Caches along a route? Help needed-can we Brits do better?

[Moonraker Team]

I can do simple Pocket Queries no problem BUT caches along a route are a problem, if I want to run a query on the route that Google Earth chooses no problem but I can't change the route. I can create a Google Map route but how do I save it so that I can upload to run a Pocket Query along a route.

Did I miss a set of instructions somewhere?

I have tried posting this on the BIG forum without success, can we Brits do better?

 

The following was suggested but I can't get it to work, all it saves is a small link which doesn't work with PQ

 

The interesting part is that Google MAPS (not Google Earth) will let you modify the route interactively. If you generate directions in maps.google.com , you can then left-click anywhere on the route and drag that point somewhere else to modify the route. For example, just drag your Torreya route off of I-10 and onto Blountstown highway!

 

The clumsy part is exporting the modified route as a KML file from Google MAPS. If you look at the top right of the map, you'll see a link called [Link to this Page]. The trick is

Left-click on [Link to this Page]

copy the text with the URL in the first field (called "Paste link in email or IM) with "Cntl-C"

paste that text somewhere (probably in a new browser window)

add the following to the end of the text: &output=kml

open a link to that new URL (with the &output=kml at the end of the address) and you should get options about either opening it with Google Earth, or saving it on your computer. From there, proceed to use the KML file of the modified route in the usual way to make a "Caches on a Route" query.

Here's an example of a modified URL ending in &output=kml See what it does in your browser.

 

The last bulleted step will be a little different on every computer, depending on the browser, the way you handle KML files, etc. But the point is that you can (1) modify the route in Google Maps and then (2) use the &output=kml trick to export the modified directions.

Edited April 26, 2008 by Moonraker Team

[+mongoose39uk]

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[Moonraker Team]

Goodness, your suggestion was brief but REALLY REALLY great, I went, I saw, I 'penned' EXACTLY the route(s) I wished, saved, uploaded, set the day, distance etc and back came my GPX reply, watched as the caches came up on my Memory Map...... You are THE MAN!! Thanks very grateful

[+mongoose39uk]

Your very welcome

 

The forums can be useful sometimes for finding easy options.

 

[+Malpas Wanderer]

Your very welcome

 

The forums can be useful sometimes for finding easy options.

 

 

 

I really liked this, and so I don't lose the link and that it is always close to hand I've;

 

Created a waypoint for it (home co-ordinates) so you can use it from within GSAK when online and will be available on any computer the GSAK database is transferred to.

 

Thanks both for this really useful tip.

 

 

Colin

[+Gushoneybun]

Your very welcome

 

The forums can be useful sometimes for finding easy options.

 

 

Great tool many thanks to mongoose39uk, thats a great link

[+HazelS]

Thanks Tony....

 

(and also for talkng me through using it earlier!!!)

It's FAB!!!

 

H

[+mongoose39uk]

someone sent me a link ages ago, being a lazy bu&&er it suited me just fine.

[Moonraker Team]

Just to let mongoose39uk & everybody know that both methods work, I went yesterday and tried the 'output' type and it worked fine, maybe there was something in my computer that mucked it up but its gone now so the result is:

 

I now have two ways of doing this, that's a result, thanks

[+Malpas Wanderer]

 

I really liked this, and so I don't lose the link and that it is always close to hand I've;

 

Created a waypoint for it (home co-ordinates) so you can use it from within GSAK when online and will be available on any computer the GSAK database is transferred to.

 

Thanks both for this really useful tip.

 

 

Colin

 

While it seemed to launch from within a waypoint subsequent attempts threw up errors.

 

Far better to create a one line macro and run from there.