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[Da Bloodhound]

Just wondering if anyone out there knows if a common PQ can be run through consecutive gsak filters to make a common list of caches for a group.
In other words, can I run a PQ that eliminates any finds in the PQ area then send that to a fellow cacher to filter out his previous finds in the area and so on. The hope is that after everyone in the group has cleared their finds the remaining PQ would hold common unfound caches for all involved. The last one to filter the list could then redistribute that list and everyone would be on the same page of unfound caches.
I have GSAK but don't know if this is an available feature.
Thanks for any help you may be able to share.
DaBloodhound

[Jam3s]

It is a macro called groupcaching or groupcaching2. I have not done it myself, but it does not sound hard.
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[pfalstad]

What I usually do is have everybody send me their "My Finds" PQ. Then I load one of the PQ's using the "Set user flag", "If matched, ONLY update user flag", and "Clear all user flags first" boxes checked. Then I load the other PQ's using the same boxes checked except for "Clear all user flags first". Now if I set a filter to look only at my unfound caches with the user flag clear, those caches are unfound by everyone.

Now this might work, I haven't tried it: have everybody do the same PQ and send it to you. Then clear all user flags and load one of the PQ's, and then set the user flag for all found caches (use a filter to select only found caches and then User Flags->Set for Filter Only). Do the same for all the other PQ's including yours. Then filter on caches with the user flag unset.

[GeoPierce]

I use GPSBabel (which is what gsak uses behind the scenes) and I happened to see this yesterday but I've never tried it: http://www.gpsbabel.org/tips/geocaching.html

[BananaForce]

If you get all your cachers in your group to upload their finds to http://www.itsnotaboutthenumbers.com/, then you can go their "Cacher Comparison Calculator" (http://www.itsnotaboutthenumbers.com/compare_finds.php)

With that you will be able to come up with a list of caches you have all found. They have a help page set up telling you how to use the data with GSAK. http://www.itsnotaboutthenumbers.com/compare_gsak.php

Enjoy.
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[bflentje]

I'd just let each cacher worry about his own PQ.. ok, I was being smart. Blame Karen.

[Jonas]

[Pear Head]

[jrest]

I use GSAK for this in the set filter, in the logs tab, run a "log" filter:

Logs to search "all"
include/exclude "exclude"
logged by "enter cacher name or id number" if using name it has to be exact, so I use id number.

Then run any other filters i.e. specific diff / terr , distance, cache types, cache sizes, what ever you want to hunt up... export to gps, or mapsoure or what ever, and email that gpx file to the other cachers and you should have only unfound caches for all on the list and be good to go...

Have fun
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[Pear Head]

[Jonas]

[Da Bloodhound]

THANKS everyone for all the data and ideas.

I'll give this a go for next weekend and see how it all works out.

See ya down the trail
DB

[Pear Head]