Okay, so I've signed up for premium membership, I've selected to bulk download a Pocket Query, attempting to get all NSW Caches.
I'm using a flatscreen iMac running 10.3.4. I select GPX rather than LOC, but when I go to convert the resultant files for download to PDA with MacCMConvert it tells me that all the files are in LOC format, therefore have only very limited data.
Tried this very carefully 3 times, same result. What am I doing wrong?
BTW, the freeware/sharware guys providing the software must be philanthropic geniuses, but that's a differnet story.
Looking forward to some answers before a heavy day's cache-hunting in Albury tomorrow!
Cheers,
High Places
Why do files download in LOC instead of GPX?
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You won't be able to download all NSW caches, you are limited to 500 maximum and there are more than that in NSW. I suggest you only download say within a 200km radius of your home, for me in Sydney that gets me something like 400 odd caches.
If you select "GPX" down at the bottom of the pocket query screen then that's the file format you should get. Most cachers in Oz use GSAK on a windows platform, so help may be limited for your platform.
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If you select "GPX" down at the bottom of the pocket query screen then that's the file format you should get. Most cachers in Oz use GSAK on a windows platform, so help may be limited for your platform.
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So do what I do, run two pocket queries, One for 500 Traditional caches, and one for 500 non traditional caches.EcoTeam wrote:You won't be able to download all NSW caches, you are limited to 500 maximum
Set each query to deliver GPX files and that is what you will get.
As a Premium GSAK/Ozie/Windows XP User I have no problems.
Is MacCMConvert equipped to handle the additional information contained in GPX files?
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I haven't tried it, but you might be able to grab all you want using a program called GeoToad (http://toadstool.se/hacks/geotoad/) to download the data.