Managing Pocket Queries

If you have a premium membership for Geocaching.com, you can create custom geocache files (in .gpx) format called pocket queries on the Geocaching.com website. When you download a pocket query it creates waypoint layer on the Draw tab.

You can manage your pocket queries from within DeLorme Topo North America and quickly sync them with your PN-Series GPS.

Create a New Pocket Query

  1. On the Map Files tab, click Geocaching, and then click New Pocket Query. The Geocaching.com website opens on the New Pocket Query page.

  2. Log in to the website and create a pocket query.

Edit a Pocket Query

You must be logged in through Topo North America to view and edit a pocket query.

  1. On the Map Files tab, click the pocket query you want to edit.

  2. Click Geocaching and then click Edit Pocket Query. The Geocaching.com website opens on the page for your pocket query.

  3. Log in to the website and edit your pocket query.

Update Pocket Queries

You must be logged in through Topo North America to update a pocket query.

On the Map Files tab, click Geocaching and then click Update. The Geocaching Pocket Queries list in the map files list updates.

Auto-update Pocket Queries

If you want pocket queries to automatically update, click Auto Update on the Geocaching menu to select the check box. As long as you are logged in, pocket queries will update automatically when you open Topo North America.

 

Pocket Queries and Draw Layers

When you download a pocket query, it creates a geocache waypoint layer on the Draw tab. These draw layers have some characteristics that make them different from regular waypoint draw layers:

  • They are updated each time you update a pocket query.

  • They are locked and cannot be edited. You can copy a layer or elements of a layer to a new layer.

  • In the Earthmate GPS Sync dialog, layers created from pocket queries are found in the Geocache Files category. After sync, they appear on your device as .gpx files.

  • When you sync your device with Topo North America after you finish geocaching and log finds or make changes, a new draw layer is created that includes your updates—the new file has "Changes" at the end of the name. This way, your original pocket query layer is kept for your next update and you can work on your desktop or on your device the Changes file.

  • When you update a pocket query, it is added to the open project in Topo North America and it is updated in any project you have previously added it to.