yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kinglee:
Hi Tom,

I was trying to import a 2000 geocaches gpx file but it stops at 500. If It is a hard limit,

can that hard limit be off or set at 5000? Or you have other plans over it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] greeneyedandy:
Hi Tom,

this is the best Geocaching Application for Windows Mobile I've ever seen!

I tried a lot but always something is missing. Than I saw this greate IPhone-App on Geocaching.com and since than I dreamed of such an Application for my Touch HD. I tried to do something by my own but have no Idea how to send the Login-Data (I'm an HTML-Nope :)).

Today I found a hint to your App on Modaco.com - downloading... and :D

Just on little thing... can you add metric-support?

Thank you for that!

Regards,

Andy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] CouchPotato:
Try Menu/Option/Distances Measure Kilometers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] greeneyedandy:
Thank you - :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] slayer03:
Hi,

thanks Tom.

The link is well but I have the same problem. But I have found where is the problem.

When I connect my phone with 3G (may be HSPDA in english?), I have the error's message, but if I'm on WIFI it's OK!

But when I'm on the street or when I'm doing geocaching, I can only connect my phone with HSPDA, so I have ever a problem...

Have you any idee?

I hope you understand me with my poor english :)

Thx.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] realhuette:
Yes, thanx a lot for the favorites list!!

I also would expect the first moved cache to be on top of the favorites list. And the number of caches and the name of the cache list too. By the way thank you for showing the name of the cache list now :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shutle64:
I see an picture in the screenshots of a satelite position map. Which key do you push to show this map?

John
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Ouch

If you use standard edition. no key to see satellite view.

Will add menu.

thanks.

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shutle64:
I moved gpz to my storage card for more space. When I transfer gpx files to my phone they end up in the my documents folder via activesync. I go to import a gpx file, I push the up directory button, but it thinks the Storage card is the top directory instead of My Device. My workaround was to add an shortcut in the gpx directory on the storage card to go directly to my Documents.

John
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jack_Brody:
Is it only on my device or GC has changed something? Today I am not able to search or reload a cache, I always get "Internet URL open failed." (Pic1). The weird thing is that 01_LoginAuth.html doesn't get changed - it is still the one from yesterday's evening when I successfully connected to the Internet with GCz for the last time. (Pic2)

GCz is of version 0.2.33.24.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paulpille:
GC.COM website seems to be down since early morning ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jack_Brody:
Ouuu...should have tried that first. Thanks, Paulpille.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shutle64:
The geocaching.com website currently down. Been down most of the night.

John
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pingu-net:
May they attack us again with some "Improvments"?:eek::(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jack_Brody:
Well, look at this who.is archive regarding domain geocaching.com, maybe they forgot their domain was going to expire. :D

And then this fresh actual records.

So if it really expired and they immediatelly fixed it, it will take 24 hours to propagate thru the whole DNS system.

Tom, don't you know their physical IP and would it be possible to connect directly?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paulpille:
Yes, they seem to do everything to protect and push their cash cow iphone application.

I hope we'll not have to face with some tougher restrictions regarding pocket queries in the near future ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
I only know 4 GC.com IP addresses and try to open directly.

But all seems down. no chance even if use IP address instead of www.geocaching.com.

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paulpille:
Tom, an old bug seems to be back in latest GCz version: when cklicking a picture in description section (to see picture in viewer), following message appears: "Image downloading failed"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paulpille:
GC website down due to fire in the building where servers are located (Fisher Plaza Building).

Service planned to be up again at 6pm Seattle time.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009415455_apwafisherplazafire.html

EDIT: another link:

http://twitter.com/locuslingua
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kinglee:
Happens to me too, mainly to all caches owns by me. It appears that the html from gc.com for owned cache is different; flawless parsing of the images tags not catered to it yet.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pingu-net:
Dear All,

It seems, that CG.com has a major problem. :eek: My wife found on a swiss cache forum the reason for this "downtime". If you are interested look here:

http://twitter.com/locuslingua and here http://www.adhost.com/

I think we have to wait untill they cleaned and dryed there server-rooms. I do not expect before monday that GC.com will be online.

