Tonight's speakers are Michael Malvick (Ladybug Kids) and Victoria Noble
(Blazingpathways), who have used
Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK) extensively to plan caching
trips locally and abroad. Last month, they discussed Pocket
Queries which provide the gpx files to upload into GSAK. If
you missed their Pocket Query class on October 14, you may download
the materials from the GeocacheAlaska! Education webpage.
You will also gain more from this evening's course by downloading
GSAK by following the link from the Geocaching.com Geocaching
Software webpage to your
desktop computer and exploring it ahead of time. You may also
download GSAK to a laptop and bring it to this session for the
hands on exercises. A sample pocket query is posted here on the GeocacheAlaska! Education site
for you to preload into GSAK so everyone will be working with the
same database. Note, GSAK is only PC compatible.
Additional advance reading may be found in the Groundspeak
Knowledge
Books.
This evening's discussion will cover:
1)
What is GSAK?
a.
Functionalities – Purpose
b.
Link to download
c.
Free versus Paid version
2)
Overview of the main page
a.
icons
b.
drop downs
c.
entry allowed boxes
3)
Setting your view
a.
Full view
b.
Details only
c.
Online
4)
Setup of your GPS
5)
Creating a Database
6)
Loading waypoints
a.
Loc file
b.
Gpx file
c.
From your gps
d.
From Mapsource
7)
Setting your center point
a.
home location
b.
other (used for travel)
8)
Sorting your database
a.
direction
b.
cache type
c.
size
d.
name
e.
when updates
f.
etc.
9)
Sending Waypoints to your GPS
10)
Filtering
a.
Reasons to filter
b.
How to - Icon or Search filter
c.
Tabs
i.
general
ii. dates
iii.
other
iv. logs
d.
attributes
e. how to save a filter
f.
how
to use a saved filter
11) Exporting
Files
a.
Create a gpx file
b.
Create a poi file
c.
to a gps
d.
to a palm
12) Saving your
database and creating backups/restore points
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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