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==Quick GSAK tutorial by a non-power user==

Okay, I'll be the very first to admit that when I downloaded and installed GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) on my PC last year, I was stumped. I have never worked with a database program before, so when I clicked the icon for the "Filter" on the Toolbar

[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 1.jpg]]

I was overwhelmed with all the options:

[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 2.jpg]]

Some kind people in the GSAK thread in the Groundspeak Forums helped me as I learned to set different kinds of filters.

Now, after loading a new Pocket Query, the first one I use is a default GSAK filter that finds all the caches with two DNFs by the last cachers.

[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 3.jpg]]

I look at the list and check out the caches on the website, if I have time. If not, I just right click and from that menu, choose to delete all the waypoints in that filter.

After that, I choose a center point for that day's adventure. If by some chance I am going to head out for a specific cache, I'll use that one as the center point.

Then, since my Vista C has a 500-waypoint limit, I have to do a distance filter because I have more than 1000 caches in my Default GSAK database.

[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 4.jpg]]

A good distance for my area might be a circle of 15 miles. That will reduce the number of caches in my list to a number well under 500, so I can delete the "Geocaches" and "Geocaches Found" from the GPSr, but keep the other waypoints on it that I want, before sending the new cache waypoints to it.

After getting the small list, I hit the GPS menu item and choose "Send waypoints."

[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 5.jpg]]

After the waypoints have been sent to the GPSr, I use the File/Export menu to create a .pdb file for my Palm M500.

[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 6.jpg]]

After opening my Palm Software and making sure the file I just created is ready to be installed to the card on my Palm, I HotSync the Palm.

This process doesn't take very long, and now I'm ready to go on my new caching adventure with up-to-date information for the caches I will be looking for.

GSAK is a very sophisticated, complicated program that can do much more than I have learned to do with it. There are power users out there who have probably created batch files that can do what I do manually. However, even this way, it doesn't take much time at all to get those brand new caches into my GPSr and my Palm so I can quickly head out the door on my next caching adventure.

===Credits===
This tutorial was authored by [http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=309782 Miragee] on 2006-01-14 on [http://miragee.blogspot.com/2006/01/quick-gsak-tutorial-by-non-power-user.html miragee.blogspot.com] and was copied without permission.

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−	Okay, I'll be the very first to admit that when I downloaded and installed GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) on my PC last year, I was stumped. I have never worked with a database program before, so when I clicked the icon for the "Filter" on the Toolbar
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−	~~[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 1.jpg]]~~
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−	~~I was overwhelmed with all the options:~~
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−	~~[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 2.jpg]]~~
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−	~~Some kind people in the GSAK thread in the Groundspeak Forums helped me as I learned to set different kinds of filters.~~
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−	~~Now, after loading a new Pocket Query, the first one I use is a default GSAK filter that finds all the caches with two DNFs by the last cachers.~~
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−	~~[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 3.jpg]]~~
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−	~~I look at the list and check out the caches on the website, if I have time. If not, I just right click and from that menu, choose to delete all the waypoints in that filter.~~
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−	~~After that, I choose a center point for that day's adventure. If by some chance I am going to head out for a specific cache, I'll use that one as the center point.~~
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−	~~Then, since my Vista C has a 500-waypoint limit, I have to do a distance filter because I have more than 1000 caches in my Default GSAK database.~~
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−	~~[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 4.jpg]]~~
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−	A good distance for my area might be a circle of 15 miles. That will reduce the number of caches in my list to a number well under 500, so I can delete the "Geocaches" and "Geocaches Found" from the GPSr, but keep the other waypoints on it that I want, before sending the new cache waypoints to it.
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−	~~After getting the small list, I hit the GPS menu item and choose "Send waypoints."~~
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−	~~[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 5.jpg]]~~
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−	~~After the waypoints have been sent to the GPSr, I use the File/Export menu to create a .pdb file for my Palm M500.~~
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−	~~[[Image:GSAK Tutorial 6.jpg]]~~
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−	~~After opening my Palm Software and making sure the file I just created is ready to be installed to the card on my Palm, I HotSync the Palm.~~
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−	~~This process doesn't take very long, and now I'm ready to go on my new caching adventure with up-to-date information for the caches I will be looking for.~~
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−	GSAK is a very sophisticated, complicated program that can do much more than I have learned to do with it. There are power users out there who have probably created batch files that can do what I do manually. However, even this way, it doesn't take much time at all to get those brand new caches into my GPSr and my Palm so I can quickly head out the door on my next caching adventure.

	===Credits===		===Credits===

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	This tutorial was authored by [http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=309782 Miragee] on 2006-01-14 on [http://miragee.blogspot.com/2006/01/quick-gsak-tutorial-by-non-power-user.html miragee.blogspot.com] and was copied without permission.		This tutorial was authored by [http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=309782 Miragee] on 2006-01-14 on [http://miragee.blogspot.com/2006/01/quick-gsak-tutorial-by-non-power-user.html miragee.blogspot.com] and was copied without permission.

−	: "I am attempting to get permission from the owner" --[[User:BigWhiteTruck\|BigWhiteTruck]] 09:30, 17 January 2006 (EST)	+	: I am attempting to get permission from the owner, deleting this page until I get it --[[User:BigWhiteTruck\|BigWhiteTruck]] 09:30, 17 January 2006 (EST)

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 This tutorial was authored by [http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=309782 Miragee] on 2006-01-14 on [http://miragee.blogspot.com/2006/01/quick-gsak-tutorial-by-non-power-user.html miragee.blogspot.com] and was copied without permission.
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+: "I am attempting to get permission from the owner" --[[User:BigWhiteTruck|BigWhiteTruck]] 09:30, 17 January 2006 (EST)
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 Some kind people in the GSAK thread in the Groundspeak Forums helped me as I learned to set different kinds of filters.
-Now, after loading a new Pocket Query, the first one I use is a default GSAK filter that finds all the caches with two DNFs by the last cachers.
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 [[Image:GSAK Tutorial 3.jpg]]

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-===Credits===
+Okay, I'll be the very first to admit that when I downloaded and installed GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) on my PC last year, I was stumped. I have never worked with a database program before, so when I clicked the icon for the "Filter" on the Toolbar
-This tutorial was authored by [http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=309782 Miragee] on 2006-01-14 on [http://miragee.blogspot.com/2006/01/quick-gsak-tutorial-by-non-power-user.html miragee.blogspot.com] and was copied without permission.
-: I am attempting to get permission from the owner, deleting this page until I get it --[[User:BigWhiteTruck|BigWhiteTruck]] 09:30, 17 January 2006 (EST)
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	This tutorial was authored by [http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=309782 Miragee] on 2006-01-14 on [http://miragee.blogspot.com/2006/01/quick-gsak-tutorial-by-non-power-user.html miragee.blogspot.com] and was copied without permission.		This tutorial was authored by [http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=309782 Miragee] on 2006-01-14 on [http://miragee.blogspot.com/2006/01/quick-gsak-tutorial-by-non-power-user.html miragee.blogspot.com] and was copied without permission.
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		+	--[[User:BigWhiteTruck\|BigWhiteTruck]] 09:29, 17 January 2006 (EST)