Wish you all a good weekend :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
The current down time with Geocaching.com has got me stuck. I was thinking that to avoid this type of problem in the future, there should be a way to access all the cached caches without having to load a list from the webpage, or a saved list. Something like "load all cached caches". The user could then sort by distance, and off you go.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zakyn:
Well, you can always go to offline mode and download all caches. You can sort them by distance from current location etc.

I think that was the whole point of offline mode.

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] remark3d:
problem login	0.2.33.24

Still I have problem with login into geocaching.com, error meassage:

Internet URL open faild. (01_LoginAuth.html)

I use version GCzII 0.2.33.24
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
I think you are not the one.

All of Geocachers has same issue because GC.com has been down.

They have got fire trouble. They are trying to recover power supply.

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] remark3d:
I had same problem...we must wait ;-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Server is up!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] erthos:
thanks

Thanks for resolution 220x176. This program is awesome.

I have a little problem in:

Menu / Option / Download Settings - Download Data Stored Folder

I tried to change it, but I cant delete any letter, because my BACK button takes me back to main screen of GCzII program. I can't load any data from internet because I can 't change this folder path.

Is is possible to edit this folder path somewhere else (in a file) and point to another folder?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yves.alexis:
"Cache not found" error code

Hello, i'm using ver.0.0.32.7 with IE as a default browser and I cannot access any cache, whether locally or internationally,tried numerous places but I have always same error code 'cache not found";

Tried also to find answers online and I thought I had to put IE back as default explorer which I did but to no avail.

Please help,

many thanks for the fantastic app
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paulpille:
My dear Tom,

may be there will be times when GCz development is almost finished, all major features are implemented and you are getting more and more crucified by boredom :D ...

If this happens, don't worry and have a look at that:

>GCVote<

This is a tool giving geocachers a possibility to rate the quality of caches. And vice versa this also gives cachers a way to recognize interesting and well accepted caches in a dedicated area.

It would be nice if GCz (some day) would be able to download GCVote (or similar) based caches having a rating of e.g. 4 or 5 stars (which gives some helpful hints to the most attractive caches).

If you would like to see how this looks like, you could install the addon from the site mentioned above and then look here at this sample area:

>click<
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] CouchPotato:
GCvote is been busted by script kiddies and every vote system is crap!

Instead:

Read the logs and between the lines and you know everything about the cache you need to know.

@Tomhiro

No need to take the effort to implement any crappy vote system!

@all geoachers

Read the logs, hunters!

Write useful logs, finders! If a cache is really crap, write it honestly online, if it's really good, glorify it and make the owner happy.

Happy hunting.

btw: i've found over 2.200 caches since 2003, so i shall know...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mcmasterp:
220x176

dude you rock.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yves.alexis:
'cache not found' error code

The app worked fine until now, please help
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Kasush:
Firstly, please read the recent posts on the forum before replying to your own post with a "please help" message

That being said, the current version is 0.2.33.24 so you would be best served by updating to the newest version and then asking for help if the problem still exists.

Secondly, as per Tom's download page you will see the following:

Geocaching.com changed some codes on thir server.

Older than version 0.3.22.20 does not work anymore.

Please try latest GCzII.

So, all in all, please update and enjoy this wonderful, nearly perfect application.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paulpille:
Yes, reading the logs gives good hints to the quality of caches. However, a rating like GCVote (or similar) significantly

reduces the amount of cache listings and logs to be read and therefore saves a lot of time.

I agree ... if quality (in the sense of originality, new ideas, special hides ...) is no issue for a cacher, GCVote or a similar rating system is not needed.

My personal experience with GCVote is positive and the match between rating score and positive log comments is high, hence it saves me considerable time !

