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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paulpille:
Sorry, but I dont get your point :-(

The topic we are talking about is saving time/bandwidth when downloading images. To handle this, Tom implemented following check boxes in the menus "download all caches" / "reload cache":

- skip downloaded images

- skip spoiler images (description)

- skip spoiler images (logs)

Hence, depending on your bandwidth situation its your free choice to keep these boxes checked or not.

But to be serious, its really not the hell of work to uncheck these boxes if images should be downloaded (default is 'skip download') !

So may be there are more interesting GCz topics worth to be discussed first :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aknatn:
Great Application!

I've been looking for a GOOD windows mobile geocaching application since I started last year. So far your application fits every need I have except 1. I don't know how hard it would be but what about adding the ability to launch the selected cache in Garmin Mobile XT? This would wrap up all the primary needs for a mobile application by adding voice driving directions and all the power of Garmin. Please let me know if there is any way I can help and you need to add a paypal donation button, I'd be happy to do what I can that way too, as would many others I'm sure. Thanks for your excellent skills and time on this application.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
GateCacher does this, but is not as nice in many ways. Personaly, google maps is good enough for me. Maybe if I was caching in an unfamiliar city it would be more important, but so far, I have never flet the need for voice navigation commands. Not to mention that I found Garmin MobileXT to be buggy, and frequently freeze up my phone. I un-installed it. Good think it was just a "Demo" ;) version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aknatn:
I have tried GateCacher, although it is mostly effective it is slow and nowhere as good as GCzIIm plus it does not allow real time logging. I think the stability issue of Garmin Mobile XT is probably relative to the device and the majority of owners have great success with it. The export to Garmin feature in GateCacher is not to well written and it does not "auto launch" the application like the plugin for Cachemate. It's just a suggestion, but being able to quickly navigate to geocachers is the whole point of the smartphone application and automatic routing and voice directions certainly helps most of us get from here to there.

Please don't think I'm complaining, just suggesting, I think this is the best application I have ever found for the smartphone and I'm excited to follow it's development.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] realhuette:
great! thank you!

my personal wishlist is getting smaller:

- cachetour-planning: select caches for a named cachetour

- possibility to view images in more detail (the entry "image viewer" is already present but greyed out)

- cache attributes

- add picture to a log entry

the greyed out note button may be a little confusing. would it be possible to create a note by pressing on the greyed out button?

if I could I would buy this software!! ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marcuswar:
arghness,

What version are you using ? There used to be a bug a few versions ago that sounds similar but certainly with the lastest build (v17) I'm not seeing anything wrong.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alklekcs:
Hi Tom,

thank you for this great piece of software. Hands down the best caching software out there. And not to forget -- thanks for your continuing support.

So while I think its perfectly usable as it is right now, there will always be little improvements and bells & whistles that can be added.

I don't want to repeat the usual wanted features -- so here is my little list of improvements I have not seen too often requested:

I would like to see an adjustable speed threshold for location updates in GPS mode. In one instance I was very slowly moving around and the location seemed to be frozen. I think this behavior was an very early feature request and not a bug.

While context sensitive configurations help to prevent unnecessary clutter I prefer to find all the config options in one place accessible the same way from wherever I am in the menu hierarchy. But that's personal preference...

Keep up the good work,

AlKlekcs.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kinglee:
This looks like a parsing bug when pulling out the spoiler's url.

eg of parsed xml in /caches folder.

<br><br><b>Spoiler</b><br><hr><br><b>Famous Statue</b><br><img src='http://img.geocaching.com/cache/b2ecb638-9374-4ea8-8d7e-8823735a3400.jpg'><br><br><b>Spoiler</b><br><img src='./image.aspx?imgid=980609'><br><br><b>The Pond</b><br><img src='./image.aspx?imgid=980613'
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kinglee:
One more problem when cache name is long the screen won't wrap around. Please see attached pics. Some cache names are also too long for landscape mode.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Titus_Andronicus:
I also noticed this yesterday. Google maps was updating, but GCzII was not. For GPSr's with WAAS, you don't have to worry about possistion drift very much, so this feature is not realy needed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rsheff:
I didn't know this....

I'm sure everyone knew this but me, but on the "search by zipcode/address", you can just enter the city and state and get the rusults. Since my GPS isn't unlocked yet (Verizon Omnia), I don't have the luxury of finding the nearest based on my location, and most times I don't know the zipcode I'm in, so the search by city works great.

Rich
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] freekquency:
Hrmmm i question this. I have tried this with each build and im using the gpx files from the website. The GCz still tries to access the internet for some reason.

Im not sure if it is the login, maybe it tries to log you in, in case you decide to edit the cache? Something is still trying to dial out. When it pulls up the cache list, and you choose one, it tries to load for a few seconds and then says internet failed.

This is using gpx>waypoint.gpx menu. File is from my storage card directly from the website.

We LOVE your program Tom, thanks so much for your hard work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] arghness:
2.33.17. On early versions of the original GCz, there were issues with entering in co-ordinates.

