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?