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Cache'n Jacksons
05-11-2005, 07:52 AM
If anyone here has ever checked out TAT's geocaching.com profile (http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=3873be0c-5b02-42f6-ac15-2bcede83d4c2), you may have noticed that he has a cool map of all his finds. I've always wondered how he got that map, and now I know! (Sorry if I'm giving away a secret here, TAT! ;))

The map is created by a tool on KeenPeople.com (http://www.keenpeople.com/) simply called GPX Map Tool (http://www.keenpeople.com/index.php?option=com_maptool). It produces a map that looks a lot like the maps on Buxley's site (http://brillig.com/geocaching/). All I had to do was filter my found caches in GSAK (http://www.gsak.net/) and export them as a GPX file. Next I had to bring the file into EasyGPS (http://www.easygps.com/) and save it to clean it up. Then I uploaded the file to the website and played with the coordinates a bit to get my custom map:

http://users.adelphia.net/%7E4jacksons/geocaching/Found.gif

Happy mapping! :D

Beach Comber
05-11-2005, 09:20 AM
Cool! Thanks for sharing!

brdad
05-11-2005, 02:38 PM
I make my own, using a script to process my GPX files for use in Oziexplorer, so I can see what areas of the state I need to be caching in and what area I have cached in.

http://www.bytethebullet.com/geocaching/images/davemap.jpg

blevesque
05-11-2005, 03:44 PM
Thanks for sharing!