Does anyone use "geobuddy" software?
pro & cons!

I do hear that it is more expensive than GSAK and does a few things more, but most seem to be happy with GSAK for the price.

Thanks Mtn-man
That tells me that geobuddy is not what I'm looking for. I want something very very simple.
I have the gsak, it is way to much stuff for my needs. I am looking basic and easy.

Right now I print out a cache page, load its coords in my gps'r and go find. That works good enough most of the time, but some times when I get back from a fifty mile trip,I find I rode right by another good cache.

johnnie,

I have had success with using google earth .kml files to create a PQ along a route. The only thing you need to make sure of is that you plan to actually travel along that same route. If not you can break the route up into specific segments that mirror where you plan to travel. Then, once the PQ is created, I create a new database in GSAK which means that only the caches in the PQ end up in that new database and no filtering is required.

Depending on the length of my trip, I might also load the caches into my mapping software and print the pages to get a good visual of the route.

Hope this may help, even if "just a tiny".

Another cool thing is to open Google Earth, then open the folder that the pocket query is stored in. You can then click, hold and drag the .gpx file from the folder right into Google Earth. It will then display all of the caches that are in the PQ. You can then print the caches you want to do along the way.

Who knew? I would have never known that such a thing was possible. I'll have to give it a try.

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Originally posted by mtn-man:
I do hear that it is more expensive than GSAK and does a few things more, but most seem to be happy with GSAK for the price.

I think they both do a lot of the same things, i.e. load pocket queries, doing filters, send coords to a GPS and so on. But I am sure GSAK does things Geobuddy doesn't and Geobuddy does things that GSAK doesn't. As for which is easier to use to do the things Johnnie wants, I am not sure since Geobuddy cost $75 and GSAK costs $25 I have never used Geobuddy.

Johnnie, Try EasyGPS, FREE from TopoGrafix. Might be what you are looking for. BTW, what unit are you using?

I use EasyGPS to transfer waypoints to my Garmin (a basic eTrex Legend) and then use GPX Spinnerand Pluckerto move the cache pages to my Palm. Both GPX Spinner and Plucker are shareware, though GPX Spinner requests a donation of $13.30. GPX Spinner works off of pocket queries but that has been easy enough to do. Instructions for how to use both programs are here.

I've also used Google Earth to create a pocket query along a route and that has worked well. I try to update my pocket queries weekly and set them up to exclude caches I've found or which aren't active. So far I've been pretty happy with how it was worked.

Thanks all, for the help.

I use a 76CSx

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Originally posted by mtn-man:
Another cool thing is to open Google Earth, then open the folder that the pocket query is stored in. You can then click, hold and drag the .gpx file from the folder right into Google Earth. It will then display all of the caches that are in the PQ. You can then print the caches you want to do along the way.

That IS cool! I have been plotting a few waypoints in Google Earth manually, this does all the points in the .gpx file in a second. By using the .gpx output from Spinner, you can get better waypoints names. Google Earth gives you the option of making the temporary waypoints from the .gpx file permanent. So if you just want to look at the locations, you can delete them when you close Google Earth. Neat!

If anyone was in the market for Geobuddy, it is on sale right now.

You can pick it up for $35 according to the ad banner on gc.com. Which is like half the price.

http://www.geobuddy.com/purchase.asp