I had this questions asked and was not sure how to answer it since I only use it on a small scale.  Any thoughts???
 
 
 
 
For the last few years I've been using various methods of translating GPX pocket queries (PQ) into HTML which allowed me to take my GPS and palm device and go geocaching without a bunch of paper.  Last year I got GSAK which really improved the whole conversion process and added cool features to the process.  Then I got a laptop and decided to show my wife the whole process of converting GPX to GSAK to HTML to Plucker to Palm device.  She laughed so hard milk would have flown out her nose if she had been drinking milk.  Then simply said, "I have a laptop.  All I need is that and GSAK." 
 
 
Now that I'm GSAK centric I've been wondering about how the best way to manage the GSAK database.  In the past I've had different database for every PQ.  One for home, one for Long Beach, one for Portland, one for the route from SEA to PDX …  It seems to me that one monster database might be an easier way to go, I just need to figure out how to filter properly.  Also, I typically PQ only for active caches that I haven't found.  I'm only interested in the caches I can find (I learned my lesson of making sure caches were active after doing a multi hour multi cache to end up in the owners front yard with him telling me the cache was inactive for the winter …)  But I'm not sure how GSAK handles a cache that goes from active to inactive or archived - do they get removed from the GSAK database if they aren't in the GPX or does GSAK synch the database with the GPX by updating the caches that are in the GPX and leaving the caches that aren't in the GPX un-updated?

Anyway, this whole question boils down to what are best practices for using GSAK?  One big database?  Multi databases?  Is there a CQ set-up that will improve my GSAK usage, like should I set the PQ to show include my found, inactive, and archived caches so GSAK can tag them properly?



On 1/9/07, AZcachemeister <azcachemeister@getnet.com> wrote:
I suspect this is the best overall solution, and is what I would recommend/do if it were my problem.


AZTech wrote: 
After my Gateway laptop's power supply died on me last year (neither battery nor AC adapter would power it up), I got a USB enclosure for the 
2.5" internal HDD for about $25 and was then easily able to xfer everything over to my new laptop.  Then, when done, I now had a small 60GB portable USB drive that fit nicely in my new laptop bag!  Works great for making backups and transfering files...

David - AZTech

  
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From: "Lisa G." <lisasjunk@buppas.com>
To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
Sent: 1/9/07, 9:27:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] orygun connie

I think most laptops have a video out where you can attach an external 
monitor.  This may or may not help you depending on the nature of the 
card failure, but it would be worth a shot.  A friend of mine recently 
bought a 250G external USB drive for just over $100 (make sure the USB 
versions match; I know my older laptop has USB 1.0, and a lot of newer 
things use USB 2.0).  If that's affordable for you and you can get the 
laptop to last long enough, you could transfer the data to one of these 
yourself, and then you'd have a useful drive when you're done.

Good luck...computer failure sucks. :(

-Lisa


Brian Casteel wrote:

    
I guess I didn't realize it was a laptop, or I wouldn't have said anything
about on-board video, because integration is the only possibility for a
mobile computer.  If that's failing and it is this old, you will spend more
money for repair/replacement of the failed component, which would involve
replacing the entire motherboard to resolve the issue.  Buy a new laptop.  

But in the meantime, I wouldn't use the laptop at all until you get a new
one, so you can see at least something on the screen when you're trying to
set it up to get your 'stuff' copied from it to the new one.  Many new
computers these days offer software that will pull the information for you
and put it back in place just like it was on the older computer, so look
into that when you're shopping.  There are other ways, but they would cost a
bit of money, which would involve having someone else pull and transfer the
data for you.

Brian
 

      
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