yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi

Yes, I know some features not ready.

This version's target is as same as version 1.

For example.

I understand to see Waypoints for multi-cache.

but I don't understand "Add/Edit Waypoints".

What is for???

here is my idea.

1) Add "waypoint" button on Cache Detail page.

2) Waypoint select window appears if press the button.

3) Select one waypoint to see on the GoogleMap.

thank you

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jack_Brody:
In a mystery you usually have to decipher/count the final coordinates, which are not known before and not present in the listing. The same with continually counted multis (I mean when you figure out the coordinates of the next stage based on informations picked in previous stages so you do not know them before as well).

Maybe you could do this by making .wpt file in addition to the original .xml. Like GC1GP8M.xml is downloaded listing and GC1GP8M.wpt would be file with waypoints which would not get overwritten when refreshing listing (if not explicitly agreed).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
This is just my case for multi-cache.

1) Get information to know next coordinate.

[A] = 9 / = 3 / [C] = 4

2) Open memo app then calculate by hand-witting.

Lat = 35 [C].[A]XX[C] => 35 34.108

3) Input the coordinate "Set Target Location" on "GPS Monitor".

4) Use "GPS Monitor" or "GoogleMap" to go to the location.

But I suppose you have another purpose the waypoint features.

It is to store the coordinate on your device even finish hunting?

Could you explain?

thank you

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jack_Brody:
Yes Tom, that's true. I'd like to store the discovered stages within the cache, so I can return to them for instance if someone asks me for help when he cannot figure out the correct stage/final coordinates. Or it might be me who could need to go through previous stages if I am not sure that I got all needed clues.

It may also happen that I'm seeking the final box but have to interrupt for some reason and when I continue next day it would be much more comfortable just to select my added coordinate from previous day and quickly navigate to it.

I can also imagine when I come by car somewhere I quickly add the coords of the parking lot so I can ever find my car.

EDIT: I forgot to mention mysteries, the main reason. I usually solve them at home in advance. Then in case I accidentally (maybe few weeks later) go through some town, I can look around using GCzII and I would see mysteries I have already solved. I would reload the listing to see new logs and if the cache is not disabled and through my prepared waypoint I could straightly navigate to the cache. Sure I can have these coords written in Notes. All this is basically about convenience. :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hakan42:
Replying to myself here, but I just discovered that the version 0.2.33 of GCzII can already store the downloaded caches and cache listings as XML files. (btw, are those files UTF-16? There are "null" bytes every second character)

It would be wonderful if that data could be (additionally?) stored as UTF-8-encoded GPX files, which I could then easily move to my dedicated GPSr :D

Regards,

Hakan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sweeney Toddlers:
After a foray into Windows Phone 7 (brilliant OS but awful official app) we are back to WM6.5 in the hope that Tom will continue to give us his brilliant ongoing support.............

The ST's x
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mmaximaal:
can't see cache logs

Hi,

I am using the .76 version. When i download a cache or look for a cache i can't see any logs. What do i wrong

Max
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sweeney Toddlers:
Gczii was broken by changes to the groundspeak site a few weeks ago. A temporary get round, in the field, is to use gczii to open your browser and you'll see the logs there......
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrysdm:
No cache logs with version 0.2.35.76

I'm experiencing the same issues with version 0.2.35.76 - Logs aren't available or don't exist or are old and if you re-download the cache the cache logs become unavailable.

I only just noticed this recently.

:(

CDM
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
See Sweeny Toddlers reply above. He is correct. We are waiting to see if Tom the developer is able to issue an update to fix this problem.

In the meantime we have to live without past logs (unless you generate gpx files from GSAK that is)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] davy33:
Probleme de log - problem log

Bonjour

J'ai la version 0.2.35.76 sur mon HTC hd2 j'arrive a récupérer les caches sans difficultés, mais je 'ai le bouton Logs qui est grisé je n'ai pas les log des cache je voudrais savoir si vous aussi c'est pareil

Merci

Davy

Hello

I have version 0.2.35.76 on my HTC hd2 I get a back caches without difficulty, but I 've Logs button that is grayed out I can not log the cache I want to know if it also such

Thank you

Davy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Andreha:
Bonyour Davy.

