Tonight's speakers are Michael Malvick (Ladybug Kids) and Victoria Noble
(Blazingpathways), who have used Pocket
Queries extensively to plan caching trips locally and abroad.
Pocket Queries are a tool available to Premium Members of
Geocaching.com which allow a cacher to download up to 1000 caches
at a time to load directly into a GPS or filter in tools such as
Geocaching Swiss Army Knife, aka GSAK, which will be indtroduced at
the November FUNdamentals Event. This evening's discussion
will cover:
1)
Geocaching.com Premium Membership benefit
2)
Download specified caches for specified area
a.
Circular radius
b.
Up to 1000 (500 via e-mail)
c.
Along a Route
3)
Frequency
a.
One-time (vacation/road trip)
b.
Preset frequency (home territory)
4)
Specify
a.
Quantity up to 1000
b.
Type
c.
Container
d.
Other criteria
i.
Found
ii.
Premium Member
iii.
Is Active
iv.
Recently found
v.
Etc.
e.
Terrain/Difficulty
f.
By State/Country
g.
Origin (coordinates, waypoint, postal code)
h.
Radius
i.
Attributes (inclusive & exclusive)
5)
Output (e-mail, download, zipped)
a.
Zipped files: caches
and waypoints
6)
Route
a.
Preexisting routes
b.
Build your own
i.
Map route in GoogleEarth
ii.
Export kmz file to geocaching.com
iii.
Specify distance from route
iv.
Maximum number is 1000
v.
Same other criteria as standard query
The event will be hosted in Anchorage and
transmitted to remote locations in Wasilla,
Valdez, and
Soldotna via
WebEx. Please place a watch on this event page to stay
appraised of the final details. If you would like to host
this presentation elsewhere in Alaska, please contact Education
Committee Chair, Paul Miller.
Please arrive on time so upfront administrative details can be
handled and announcements made, allowing the course content to
start at 7:00 p.m. Adding a "Will Attend" log to this page will
assure enough hard copy handouts are printed for the event
participants. Also, please bring your favorite nonalcoholic
beverage and favorite dessert to share with your fellow
cachers.
There will be a free-will offering cache container at the event
to help defray the costs of hosting these FUNdamentals events.
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