Condition for taking GCVote into account is also the number of votes beeing delivered (should be >15).

I disagree.

However, such a 'quality filter' functionality would just save me from deleting dozens of low rated entries in the cache list.

To be honest, its really not a must have but a nice to have feature, I easily could live without it, just a bunch of more work.

... hope most cachers are reading this thread and follow your recommendations ;)

... so you must have read a lot of logs ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yves.alexis:
thank you

Thank you very much for your help, I was mislead by the fact I updated with ApptoDate, which Gcz supports, and in fact GczII is a completely different application then GcZ and therefor I thought I was up to date.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
erthos

Please try bug fix version.

Ver 0.2.33.24a

- BACK button works correctly "Download Settings". (for Standard Edtion)

http://www.nicque.com/PQz

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pingu-net:
I was out today for hunting... with a great success!

But during the searches i found something "stranges". If i add a waypoint i.e. N47 24.483 E8 28.480 (pict 1) works fine, when i open the GPS-Monitor it shows me N47 24.48300 E8 28.48020 (pict 2) where comes this 2 from?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pingu-net:
I was out today for hunting... with a great success!

But during the searches i found something "stranges". If i add a waypoint i.e. N47 24.483 E8 28.480 works fine, when i open the GPS-Monitor it shows me at Target Coordinates N47 24.48300 E8 28.48020. Where comes this digit 2 from?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] atreidae:
Loving GCzII. its gotten me into caching (i think i might have posted that already)

The solar azumith is awesome.. however I do a bit of night caching.. is it possible to do a lunar azumith too?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
My guess is that Tom uses one coordinate system to do all calculations and then converts the display, so this is a slight error in that regard.

Convert DecDec to DecMin to DMS back and forth and you'll readily see it. .0002 is very much below the resolution of your GPS. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] logout128:
HTC Sonata problem

Hello,

I've got HTC Sonata aka T-Mobile SDA smartphone (no touchscreen) with Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard from XDA-Developers forum and unfortunately this app is not working at all. It does not even launch (Cant' find one of its components).

Does anyone have success with this app on an old smartphone flashed to new system?

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] freekquency:
The geocaching community is FRIENDLY. Caching is not like this community where your rewarded for flaming people. No one should go on any cache page and post that a cache is crap. How about leaving a nice detailed message as to why you had a problem with the cache? Usually you will find the owner all ears as to what you think they could do to improve it.

EDIT: ahh germany my apologizes couch maybe what i interpreted as gruffness, was just your english. If you posted on one of my caches that it was "crap" id just delete your log anyway. Happy Caching my friend.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] CouchPotato:
Oh yes, sometimes too friendly!

"+1" is the friendly variant of "this is crap!" Every cacher knows that.

I would like it to be so! But here in my home part of Germany is a boom of new 1-Eur-mobile phone-cachers (many of them just playing kids) who hunt for 1/1-Traditionals only and place caches where they shouldn't place them. Some hard word here and there is the only language they understand. Poor situations to come ... :(

That's my XDA-dev user name, not my groundspeak account...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] erthos:
You are the best of the best Tom:D It works great :D Thanks a lot.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
logout128

I have not tested on HTC Sonate but I guess it is almost same as my HTC Typhoon.

You will see FYI section for Standard (non touch device.)

Latest version supports 176x220.

http://www.nicque.com/pqz/GCz.htm

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] realhuette:
It would be really great to see the gcvote-ratings in GCz!!!

But please! Do NOT discuss the pros and cons of gcvote in this thread!! Half the geocaching-internet is full of this useless discussion.

Thank you! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paulpille:
Don't worry :)

I only was wondering a little about the aggressive writing stile of user couchpotato ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mosselmaniac:
Is it possible to log directly from GCzII? That would be great, but i can't find that functionality.

