NZ MEGA 2012 Presentation - GSAK 1 - Basic

GSAK and Pocket QueriesThe Basics

Karen Brown‘bladesedge’@_the_brown

Agenda• What is GSAK?

• Requirements

• Putting caches into your GSAK Database

• Pocket Queries (PQs)

• Importing PQs into GSAK

• Setting up your GSAK view

• Picking a list of Caches you want

Agenda cont.…• Printing a List of Caches

• Exporting to your GPSr

• * Other GSAK Features

• * More on Pocket Queries

• * My Finds

• Need Help?

• Intermediate & Advanced Session previews

• Questions?

• Geocaching Swiss Army Knife

• Geocaching and Waypoint Manager

• Import Geocache info in and …• Create files for your GPS, smartphone or

tablet• Plan your geocaching trips• Print a cache list• Create files for Google Earth or Google Maps• Create customised stats pages• ….and much much more….

What is GSAK?

• GSAK Program• www.gsak.net• 21 day demo (with a nag after that time)

• Geocaching.com Premium Membership• www.geocaching.com/premium • .GPX vs .LOC file downloads• Pocket Queries

• Go ahead and install

Requirements

• What are the options?

• Import each geocache individually from gc.com

• Import a group of caches from gc.com…

Putting Caches into GSAK

• A custom list of geocaches that can be downloaded from the website in one file

• Lets have a look…..

Pocket Queries

• Import .GPX file from PQ page on website

• Set up geocaching.com access

• Tick query to import and OK

• Wait and read the summary

Importing a PQ into GSAK

• Creating a Centre Point

• Changing Columns• Drag & drop• Add and Remove

Setting up your GSAK ‘View’

• We want:• Caches we haven’t found yet• Within 10kms of the camp• That are not Disabled or Archived

• So click on Search > Filter• Enter the filters we want to result on• Click on Go• ….and then Save it for next time with a

useful name

Picking a list of Caches you want

• Open your Saved Filter

• Click on the Print button • (or File > Print)

• Select the Condensed HTML view

• Tick Decrypt Hints

• Logs to include: Last 5

Printing a List of Caches

• Export a GPX from GSAK

• Plug in GPSr

• Copy and paste the file

• Alternatively use the inbuilt function

Exporting to your GPSr

Corrected Coordinates

Saved Filters

Colour Coding

Multiple Databases

Other GSAK Features

• Customising the query

• Setting it to run regularly• Days of the week• Recurring or not

• Restrictions• Max of 5 queries per day• 5 logs per geocache

More on Pocket Queries

• At the bottom of Your Pocket Queries page

• Only run once every 3 days

• Can’t be programmed to run

• Manually Import into GSAK

My Finds

• Use the Help in the program

• Website Help • http://www.gsak.net/help/ghelp.htm

• GSAK Forums• http://www.gsak.net/board/

Need Help?

• IntermediateBeing run by Jim Greene - 3-4pm

Deeper look at sorting caches to find

MacrosQ & A session

• Advanced Run by Heiner Lieth – 4:30-5:30pm

Indepth Macros sessiongeocaching.com APIQ & A session

Intermediate & Advanced Sessions

www.gsak.netwww.geocaching.com/pocket

bladesedge@_the_brown

Free to help over the weekend if needed (when not out caching!)

Questions?