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What is a PQ?
By: Griff Grof Date: August 9, 2012, 12:13 pm
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Okay... this may sound silly coming from me; and you'd think I
know what they are or how to use them; I've tried but I don't
see the big deal - I just nod along when people talk about them
to be honest :D
Can you all help me and say why they're useful? They're meant to
save time planning (which I need right now to plan Spain caches)
but I don't see how/ why to even bother.
Feeling like a newbie again; please help, explain and in brief
what is a Pocket Query? ???
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Re: What is a PQ?
By: foraging 5 Date: August 9, 2012, 3:41 pm
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We use this facility a lot. Its a very simple way of selecting
caches (up to 500) and loading them all to your gps, and it only
takes a few minutes to complete.
the easiest thing to do is read through the form first, there
are numerous combinations that you can set to load. E.G you may
be off to Spain for a week, and only want to find caches with a
terrain greater than 3, all you have to do is select that
category. You may only want to look for multi caches within a 10
mile radius of where you are staying, again just select those
parameters. Like we said read through first.
Once you have selected your requirements, at the bottom of the
page -make sure the output box has your email address in, and
gpx format selected for saving.
then submit information.
This will create either straight away/or after a period of time
a gpx file to download. This file can be uploaded and saved to
your gps. you will then have all the cache info/hints/logs etc
for all the caches found that matched your requirements.
we hope this helps.. it is quite hard to explain... but it is we
promise very easy to use.
Once mastered, you can then look at caches on route... this is
good if you are planning a walk/cycle ride/drive, it will search
for selected requirements caches along your route.
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Re: What is a PQ?
By: Griff Grof Date: August 9, 2012, 3:45 pm
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Thank you ;D It did help :)
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Re: What is a PQ?
By: tarmacjohn Date: August 9, 2012, 4:15 pm
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Just to elaborate a little from Simon's post. It is actually a
1000 limit (Just change where it says 500 to 1000).
Also to add my favourite part, when you are on the Geocaching
map if you scroll all the way down on the left hand side of the
map you will see where it says 'Save as Pocket Query'. If you
click on this it will go to the pocket query page, just select
the day you want (don't forget we are 8 hours behind) scroll
down to the bottom and hit submit and hey presto you will get a
query for all the caches shown on the map (Again up to 1000).
Useful for example if you are going to the Lake District for a
couple of days, I centered on the Mega event put a radius in of
50 miles and this gives the closest 1000 caches (Should keep me
busy for a while) ::)
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Re: What is a PQ?
By: Griff Grof Date: August 9, 2012, 4:24 pm
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You had to use the Mega as an example, didn't you? :'( :D
That is indeed a great feature, thanks also for telling me about
it. :)
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Re: What is a PQ?
By: tarmacjohn Date: August 9, 2012, 4:27 pm
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If you need any help with getting the PQ's into your Oregon then
SHOUT.
The only down side I have found so far is that you only get the
last 5 logs on the cache instead of the usual 10 when you send
it directly to the GPS
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Re: What is a PQ?
By: tarmacjohn Date: August 9, 2012, 4:30 pm
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Or read this
HTML http://follow-the-arrow.co.uk/resources/files/paperless_garmin.pdf
HTML http://follow-the-arrow.co.uk/resources/files/paperless_garmin.pdf
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Re: What is a PQ?
By: Bear and Ragged Date: August 9, 2012, 5:20 pm
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If you also use GSAK, PQ's can be further manipulated before
sending to your GPS.
You can also get more caches than the 5-a-day PQ's will get you.
GSAK will also allow more than the 5 logs with a PQ, if you run
regular PQ's for caches, or you can use GSAK to get more
previous logs...
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Re: What is a PQ?
By: tarmacjohn Date: August 9, 2012, 5:25 pm
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Ahhh GSAK, now there's a whole load of a program that I don't
understand. I use it to create my public profile but that is
about it.
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Re: What is a PQ?
By: Bear and Ragged Date: August 9, 2012, 5:31 pm
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Stats.
Sending caches to the satnav. (Big Wolf macro)
Sending Little Quest caches to the GPS.
Corrected Coordinates for solved Unknown/Puzzle caches and
solved Multis.
Keeping caches up to date, for caches that are not part of a set
PQ.
Sorting out Caches Along a Route (Much easier, and more caches,
than the Groundspeak CAaR method!)
And many more! (As they say in the adverts :D)
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