C'est le mème problème tout le monde ici suffres.. attend un update de Tom

It's the same problem everybody here suffers. We have to wait for an update by tom.

Andre
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] docfred:
Geocaching.com will be going offline temporarily for a site update on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at approximately 11am PDT

:(docfred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
...and another fairly major change to the content and layout of logs.

Wonder if Tom knew this was being planned and has therefore held back making changes to GCzII....

Wish he could utilise the API. GSAK8 has some great new features using the API
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spidi7:
I have found new bug, if i search for geocaches it's allways 100 meters of. The map location is wrong and GPS compas is also wrong. It's about 100 meters... Is there any fix?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
I don't think that is a 'bug' or else everyone would be reporting it. It must be something specific to your set up.

Maybe if anyone else has had this problem and found what the cause is they could post the solution.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nebias:
Wish anyone could, where are the supposed 35 3rd Party Apps.:confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Andreha:
No logs visible in GCZII

Well.. now we know why we cannot see logs any more: They've moved the logs to a separate page which now is only appended to the cache-site.

Hopefully this is all about Changes on GC...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Samaka:
i hope that there will be a bug fix for us.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Andreha:
handling Mysteries

Hi folks.

I wonder if anybody knows a solution for my "problem".

Yesterday i did some Mysteries. As you all might know the problem with a List of mysterys is: you never know where they really are, even when you already gave them a new waypoint with the final coordiantes. So loading that list into googlemaps in that only shows their listing- koordinates.

How do you handle that? Is here a trick to show all Final-Coordnates, even in google maps?

regards

Andre
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
Probably not a lot of help, but personally I put the actual location into GSAK as corrected coordinates and then export the caches from GSAK via a GPX into GCz.

That way, the correct coordinates are shown and it maps correctly. (Although I use Memory Map which also uses the GSAK data so it's plotted on there and I rarely use the Google maps.

Not a lot of help if you don't use GSAK, sorry.

Perhaps someone else knows a trick.

Where's Secret Agent Man when you need him :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SecretAgentMan:
Thanks for thinking of me, but I'm afraid I can't be of much help.

I do very few mystery caches. To be honest, I don't get a lot of the puzzles!!! :confused: When I do, I just enter the final coords in my Garmin and then log it with GCzII. Since I always use a separate GPS, I've never concerned myself with getting the final coordinates into GCzII.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
:D:D Thought you would not have wandered too far away. You will be back to Winmo once you realise the futility of switching to the dark side :D:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hawkeye69:
Spoiler download seems to be broken again, can anyone else confirm?

Description images seem to work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] docfred:
Hello Andre,

A year ago, I've already brought this topic into discussion:

See this post

There should be a function to exchange the virtual mystery coordinates by the coords of the final. Then the cache will have the right position on Google maps and if you sort by distance (and so on).

docfred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jessijoerg:
Spoilerpics is broken now too, useability decreases!!

I hope, there will be an update soon. GCzII is my favorite paperless cachingtool. I use my Oregon else, but GCzII on HD2 is my paperless device to easily have spoilers and more than 5 Logs on tour. Next advantage is to easily see userpictures from logs - best for LP, EC, Virtual and Webcam pre-cecking.

I tried Cachebox, ... but, ... to many no-go's!

So, please continue developing of GCzII!!i
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cguilhim:
Perhaps someone can help.

If I load a gpx from gsak into gczii I get descriptions, logs, hints, etc, but not images.

How can I reload images from gc.com to my cache list?

I tried "reload all caches" and "reload from cache details" but it´s not working.

Any way to do this?

