yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Naitsirhc_NL:
Ok So it's not that I'm stupid :-)

I hope Tom reads this and we get an solution for it.....:D :D

I think that Tom has to open an paypall account...I wil donate, that's for sure
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] benny2770:
new error

0.2.35.40........

:( new error :mad::mad:

if i search by Postal Code/Addres....

Geocoding erroe code.[620]
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pingu-net:
Have you checked the settings in Menu | Settings | Geocoding settings ?

should be something like this: http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?output=xml&oe=utf8&hl=us&q=%s
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Droidy:
Brilliant software

I cannot believe I have not heard of this software before - just changed my phone and was searching for some geocaching software for Windows Mobile and came across this. Have downloaded latest version, found it easy to use without instructions. Cannot wait to use it :D :D :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gustav8:
I confirm the bug is in "adopted caches" : it's because of the "()"

Also, if I'm not wrong, when downloading the cache descriptions it'll download the same one per owner ....

Very strange!

Here's one of the caches with such a problem: GC23FMJ

Tom give us a sign! ;-)

Thanks

G.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] willibirgel:
The same problem as Naitsirhc_NL and ferbricos.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Naitsirhc_NL:
GCZii + waypoints

Hi

I have contacted someone, which is writing macros for GSAK. He ensured me that additional waypoints are exported in the gpx, which can be tested to re-import this gpx into GSAK.

This implicates it's a bug in GZCii....

Does anybody know in which directory the settings are? maybe it's a little extra option in the settings....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Tom is expecting GPX from GC.com, GPX is a fairly open format.. If it's slightly different after being processed by GSAK then Tom could possibly simply not support it or would have to parse it differently.

A while back NO GPX expect for that from GC directly worked, but Tom did some tweaks to make some different things work, so I suspect that Waypoints could be made to work.

That said, it's still not really a bug, it's a feature request. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Naitsirhc_NL:
Thank you for the answer, but when I download a gpx directly from geocachin.com, it doesn't open the additional waypoints either.

I hope Tom fixes it....That would be so nice.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
There is no bug... If you are getting the details as a PQ, then you must put both gpx files in the GCzII/GPX folder. The first one xxxxx.gpx has the main details, the xxxxx-wpts.gpx file has the additional waypoints. GCzII will automatically import this gpx as well, if it is present.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tomec83:
Nobody help me?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
The fact that it works with WiFi would imply that it has something to do with the connection to the internet, rather than GCzII, or with your browser. I think GCzII uses components of IE to access the internet and it seems the error happens when loading an html file.

Have you tried uninstalling, deleted any left over data and then reinstalling from scratch?

Sorry I can't be more help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _Rayman_:
GCzII Feedback and Suggestions

Dear Tom,

I would like to thank you for this great application and encourage you to keep on the good development! I have used it for a while now and overall I'm happy with GCzII 0.2.35.40 in combination with my Samsung Omnia II.

First two questions:

* In GPS settings there is a value for precision or accuracy, I think the default value is '6'. What is the meaning of this value?

* In GPS monitor menu there is touch function [on/off]. What does this do? I couldn't find a difference yet :-)

Feature Requests / Suggestions:

1) If I call 'last cache list' from 'menu / cache lists', I get the list of caches from my last query. However, the order of the items won't change if I moved to another location meanwhile and also the distance values in the list remain always the same.

It would be very helpful if the sorting of the list and the distance values could always be updated according to distance of the current position. (Especially when operating in offline mode and there is no internet to do a new query).

2) It would highly improve usability if cache descriptions could be scrolled by touching/moving somewhere on the screen - like it is possible in cache list view. I always fumble a little to hit the scroll bar on the right border, this is even more difficult with gloves on ;-/

Currently text is selected when touching the cache description. I understand this might also be useful for copy/paste. Maybe there could be an additional option to toogle fast between scroll and selection mode.

3) When reading cache log's there are two clicks required to jump from one to the next log entry (first back to the main log list and then choosing the next).

It would be very nice if I can flip through the detailed log entries very fast with one click; either by doing a right-left gesture on the screen or by replacing the Menu entry down right with "Next". Currently the menu contains "Note" and "Reload" - are these really necessary at this level? Reload might be placed one level higher at the overall list of logs.

Thank you,

Stefan.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
This function is already available.

From the cache list, go to Menu > Sort by > Distance from > Current Location. This will reorder the list based on where you are, and update the distance and direction to the caches from you current location.

I use this all the time as I move around an area rather than perform a new search each time.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] novw:
very urgent feature request: DOCUMENTATION

Hi all, this piece of software is totally super, but the accompanying website is (euhm) not ;).