Other than that, this is awesome and extremely useful for my girlfriend (and me ;) )
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pingu-net:
Off course, if you are in the window of the actual cache, select Menu - Post Log, there you can type in your log informations an the send it to the server :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jack_Brody:
suggestion for little improvement :)

Hello Tom,

would it be possible to add some way to quickly insert current coordinates into Add/Edit waypoint form? It could look similarly to my image (I just had my Gimp lesson :) ) or it could be located in right soft button menu, it's up to you. At the same time you could add another button (menu item) for already implemented function - parsing coordinates from a text in a clipboard (maybe you could remove the "Add from Clipboard" menu item - it would be more systematic and intuitive to have everything regarding inserting waypoint coordinates in one form, IMHO)

This idea came to my mind yesterday because I was hunting a multi-cache and some stages were poorly located. The owner would like to correct it but he is currently far from the town. I want to take correct coords of the stages. So for every stage I would duplicate that stage waypoint, edit it and insert current coordinates directly from GPS and save. Simple work it could be.

Of course one could also use it for adding coordinates of a parking lot when searching a cache somewhere in deep woods. Whatever.

Thank you for your work so far

Jack
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Klex:
Online / Offline ?

To All,

maybe its me :(.

But I got a normal PDA without internet connectivity and want to GCZII.

I imported a GPX file.

I checked "offline mode".

But after loading the cache list I try to select one of thembut the program keeps trying to go online.

I really would like to use this program!!

Any ideas anyone ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cdlh:
This has been discussed at length. If Tom can iron out this issue, GCz will be near perfect. This is the biggest issue for Tom to solve IMHO. Cachemate accepts imports of Zipped PQ GPX files....does that make a difference?

How about the cache location as default?

When solving a puzzle multi at home, online puzzles lead one to generate new waypoints. At the moment there is no way to get the cache coordinates to be the starting coords (which can the be edited) of a new waypoint.

As these waypoints are generated at home, current location is irrelevant.

If the coords were included at the top of the cache description, they could at least be copied and pasted. At the moment they only appear on the "front page" of a cache entry and cannot be copied or pasted.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi

Update ver 0.2.33.25

1) "Add waypoint from GPS" menu.

2) Change "Add Favorites" order. (top -> bottom)

3) Add "Field Note" menu.

4) Attributes support. (Need to reload cache)

5) Change GPS Monitor UI.

5way key

- Center : Info box

- Left/Right : Tracking/Satellite view

- Up/Down : Zoom In/Out

http://www.nicque.com/PQz

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kinglee:
5) Change GPS Monitor UI.

The dpads control is good for devices with dpads. However, now the tapping on the screen only toggle the Info Box. I would prefer the previous control on tapping the screen the alter zoom, manual/auto zoom, satellites view.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] freekquency:
So since all the geocachers are in this thread:

Ive been thinking for sometime, that if someone made an executable that would shut off everything on your phone besides GCzII (or maybe it could have a spot where you could designate up to 3 programs to run) that those of us trying to cache with our phones might have a better go at things.

If your using this program you HAVE to have had your gps get sluggish at some point, you drive down the road to the next cache you hit show list and you get the same list from 25 miles ago. Or when placing a cache I ALWAYS reboot my device several times, because the gps seems to really lock up so well that even shutting down the program (not just GCz) and restarting really will not give you a 2nd reading. You HAVE to reboot or atleast give it 5-10 mins (rebooting is quicker). Now if you are in arizona and you are in the middle of the mesa somewhere with no trees maybe youve not found this to be true. But those of us hunting under a canopy have experienced it (?)

So how about a .cab file to kill all but the phone, and maybe 3 other apps of your choosing? I would attempt it but itd be a waste of time, im sure one of you could do it in an hour.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bmielke:
What is this menu for? Is this like a offline-"Post Log" possibility? Then It would be fine if you write a text in the "Field Note" and later when you log the geocache with "Post Log" that this Text appear again.

You know what I mean?