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Irwing_W:
logs

Hi, I am using two apps for geocaching. Primary GCZII. The second one is GeoGet. Now there is an update of Geoget and logs are working. Maybe author of Geoget and GeoJarry plugin could help Tom.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] esco70:
""cache not found"

I receve the message ""cache not found" with 3g connection, but with Wifi works fine.

Whi?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Andreha:
bearing with GCzII: wrong result?

Yesterday i did a cache where I had to do a long disance bearing

Thouth I was shure to have understood the cache correctly and that I did the bearing the right way with GCzII, I got wrong results.

Only after doing the bearing with some other tool from the internet, I did get the right result and koordinates.

Could some of you guys just do what i did, to verify my result?!

Please do a bearing from:

N 051 32.670 W 000 00.091 at 86,5706 ° and a distance of 472.100 m

My (wrong!) result is: N 51 34.60738 E 6 48.52743

Does anyone get other -maybe correct- results?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
I don't have my WM phone with me, so can't try out your problem. FYI though, I like to use the WM app GateCacher for doing projections and other calculations. It has logs of possible calculations, and seems to work correctly.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] immutability:
I'd be interested in this too. While "reload all caches" does work for me, it reloads all of the cache details, transfers a ton of data and is slow.

Previously, I was using purely GCzII to download my caches (around my current location or around a known address) so I had it configured to download all at once (caches + images). But now that I've decided to give PM a try, I will usually use a Pocket Query since its faster, and just upload the pocket query into my old Garmin Vista (using MapSource) and copy it to my phone.

But of course I end up with no pictures in cache descriptions this way. Is there some way in GCzII to mass-download ONLY the images for the cache listings already available from the GPX? Right now I click through the listings and individually tap each image to download. I do this because when you're hiking there's not always the network so it's difficult to download images in the mountains. Or while I'm abroad, I like to avoid the data connection because of the roaming costs.

Maybe there is something obvious that I'm missing :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nebias:
Seem to remember a problem with bits in the Western hemisphere, it was written in the Eastern Hemi...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] braun21:
Hallo. Will yet new version GCZII ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mhuska:
New Release Anytime Soon?

My contract is up on my phone so I'm considering my options... The only real thing I use my phone for is e-mail, geocaching, google mapping, and of course the phone. I would like to say with PocketPC (WM) but the droid is tempting.

Tom - are you going put out a new "fixed" release soon as it has been since July 1.

Thanks!

-Mike
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Andreha:
Save battery - Cache longer

Hi all.

I still use my GCzII and still find it useful (only to say that once more ;-).

And I've found something new (at least new for me) that I'd like to share with you and that gives me one more reason to stay with GCzII and WM6.

With this tool you can keep your PDA from trying to keep up networkconnection with G3/HSDPA all the time, which will save you a lot of power.

For example you can tell your PDA through this tool to only switch to G3 when GCzII is active and otherwise stay on G2 or turn Internet off at all.

During the last Weekend I tried that and it lasted during 6 hours of geocaching without moaning about low battery (sometimes under bad circumstances that message appeares already after 2 hours)

It's posted here http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-wmlonglife.html

and the downloadlink will guide you back to a thread within this entire forum

regards

Andre
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] immutability:
GCzII broken by Groundspeak again?

Here we go again... seems there was some update at geocaching.com today. I just did a quick test over my WiFi connection to see if search for geocaches still works, and I'm getting this error:

Please check Login ID/Password. [Menu]-[Option]-[Login ID/Password]

Anyone else getting this? I did a search by location name. It showed me my town with its post code, and after clicking it, it would normally display the cache list, but that's where the error comes up.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brzda:
I´ve the same problem....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Andreha:
mine still works, I suppose.

I just did a search by GC Code...OK.

The surrounding caches already were downloaded by PQ, but that shouldn't make a difference, in my understanding.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] immutability:
Interesting... I don't think that makes a difference. I've tried to import a GPX file from Pocket Query, and then searched for the cache code of one of its caches, yet it still tried to search online and gave me the same error. I've tried both WiFi and 3G.