This thread seams to be the main source for help, but there are currently 280 pages with all sorts of info available...

Can anybody tell me how to find info on (as an example) if it is possible to pre-fetch things link maps / spoiler pics / and such and than work OFF-line with the app?

(maybe mister GCzII (whats in a name) can create some sort of FAQ? Or (hip word) a wiki of some sorts?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] derlbear:
It's just there for some pictures and the download links :)

true

I ALWAYS use this app in offline mode.. after downloading the cache information when I'm at home via wlan.

Step 1: search caches (e.g. caches in Berlin), create a cache list

Step 2: Menü --> Alle Caches downloaden (Menu --> Download all caches?)

Step 3: uncheck the boxes and click ok

done

When you're outside and want to start caching:

Step 1: open your cache list

Step 2: sort caches (distance, whatever)

(I mostly create an order of the caches on google maps before I go caching)

Step 3: open cache you want to find.... and that's it

All information is there because it's stored on your phone. Maps.. spoilers..

When I want to place a log, I use the option "fieldnotes".. that creates a file I can upload at home on my computer directly to gc.com

Most of the options are self-explainatory. It's quite easy to use this program... but a lot of work to create a FAQ or a wiki :)

Cheers,

derlbear
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
Hi and Welcome to GCzII

As has been siad oh so many times in the past, sorry there is no documentation. Most likely because Tom has enough on his hands just developing GCzII, without spending time writing pages and pages of documentation as well. The good news is, that is what we are here for :D. So feel free to ask anything about using GCzII and I'm sure someone will answer quite quickly, but or the most part, once you start playing around with it, you will find most of it is fairly intuative to use. And you might also find, as I did, that some bits you never use and therefore have no need to worry about.

So, to answer your first questions... Yes you can!

I do this a lot myself, while my phone is connected to my network, thus avoiding data charges on my phone.

1. Do a search. I usually use either Nearest caches or by Area. Area is useful to doing a search of caches in an area I'm going to in the future and I have a collection of saved cache lists which I periodically update.

2. Once you have the list go to Menu > Download All Caches. Give the list a name and choose your options. FYI: GCzII automatically skips images/maps you already have stored, irrispective of the setting you choose.

Now, after several MB's of download (best done via your broadband) you will have a complete offline database of images, static maps, cache details and logs.

Something to keep in mind. Try to limit the number of caches in each list. I find 40-50 to be ideal. If you have too many, you may find that you start getting wierd looking icons instead of maps. This is because google maps puts a restriction on download and will block your IP for a few hours if deems you are downloading too much data in one session.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tomec83:
Work it!!!!! :D

I had problem with connection from operator. I download operator settings from my phone.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
When I get the 0m show up, it is always due to the cache beiing a primium member cache (I am a standard member). GC.com will not send the coordinates of a premium member cache, so CGzII can not calculate the distance.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
It's not related to premium member only caches. I've had the problem with normal caches, in fact we have very few premium only caches here.

As someone else suggested, it may be adopted caches, although I've not been able to conclusively test this theory. One odd thing I have noticed though is, I seldom get it in a current cache list, but more often get it when viewing a saved list. Caches which had range and direction showing just fine in an active list, suddenly have 0m and no direction when loaded from a saved list, even when resorted by distance from current location. It's as if some part of the information used to calculate this is not being saved.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dlf2001:
Does anybody ever go out caching with a group of friends and after a few hours somebody ask, OK, how many caches have you found? I can not answer that question when using this program. How do I get a find count for the day with this program? I see no way to do this. The best I can do is count check marks on the pages. Something like overview in offline mode would be fantastic! Have I missed something? I know I have asked this question before but I haven't seen a reply.

Thanks in advance.

David
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
I can maybe help with this part of your post.

With the touch function switched on and the GPS monitor (radar screen) open, touch your finger on various areas of the screen.

You will see boxes pop up with current and target coordinates, and can set scale between Manual and Automatic.

There maybe other things you can see/change by tapping on this screen but I don't have my phone in front of me at the moment.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _Rayman_:
Thank you Psyberdude and Paulloft for your hints and explanations! This helped me a lot :-)

Just to keep the topic up: I'd like to hold on the feature requrests regarding touch scrolling of cache descriptions and fast browsing through cache logs. Maybe I'm not the only one who would find this useful and that it would enhance GCzII?