Thanks for your great program

bmielke
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shutle64:
Field notes: The text file format must be in UTF-8 before geocaching or gsak will recognize it. It looks like ANSI. I converted the file with notepad.

I like the how it is set up, it looks good.

John
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Alex_Mardya:
I heard about this program from a colleague, and it seems a nearly perfect program!

But I do have a big problem with it: I can't connect to the internet by GPRS. When connected by WiFi I don't have a problem. Other programs like browsers etc can connect without a problem.

Phone: HTC Touch Pro2, provider is Vodafone (Netherlands)

Could you please help me out?

Thanks in advance,

Alex.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] CouchPotato:
Really weird! This is a very extreme form of "Static Navigation".

Which device do you own?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] auban:
I was wondering the exact same thing. I just got back from my first geocaching session with some friends. Really like that you can download all the caches your interested in at home before you go out in the wild =).

I don't get this... what do you mean?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shutle64:
After finding caches. You take the field note file and upload it at http://www.geocaching.com/my/uploadfieldnotes.aspx

But, currently the fieldnote.txt file is not in the UTF-8 format, so geocaching.com is ignoring the file.

John
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shutle64:
Most of your GPRS require a proxy setting. You can set the proxy setting in GCZ. You can find the settings either on the internet or stored in the phone elsewhere.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xhozt:
5) Change GPS Monitor UI.

5way key

- Center : Info box

- Left/Right : Tracking/Satellite view

- Up/Down : Zoom In/Out

same here no Dpad on my incite ....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Version info 0.2.33.26

1) GPX imports cache detail.

http://www.nicque.com/PQz

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jack_Brody:
bug report: "Add from GPS" doesn't save the waypoint

Ooops Tom, seems like you forgot to call the save function. :)

GCzII 0.2.33.26
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi

Thank you for the feedback.

I fix it.

GCzII Ver 0.2.33.27

Change)

1) Add "Touch UI" menu. (GPS Monitor)

2) Encode UTF-8 "Field Notes".

3) Save "Add waypoint from GPS" correctly.

http://www.nicque.com/PQz

thank you

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cdlh:
Tom, YOU ARE THE MAN! Now you will really have to set up your own Paypal account!

It's official! GCz HAS GONE FULLY OFFLINE! It is now truly an amazing, paperless geocaching tool!

Thanks so much!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Samarael:
Hi, Tom.

Thanks for your amazing application :). Do you thinking about translation into other languages too? In my country is this application very popular, so I can translate for you into Czech.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Alex_Mardya:
Yep, that seems to work :)

Thanks!

Alex.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tommib:
If you searching someone doing translation into german, I would do this.

Thanks for this very hepful and awesome application.

I love it!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
THANK YOU!!! Now I am sure this software is not only the best, but head and sholders above all the others.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] realhuette:
Maybe I understand something wrong, but in the menu-entry "Found/DNF" only "Clear" is possible. "Found it" and "Didn't find it" is greyed out.

Is that a bug or a feature? ;)

How do I use this function right?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shutle64:
Use the field note option to mark cache found or DNF.

The clear option is to erase the field note.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tytn2user:
I craft my own GPX files. Can yo please give a example of all the xml tags your program uses.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] djhobby:
Tom,

With the newest version 0.2.33.27 I was using the GPX import, (which I love) I was about to go on a trip to find 20 mystery caches that I solved, and had a gpx file with all of the corrected coords. They are there in the imported file, :) but the coords always show an extra 2 digits. For instance one cache's solved coords are (Spoiler alert) N 38 0.087 / W 86 57.160 but the app shows the coords to be N 38 0.087 / W 86 57.16002

Maybe this is a GSAK export issue?

DJ
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] djhobby:
Can someone explain this in a little more detail, it's not quite sinking in my thick skull.

What do I do with the found it/didn't find it/clear fields.

I hunt and find a cache, after I hit the back button from the GPS monitor screen to the cache detail screen, would I hit the Menu - Found/DNF - Found it button?