This is a tutorial on how to load multiple geocaches onto your GPS receiver using EasyGPS.
Uploading multiple caches is a three step process:
1) Save a .gpx or .loc file to your desktop
2) Manage the data using EasyGPS
3) Sending the data to your GPS
Step 1: Saving a .gpx or .loc file to your desktop
The first thing that you want to do to do is visit Geocaching.com to identify a set of geocaches that that can be saved to your desktop in the .gpx or .loc format. One way to do this is to go to the "find a cache" page, enter a zip code, and press "Go". The system will return a list of caches matching your search criteria. Check all of the boxes that you want to find and press "Download Waypoints". (Note: You must be logged-in.)
Alternatively, if you are a premium member, you can use an advanced pocket query to filter for specific types of caches or ignore the caches that you have already found. The pocket query will e-mail all of your results in one file.
It doesn't matter how you identify the group of caches that you are looking for, just that you get to a point where you can save a list of caches in the .gpx or .loc file format to your desktop computer.
Step 2: Managing the file using EasyGPS
EasyGPS is a freeware application that reads the .gpx and .loc files that you have downloaded to your desktop. The left pane of the application is the list of caches (waypoints) in the file. The right pane shows how they are oriented spatially.
Using this tool, you can add or subtract the caches in the file, merge files, rename, and otherwise manipulate the data.
Step 3: Sending waypoints to your GPS receiver using EasyGPS
In order to upload the caches to your handheld GPS receiver, you must make some configurations so that EasyGPS can communicate with the device. Usually you make these configurations when you install EasyGPS. If you did not enter the brand and model of your GPS when you installed EasyGPS, you can do so by following these instructions.
Once EasyGPS recognizes your GPS receiver, simply click the "send to GPS" button to transfer your geocache list to your handheld device.
At this point, we usually print the geocache list (left pane) and spatial map (right pane) to help prioritize the order of our search and keep track of the caches that we find before we log them at the end of the day.
Happy Caching.