romantic road Germany

[shrek and fiona]

I am still looking for caches in germany this time along the romantic road when I look at google earth and omit all the caches but the regulars is there a way to download them from google earth or do I need to find the center of the romantic road and do a 100 mile search.
maybe someone has a book mark list of the romantic road I just cant find one
any help would be apreciated thanks

[Team Deejay]

I can put together a route file for you to create a PQ, but I can’t do it from here. If you still need it this evening, it will take me about 30 minutes.

[shrek and fiona]

that would be great I will be trying to load the pda and gps this weekend for our trip on the 14th

thanks we apretiate the help

[Team Deejay]

OK, its ready.

1. Go to my Route page (Link)
2. Look at the previewed route. If it is not the route you are taking, let me know and I can tweak it for you.
3. Hit the Create Pocket Query link. You will be taken to the page where you can filter by cache type, cache status (be sure to only get ACTIVE caches), distance from the route, number of caches returned, and a bunch of other stuff. If you want all the cache types, the farthest you can get from the route is about 2 miles. Once you get it the way you want it, hit submit.
4. Use the Preview PQ link to make sure it is returning what you want. If not, make changes and submit and preview again. Once you have it right, check the day of the week you want to receive the query.

Some notes on Germany.
1. Most multis are virtual except for the final stage. Obviously you will need to translate these pages to get started. You will also find that the listed coordinates for older multis is actually the parking coordinates (the German reviewers are working to change this)
2. You will notice a significant number of webcam caches along the way, if you are into those.
3. I didn’t notice any earthcaches along your route, but I didn’t do a complete search. I think that earthcaches are primarily a US/Canada phenomenon.
4. You may want to filter out events, etc.

Have fun!

[shrek and fiona]

thanks for all of the help
I like how that works but I cant get it to do what I want
I go to google earth put in dresden germany to wurzburg germany it brings up the map and turn by turn
click on the top one save as kml to my desktop (on a mac computer)
goto the route page for geocaching upload that file and save it
and it wont save or maybe it did and I just cant find it
I search by keyword and I cant find it
what am I doing wrong
🙄

[Team Deejay]

So, what you are trying to say is that you also want a route from Dresden to the northern terminus of the Romantic Road? Your method would probably work, but gc.com is very finicky with KML files. In the past, I have had to save the file, then reload into Google Earth, then save again. I almost always use GPX files instead, which are much more reliable. In this case, however, since I am at work and don’t have the utility I need to create a gpx, I just did what you tried and did a Google Earth route. Here is a link to it. Dresden to Wurzburg. Didn’t do anything special with this, just followed the instructions.

If you want to try it yourself, remember that you need to check the box after you upload it to save the file. Also remember that it needs to be a KML file, not a KMZ file.

[shrek and fiona]

after I made the post I found what I was doing wrong all is good now and thanks for the help hopefully after all this work it will download and get me to the cache

[shrek and fiona]

what did you use for your search word on the romantic road when I put in wurzburg to fussen I got a different route
I know I am being a pain but I want to make sure I get this right
all the other people going will be P O at me if we go all that way and dont get a cache

[Team Deejay]

I didn’t search. I created the route from scratch for you, hitting all the cities and villages classically included in the Romantic Road. Just using a Google Maps default route will essentially take you “on the interstate” to get there. Of course, if you really want to take the highway, Google will take you there.

By the way, my route is public and can be found by searching for the keyword Romantic Road. Or, you can just hit the link a few posts up.

[shrek and fiona]

I was trying to see if I could create the route that way I didnt need to keep bothering you and was wondering why it came up different from yours
did you create the route from one town to the next or is there a way to draw a line on the google map and go from there

[Team Deejay]

You will notice that you had to ask me many times for me to create this post. This is not because I am keeping it a secret, but because this is a bit complicated to explain. If you are one of those “techphobic” people, just move along to the next post. Nothing to see here.

The hot ticket is to create the route on Google MAPS, not Google Earth. The routing algorithm on Google Earth is very rudimentary and not adjustable. Now, I hear you saying “Google Maps doesn’t have a GPX or KML export”. Correct! That is where the trick comes in. There is a Javascript site out there in the world called GMapsToGPX. Here is the process:

Setup

1. Go to this page and follow the instructions to install the GmapsToGPX bookmarklet. A Bookmarklet is like a little Javascript program which calls another program out on the net. Note that this idea here is that the bookmarklet never changes, but the underlying program is regularly updated with the changes to the Google Maps site. (Pretty clever, eh?)
2. I like to put this bookmarklet on the links bar so that I can get to it quickly.

Using the tool

1. Go to Google Maps and “Get Directions”. If you want to create a multipoint route, make your first set of directions from the first to the second point, and then “Add Destinations” to add the rest of the points. (You can do this one stop at time if you want.)
2. Hit Get Directions.
3. LOOK AT THE ROUTE. Make sure all the stops included are in the right place. If not, you may need to be more specific in the name of the stops (note that you can use Lat/Long in these fields if you know them.
4. Look at the route again. Is it following all the roads you want? If not, use the mouse to “drag” the route over to the roads you want to follow.
5. When route is what you want, hit your GMapToGPX link.
6. A screen will be displayed with a text version of the GPX file. To work with GC.com, hit the “Full” button, which will change the GPX to include routes, tracks, and points.
7. Select ALL the text and copy it.
8. Open Notepad. Paste the text into Notepad. Save the file with a .GPX extension.
9. This file will be good to go for the GC.com route. Just upload it and create your PQ.

[shrek and fiona]

wow I see you put allot of work into this we really apreaciate it thankyou

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