Well, I'll wait for more reports on this. Perhaps the issue is on my end? Next week I'm going to be too busy for geocaching anyway. Only then will it become an urgency for me :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
Yep, I am getting the login error report too this morning, on a search by location using a wifi connection.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] security.agent:
Yep Me too. Tried a quick local search while out this morning and same error message. A new version is now definitely required. We could go without the few quirks but the program is now not usable at all???

I too was missing the logs, but had anyone else noticed we could not retrieve a TB either? OK to mark as visited or drop one off though. Bit strange?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Micha_X1:
Same problem at me....

I was searching for a GC Code using 3G and wifi.

Please Tom HELP!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] markstein:
I can report same problem.

Tom, please help. GCzii unfortunately is not usable anymore.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
Don't forget guys (and gals), even if GCz loses all its 'live' or 'online' functionality, you can still load PQs into it (or data from GSAK) and it will still give you all the cache details and guide you to GZ. You can still write logs in the field ready to upload your fieldnotes when back at your PC

That's pretty much how I use it anyway these days, rarely using the live search function while out and about, but I understand that option is not so easy for basic members.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JohnLips:
I can report same problem.

I'm leaving Georgia Monday morning for a trip to San Diego, couldn't be a worst time for GCzII to stop loging on to GC. I'm a premium member so I guess I can do PQs along the way where I have WiFi.

Help need a quick fix.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] namhtc:
Does anyone has any news ?

GCzII is (was ?) the best WM app I have ever used it allows me to practice paperless and wireless GeoCaching :).

Due to recent GC.com website changes we have lost : spoiler images and log view / downloads.

Does anyone know what Tom has planned for the future of GCzII ?

1. nothing, he can not continue this app (for instance now he runs Android :D)

2. he may correct some issues depending on his spare time.

best regards to you all, and long life to GCzII (which still works for the basics features :) even for GC.com basic member like me).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] markstein:
To get it work partially again

Here is what you can do:

1. Log in through the website on the mobile

2. Now you can search for caches again

But:

1. Reloading of caches doesn´t work (Cache not found).

2. Logging of caches brings "Cache not found" but works. (Reloading the cache after logging does not work, see 1.)

So, please: Tom give us an definite answer if you will support GCzII in the future and we will get a new version that´s fully working again or if you quit development and it is time to switch to Android. (I personally would like to stay with my HD2 for a while.)

Thank you
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Imaginos:
Was wondering if it was just me seeing the login problem. Dang. I use the app to do live searches as I wander around. Only time I have a PQ is when I know where I will be.

Hope Tom decides to tweak it back to life.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LittleJohn_099:
Hello Tom,

please help us!

The GCzII is the best tool do do geocaching with win6:).

We needed to much.

Please update your product.

Thx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sweeney Toddlers:
We tend to use PQs, too, but the best feature (in our opinion) of the software is offline caching using static maps (especially in semi-rural areas). You need to reload the imported caches to get the static maps in, unless you have lots of time on your hands. We are currently running c:geo on android on our phone (having found the app on Windows Phone 7 to be totally useless) but will put a WM6.5 ROM back on as soon as gczii is up and running again.

The Sweeney Toddlers x
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] security.agent:
I don't often use PQ's as I never know where work is going to take me. (on call 24/7) I really like the search so I can pick up a few caches while I am in an area. Loss of logs was a minor issue as wasn't sure if the cache was available but I worked with that and just took the risk.

I hope Tom is going to continue to support this as it is by far the best program I have tried on my Touch Pro 2 (Win 6.5).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] acejavelin:
I really love GCzII, but I am beginning to think it may be at it's end and have made the switch-over to GateCacher (http://www.gateway.dds.nl/gatecacher/) for now on my WM6.5 device, it is not as good as GCzII by any means but it is fully functional and maintained. Even with that I find more and more it is just easier to use c:geo on my Android phone though... maybe it is time to put my old device to rest. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
Ah, I use Memory Map for that with 1:25 OS maps loaded, so I guess I have never really used that feature.

