in any future paperless trainings we host]

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Mike of team: Not So Lost Puppies

[greyhounder]

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Originally posted by NSLP#1:
[this will be covered in any future paperless trainings we host]

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Oh good! I thought I had it all figured out, but over the past week I’ve realized just how much I don’t know about all this!

Bec

[NSLP1]

I didn’t even really know that one until we ran into the problem. I’m sure there is still even more about GSAK and Cachemate that I don’t know about, but I’ll let you all know about it when I do learn it

I know I had frequently seen notes that a cache was no longer available or was made available again during imports.

BTW, I did also learn of a web page that you can use with cachemate/gsak for uploading your logs to GC.com!! http://boulter.com/geocaching/express/
click Help for instructions. I haven’t tried it myself yet.

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