Caching Tools & Articles

• Automating Geocaching includes these items:
• Automating Inbound Pocket Queries
• Create Custom Pushpin Maps in Microsoft Streets & Trips
• Display Magellan Track on a MSST Map
• Analyze Slopes of Magellan Tracks (e.g., for Handicaching)

• Maximize PQ Results with MSST
• DRAW a Cache-Along-A-Route Filter
• Convert Benchmark Data Files to GPX

• "You Found It!" Enclosure Documents
• Xangxa's Convertor
• GC Jumper

"You Found It!" Enclousure Documents

To download MS Word and Excel files, right-click the icons and select "Save Target As..."  

I laminate these documents and include them in my caches. They explain what has been found if a non-cacher accidently stumbles upon your cache. The XS versions are extra small and designed for printers that print on only one side (non-duplexing). After printing them, put them in the paper feed upside-down and print on the other side. Then cut them and you end up with four double-sided sheets that can be laminated and then folded to fit in a small decon container.

Terracaches	FoundTC.doc
Terracaches XS	FoundTC_xs.doc
Geocaches	FoundGC.doc

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Xangxa's Convertor

An MS Excel Spreadsheet that converts Latitude and Longitude to different formats (e.g., Decimal Degrees [dd.ddd] to Degrees/Minutes/Seconds [D° M' S"]) 01/20/2005: It also includes distance conversions (feet, yards, miles, meters, and kilometers) and it will run under SoftMaker's PlanMaker as well (great for PPC users). 09.17.2005 added formula to calculate distance between two points.

LatLonConv.xls

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GC Jumper

GCjumper: A simple redirector that jumps to a waypoint's page on geocaching.com. I use this page for my web-enabled cell phone to check a cache's details and logs. Especially nice for last minute verifications of archived caches ("No wonder I can't find it. It was disabled as missing this morning!").

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