Not having the cache images and spoilers is sometimes a pain though.

Like others, I'm beginning to think Tom may have abandoned this project as there has been no word from him for a long long time now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jenda.69:
Hello :-)

I've just updated my Cachelist downloader for GCzII. So you can save caches to GCzII using this tool on PC at least...

If you choose to save downloaded cachelist straight to (/Storage Card)/Program Files/GCzII/cache_list/ directory, it should place all files to work with GCzII.

Otherwise it saves cachelist file to selected location and caches' details to cache_db subdirectory (so you can move it easily to GCzII's directory).

Here's link:

http://geosheep.4fan.cz/en/GCzII-CL-Downloader/download/

It's required to have your geocaching.com profile switched to English language and I think that you'll also need to switch date format to "mm/dd/yyyy" (or "dd/mm/yyyy")
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] security.agent:
:) Thanks to 'acejavelin' for the alternative which suits my needs. Maybe not as good as GCzii but at least it works for nearest to location search. Most other alternatives only work with downloaded data, which is great if you know where you are going to be? :confused:

;) I will return to GCzii if Tom updates but as the last version release was back at the beginning of July I don't hold much hope of this ever happening. :eek:

Shame to see a superb program die a death in this way. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thiseye:
I'd be willing to try to update the codebase to keep this going if that author's cool with that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DD6SR:
Hello Tom

Hello,

I once looked. Tom was the last time on 17 Written August 2011. This does not at all like him, :confused: he is not as long reports, I hope nothing happened to him. I hope the best. If he wants to go but he should write once, that I may find myself with a heavy heart, a new geocaching program. I will then switch to Adroid:(. Thank you for your years of work Tom, it has made ​​a lot of fun to work with your program :) and I hope you are well. Is it even a sign of life.

Rainer
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] immutability:
Open sourcing the app sounds like a cool idea to me, if Tom doesn't have the time to maintain GCzII anymore. Someone from the community could take care of updating, and there are free hosting options for open-source software that include version control, etc.

Anyway I guess we'll just have to wait and see... I've tried GateCacher yesterday and the GUI is not very finger friendly on my Diamond. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gammamed:
Tom, please, help me and others again ... :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mh166:
+1 for open sourcing this app. I'd be willing to help with this, too. Though I didn't have developed for WinMo yet, this would be a great chance to start with it! :D

Anyway, I hope that somehow a solution will be found for this anytime soon. It was simply the best app available for WinMo.

So-so on HD2. The main menu is okay and so is the bottom toolbar regarding cache details. Yet the list and espacially the options within the settings menu are terribly to use...

Still hoping for the glorious return of GCzII! :)

So far,

mh166
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bemi:
GCZII - Pocket Query

Hi, same problem for me.

I am no longer able to download caches from Geocaching due to Login and Password error.

Thus, I use PQ, but when loading gpx files on my HTC HD1, only 25 caches out of the total are available.

What am I doing wrong ?

Bemi
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
When you bring up the list of caches, is there a link at the bottom to load the next 20/25 or however many?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bemi:
No link at the bottom to load the next.

GCZII just shows me the caches. Sometimes 20, or 23 or 26 but never the totality of the PQ.

Bemi
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Paulloft:
When you import the PQ (to generate the cache list in GCz), and the confirmation box pops up, is it reporting the correct number of caches loaded/imported?

(Sorry, I don't have access to the software at the moment and can't remember the exact terms used in the dialog boxes)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bemi:
Yes, Geocaching gives me the correct qty of caches I ask for in my PQ.

In this case, 100 caches around my locaction. And on the map, I can see the 100 caches.

Sorry for my poor English ;-)