Manitoba Geocaching Association

[Peter and Gloria]

For anyone interested, the easiest way to get all the caches in Manitoba is to do PQs by dates placed. I just redid the best date ranges.

[winnipegk5]

Thanks for the info. I usually do mine by mileage from 2 or 3 points in the province but this looks much easier and concise.

[lizardo]

Three cheers for Peter!

Now THIS is information I can use! Thank you.

[kruzrrr]

Is it me or has anyone else noticed the " E-BOOK " option missing from the pocket query page.

[FoodNinja]

I totaly think I am not using my premium account to its fullest.

[Peter and Gloria]

kruzrrr
Ebook is dead. http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=171647
I looked at Ebook when I first became a premimum member, but never used it.
I put my PQs into GSAK and then create Cachemate files from there for my Palm. It gives me everything I need except pictures for the rare cache that needs them.

foodninja
What are you getting from your Premium membrship?

[kruzrrr]

That sounds like a good alternative but I'm sometimes a little challenged when it comes to new technologies.
Is Cachemate part of GSAK?

[Peter and Gloria]

Cachemate is a database program that is installed in your palm or pocket PC. GSAK can send almost all the cache info from a GPX into Cachemate.
Cost is US$8 and you can try before you buy.
http://www.smittyware.com/palm/cachemate/

[kruzrrr]

Thanks a bunch for the info. It will keep me from going back to printing down trees.

[Peter and Gloria]

[lizardo]

I noticed that my pocket query list wasn't as efficient as it could be, so I updated the dates. For the new folks reading this for the first time, this will help you to run an efficient group of Pocket Queries that will provide GPX or LOC files for all of the Manitoba caches. This is especially useful if you use an offline database such as GSAK or Cacheberry.

PQ1 Feb/5/2001 to Jun/24/2006 - 497 results
PQ2 Jun/25/2006 to Jun/21/2007 - 499 results
PQ3 Jun/22/2007 to May/17/2008 - 489 results
PQ4 May/18/2008 to Sept/27/2008 - 491 results
PQ5 Sept/28/2008 to Jun/22/2009 - 493 results
PQ6 Jun/23/2009 to Dec/31/2010 - 109 results

Just select the following when you run your query:
Name the query appropriately -see below.
Days to Generate: Leave blank for now.
How often the query runs: uncheck day of the week...
500 Caches
Any type
Any Container
***Several fields left alone. No boxes checked in the "That" or "And" sections.***
Select Manitoba in the State/Province list
None Selected for From Origin
Then Placed during should contain the ranges above. One range for each query.

When I named the query at the top of the list, I use a numeric prefix and then the date range: 1 - 2/5/2001 - 6/24/2006. That way they don't get all mixed up in your Pocket Query list.

Hope that helps somebody.

[Pilotmounders]

Peter & Gloria as well as Lizardo, this is awesome info; I just have a couple of questions. I have cacheberry on my BB & just started using it as my Bushnell GPSr wasn't the best for caching, now I have a Colorado 300 & it's light years ahead of what we're used to so it'll take some time to get it all figured out.

Question 1.When you run these pocket queries & they end up on your email, how do they get merged with the Cacheberry app? When you open the email does it try to merge like it does when you go to the individule cache page & click on GPXexchange file?

Question 2.Is this how you load all the caches onto your Garmin product without going to each cache & clicking the send to GPS tab?

Would anyone with knowledge & have good teaching skills or like talking about this stuff be interested in hosting an event like this http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=9a0a59c9-ac9c-4c66-a641-1602e3fe0eb0 or called GC24Y4E as you can see this area of the game is a struggle for me as the computer side of this I'm not to strong with.

[ertyu]

I can't speak about Blackberrys and question 1.

For question 2, I think most of us have migrated to using GSAK to load caches onto our GPSr. It's a very powerful and sometimes complex tool, it can be a bit intimidating at first, but you'll soon learn all the handy features and customization it supports to make loading and caching a nicer task.

The MBGA has held a few seminars in the past and we've posted the materials online for reference, http://www.mbgeocaching.ca/tutorials. It would be a good idea to host a new seminar sometime soon though.

[lizardo]

I also use cacheberry. I have had trouble with loading certain types of GPX files. My version of Cacheberry only accepts GPX 1.0 files, If I try to load GPX 1.1 files, it doesn't work.

As ertyu said, I use GSAK as well. For switching between the two versions of GPX files, it makes it much easier. Although, since upgrading to the Oregon 550 myself, I can't really see too much of a use for cacheberry. Other than the WAP.Geocaching.com access from the berry (which is not dependant on Cacheberry), the blackberry may just stay in its holster.

[Pilotmounders]