Best,

Stefan.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
From the main page, Menu>Cache List>Overview>Cache

The only problem with this that I have found is that it that the count if for unique caches. We have virtuals up here that we all find many times (one moving, and one with over 400 locations wich we log individualy). These realy mess up GCzII's total find count.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dlf2001:
Titus,

The overview page is exactly what I am looking for except, it pulls my total find stats from the website. It doesn't give me stats for the day. That is why I asked about an overview page in offline mode or some kind of daily stats. Say for instance you are trying for a personal best while out caching. Maybe you need 65 finds for your new daily record. How would I know where I am at? What if I was trying to have a 100 find day? How can I tell when I get close? I don't see any way.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
You could try fooling around with the field notes. Maybe that would work for you? I have never used them....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
When enabled, the screen you get from choosing "GPS-Monitor" from Cache overview allows you to switch some settings easy:

1. The bars on top switches the view to "Tracking", "Average Trace" and "Satellites" in order

2. Top right sector of the radar switches a box with "here" and "target" positions on and off

3. Bottom right sector switches scale from manual to Automatic. Active Setting and Scale can be seen on bottom left corner.

4. Bottom left sector increases scale, when in manual mode.

5. Top left sector decreases scale.

A feature i requested a while ago. Got no reaction to it, but i do it like mentioned here earlier: just use menu -> sort -> distance -> position. As sorting a list of a few tens of caches takes a few seconds on my >500MHz MDA, a live sorting list would be of no use. Maybe "Google Maps" is a solution, but i did not try it.

I second that!:D

Yay, i like that also!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] derlbear:
I always use the fieldnotes function and I could easily count the columns to see how many caches I've found.

There isn't any stat function within GCzII... but... to be honest: Who needs this? Tom always said that GCzII is made for hunting.. and after that he added more and more features. So please don't complain about such things. GCzII is the best app for geocaching and if Tom has time, he'll probably add some more things so that it's an allround tool like he did before.

When you read the last 20-40 or 20-200 pages you can see that there are many people who expect many, many different things from this program and want to have this and that.. and that Tom tried his best to add many functions. Now GCzII is full of functions, perfect for geocaching and still there are many requests... which is good.. but since Tom isn't here as often as he was before... it is a bit... annoying.

How about creating a what-we-want list where users can add their wishes?

Cheers,

derlbear
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
I do it by knowing at the start of the day what my log count is/was.

On a busy day it is easy to lose count of how many you have found that day, I agree, and it is nice to know how many you have done.

Nothing more frustrating than finishing a day only to find you were just one short of your personal best :)

But knowing my finds count at the start of the day, I just reload my cache overview and subtract one from the other to find out how many I am up to that day.

So if I started the day on 258 and a reload of the overview reports 271 I know I have found 13 so far since the start of the day.

If the software tried to do it there would be additional complications. Like if you go out night caching.

A few weeks back we went out in the evening and cached through to 2am, picking up some city centre caches and one multi that used fire tacks in trees in a forest.

The count for the night (10pm-2am) was about 11 caches, but because we went through midnight, the software would have reset the count when a new day started so I still wouldn't have got an accurate count for that trip.

So even if Tom did incorporate the idea, people would then ask for it to cope with night caching :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Eh? I prefer night caching :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
:confused: How can you log multiple finds of the same cache, except in a situation where a cache had to be moved and you found it at both its origional location and new location. Isn't that just boosting your numbers for the sake of numbers?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
A little off topic, but you can check them out hereand here. No, it is not padding the stats. Each find is at a different location and sometimes involves a all day mountain climb.

And, by the way, Found out that GCzII deals with these just fine. I didn't realise you had to reload the "Menu>Cach List>Overview>Cache" page. When I reloaded it, my stats are correct. Funny how we all (at least me) keep finding out new things about GCzII all the time.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] novw:
Thanks for the double and quick answer ! Works like a charm.

I have been biting in to the software a bit more, and I found something I really don't like.

Let me explain: I use cachemate at this moment. It holds all 9000+ caches in the Netherlands, divided into 13 databses (12 provinces and "left overs"). Practically: the smallest database holds 500 caches, the largest one 1800. Cachemate works this. Slowly, but it works.

So: I booted gsak, and exported (as a test) one province, containing 654 caches. I exported as gpx and imported in GCz. It quits importing after 500 caches.

So: I created 27 databases (one for each letter + digits). exported them as gpx and one by one imported these into GCz. Than I created 27 "cache lists" from the imports. I than tried to merge these lists into a new one containing 654 caches. GCz quits importing at 500 caches.

So: this means that the offline modus is in fact useless. I have a premium membership so, so I am allowed to do with the data anything I like. As long as I don't share I should be legal taking 9000+ caches on my winmo-gizmo right ? Or? Is there a trick?

