GSAK—First Steps

GSAK stands for "Geocaching Swiss Army Knife" and is a very popular software program for waypoint management and other geocaching functions used by geocachers. It has a number of features, including:

• ability to keep multiple databases
• sending and receiving waypoints from a large variety of GPSr models
• native support of Google Maps
• export to a variety of formats for use in PDAs (paperless caching)
• searching and filtering of database for specific caches
• distance/direction calculation or filtering from other waypoints
• backup/restore function for database
• macro support for custom functions

Because of its many features, GSAK can be overwhelming to the beginner. This section of tutorials is aimed to get you comfortable with the basics of GSAK. Once you begin to appreciate what GSAK has to offer, you will be sure to want to explore it further in the other sections.

These topics should help you get started and loving GSAK!