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Neutiquam erro.![]() |
I love the tilt feature, it was great in planning to place kvom.
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Geocacher |
Dragging a GPX file onto Google Earth is great; by creating a pocket query you can filter which types of caches to display. Wish we had the ability to drag a GPX file onto Google maps so I could see the roads. Does anyone have a solution to this?
I found this link: http://www.tom-carden.co.uk/googlegpx/ Individual caches have pushpins but no labels, so it doesn't do much good. Any help appreciated! |
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Geocacher |
I can't remember the details about this site, but I had it in my bookmarks.
If it does what you want, let us know: GPS Visualizer Google Maps |
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Geocacher |
Thanks. Your link does pretty much the same as mine - you have to click on the pushpin to see the detail. I think that the GC feature on Google maps is the best for what I need since it numbers each waypoint and labels it on the side. I just wish I had a way to filter the caches that the map shows...
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Geocacher |
Don't forget that you can create a route in Google Maps, save the route as a .KML file, upload it to GC.com and create your route filter of caches.
I created one from Knoxville, TN to Lima, OH of 440 miles and filtered 1 mile either side of the interstate to give me 422 caches. Otherwise it would have been SEVERAL PQ's (3500 caches)and a GSAK ARC filter to get the same thing. Don't say you can't, say you'll try. |
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Geocacher |
I've used both Google and GSAK to get caches along a route and found Google to be much easier because it creates the route used for the filter. With GSAK, you must create a waypoint within the ARC filter at each dogleg in the route. That can be a lot of lat/long look-ups, particularly when you need a long, narrow corridor such as Joebids described.
On the other hand, if you need a custom route then the Google route probably can't be used to create the .KML file. |
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As I understand what you are saying, Owl, and from my limited experience with both Google and GSAK arcs....... Google is more generic and tends to take the interstate route where I can and have created a customized route through Mapsource and GSAK ??? I know that may sound like a dumb question to those that understand it, but I readily admit my learning in this creeps at the rate of an inch a day.
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Geocacher |
I found what I was looking for, and it's right there on the GC.com PQ page. Beside each query you get an icon to display the results on Google maps! Just what I was looking for, right under my nose.
WRT GSAK I just downloaded it this week; looking forward to seeing what it can do. |
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Google Earth has added hiking trails to their maps. After starting Google Earth, expand the Featured Content and choose Trimble Outdoor Trips. The trail content appears to be user-fed and there are coordinates along each trail. Many of my favorite trails are not present yet, like the entire span of the AT in GA, but this is a "step" in the right direction. Lifehacker link to story
Go Jackets! |
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I think everyone should look at : Flashearth.com. So far it has kept me straight.
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