(I am digging through the pages here, and will try to copy anything I think might be useful. It will however take time)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] derlbear:
Please have a look at this post: Click me

This may help. I don't have a problem like that because I KNOW that I won't be at the other side of my country within the next months. So why should I download or list the caches? They could be deactivated.. there could be new ones.. there could be some minor changes within the description...

Even when I travel spontaneously to a city or whatever, I do a quick search with GCzII, download the caches via wifi and that's it. I think that's what GCzII is supposed for and how most of the users go hunting :)

Cheers,

derlbear
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] novw:
my "problem" is practical: this weekend we will be geocaching in our most southern province. GErmany is 10 kilometers to the right, belgium 5 km to the south. I have a flatfee data plan on my mobile phone in the Netherlands. Outside I pay eur10 per Mb... so in that area I switch off the phone :o
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
hmmm, interesting idea. Must be a hell of a thing to maintain though :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] acejavelin:
A little off topic, but here is one answer...

I will often log multiple entries on an Event Cache if there are special caches setup for the Event since GC does not allow for "Temporary Caches" any more. If the Event Cache has setup special caches for the day, each one is logged under the Event Cache listing.

There are probably other reasons, but that is the first one that comes to mind.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
And no longer allowed. These ones have been grandfathered in. You can't set one of these up with GC.com anymore. Maybe a different listing service...but who uses those?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
Easy solution. Set up one cache list for the area of Germany and one for the area of belgium that you will be in. Caching in the Netherlands (for you) doesn't require pre loading caches. Just use the search feature in GCzII. Your mind has been subverted by cache mate and PQs so much that you can't think outside of that box anymore. Just remember that with GCzII, you don't generaly need to store everything in data bases.

The only time I build cache lists is when I am going to be out of Cell Phone coverage, or I am going to be in a small town for a bit, and just don't want to have to re-search for the same caches over and over.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Naitsirhc_NL:
additional waypoints

Does anybody know if Tom is working abou fixing the problem with the adittional waypoints?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
Did you test it after my responce to your last post here.

As I said then, there is no bug. It works just fine for me, if you load the wpts.gpx file.

If you are using the GPX button on a cache page, that gpx file does not contain waypoint, only the cache details.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boyo:
I have noticed on one particular cache GC11AT5 when GCZII loads it it gives a popup error that says "Directory create failed. [\Storage Card\GCz\Cache_DB\adpoted by slammer47 9/9/2008]"

The cache then loads up fine but if I back out of the cache and go back in it will do it again.

It seems that since the owner name has a date in it for some reason, which i've never noticed before it's trying to use an illegal character and causing the parsing engine to get confused. I have noticed this on other caches as well, and after doing some digging in the .idx files in CACHE_DB I have found that when a cache has been adopted and has a date in the owner name that the following tags are not consistent with a good working cache, to include a cache that has been adopted but doesn't have the date in the owner. <GCz_cache_code>, <GCz_byWhom>, <GCz_latitude>, <GCz_longitude>, <GCz_owner_id>.

The interesting part is the lat&lon are both empty. And the owner_id is all 0's.

The caches I used for examples are GC1A3XA and GC1ANVD as good working, the first being an adopted the second not.

Also the folders in CACHE_DB are named adopted by XXX and some are adopted by XXX MM_DD_YYYY.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] CouchPotato:
I've the same error! :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BooDaddy:
I am having a problem getting the new version to download caches. Has Geocaching changed again?

I am running version 0.2.35.40 and when I try to search for caches using any method, I get the error "Please check login ID/password"..... I have triple checked I am using the correct login and verified it by logging into the site from my home PC.

Anyone else having the same problem?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boyo:
Make sure you have accepted the license agreement on the website. I think that is the common error when you haven't.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BooDaddy:
Hmm... not sure where to do that. I have been a paying member for years now, and I dont remeber ever having to do that. I logged into the site just now, and was never presented with the agreement. Any suggestions as to where to find that?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Boyo:
Hrm, I just remember that being an issue awhile back, don't know if it still is or not. I was just using it earlier today for some fun and had no issues. Caps lock issue maybe? No clue....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pingu-net:
Hi Boyo, Look at this ADDRESS and search for License Agreement. This should help you. I had to do this also several time, mostly when GC has made some changes to their Website.

Hope this can help you

Pingu
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SMS92:
Gech/Tom, I'd just like to thank you for developing this application! I had my first experience of geocaching late last year when I was staying at my partners parents B&B in the north of England. I'm planning another trip up there over easter (360ish mile journey from the South East to Northumberland) and will be sure to have a play with this app while there and report the results when I return.

It's stuff like this that makes the often frustrating use of new smartphone/ppc devices totally worthwhile.