I'm talking about waypoints now. I go to a cache, add a waypoint with N/W format, choose "Set Waypoint Location", go to the GPS Monitor and it shows the same digits, but as N/E. Same thing happens when you try and view the waypoint in Google Maps. GCz might not be passing the "W" and Google Maps just assumes N/E?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marcuswar:
I've just tried this now (v17) and its fine for me. The only thing is that the W/E dropdown has a tendancy to sometimes revert back to "E" after I've changed it to "W", but this is in the waypoint entry screenm so as long as I double check that its "W" before I save its fine.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] realhuette:
The gpx-files from geocaching.com do not contain all the information GCz can display (images, more than three or five logs...)

I could imagine that GCz tries to download the missing information.

You don't have that problem when you download a cachelist directly online, do you?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi lacor74,

>> "Internet connection [ConnMgrEstablishConnection] failed".

The error message means, GCz can not establish Internet Connection.

So, need to use GPRS/UTMS Internet connection when not connected PC via ActiveSync.

Thank you

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Campy77:
Hello Tom,

I would like to develop a geocaching application myself, just for fun. I was wondering how you access the geocaching database. Can you tell me how?

regards,

Campy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Radimus:
It would be nice if it could remember the last cache selected...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi Campy77

I don't access any special database. I just download from HTTP web of Geocaching.com.

===========

Hi Radimus

It would be supported when offline mode is ready.

Please wait for offline mode implementation. ;D

regards,

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] isaacfinnegan:
Some feedback

-This app rocks. Thanks for writing it. I am very impressed with how usable it is.

-Would love caching, so just adding my vote.

If you implement caching, I think you should cache all data, so that if the app is used 'offline' it can access any cached data that it has from previous run's as well as any currently cached data. Maybe keep an offline copy of the db that get's updated when searching and the device is online?

-When I search for caches, it does not find caches that I am very close to. I have been in situations where I search for caches, then go towards one, and for whichever reason, (probably going to gps monitor and back) I have to search for the caches again to get the list back, but the cache I have moved close to does not come up on the list.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
I've tried about every geocaching oriented program on Windows Mobile and they've all stunk to high heaven.. Slow, poor user interface, or both.

This is just amazing. It's very simple, easy to use, the interface makes perfect sense, and it's really fast to return results! I haven't used it beyond searching around a zip code yet, but I looked at the results, logs, hint, etc.. It just plain makes sense.

I'm going to give this a try sometime soon in real caching and see how the navigation and such goes.

One suggestion I do have is the ability to set the GPS COM port. Luckily I've hacked on my registry so it'll work, but people using external bluetooth GPS units won't be able to use the Bluetooth GPS. It'll just use the internal GPS, which we all know uses lots of power and is pretty daft (at least on the Tilt).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] olivenj:
Hi!

I've just installed ver. 0.0.31 on my HTC Kayser, gave it a quick test at home and all seem OK except when logging into geocaching.com with a user name that uses accented characters ("ê" in my case).

I seem to be able to login when I enter the user name / password, but then if I shut the program and launch it again I get a username/password error.

Tryed it with a different login that uses only regular characters and it works fine... maybe something is going on with the character encoding when storing the login/password info?

Anyway, thanks for a great app, and I'm also looking forward for an offline mode with a HUGE cache ;)

Best Regards,

Nuno.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lacor74:
Thanks for your answer Tom.

I know the program should use an Internet connection like GPRS/UMTS. That connection is available however. All other programs on my phone that use an Internet connection work fine when disconnected from my PC. It is just GCz having trouble. I think it is too bad, because I really like what you made.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NoahsDad:
Hi - I'm also a WinMo developer who created my own geocaching app for personal use. There are some things in your app that i really like, for example downloading caches at your current location. But I'm curious how you retreive them from www.geocaching.com without the use of an API. Are you simpy sending an http request, and then parsing the HTML response? That seems like a tedious approach (and one that is apparantly limited to 20 caches). Any tricks to this, and how do you send the login info? I also see you're building a KML file for Google Maps; are you constructing that manually, or is there a trick to that too?

Nice job with GCz - maybe someday we can swap source code or ideas.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi NoahsDad,

GCz works as usual WEB Browser. so just send a HTTP request and recieve response.

As you know if want to recieve more than 20 caches, need to send requests twice internally.

I think that prev/next buttons to move pages is the solution in this case to see more than 20 caches. (Need to add this feature to GCz.)

(Also, need to add Cache type filtering. All/Traditional/Multi/etc...)

GCz sends login info as same as WEB Browser. not any special trick.

KML file is made by GCz manually. It's just a text file. ;D

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
I tried it yesterday for a bit, not really caching but I was driving towards a cache so I gave it a shot.

I could not make heads or tails out of the compass... North Up always had N up and the arrow up. Heading Up always pointed in the direction I was heading.

I would have expected it to point to the target? Maybe I'm just misunderstanding how the compass is supposed to behave, but I'm pretty used to the compass pointing to the target. Along those lines, I found it a little confusing about how to target a cache... Hit GPS, enter Soft menu, picked "Use Location"? Don't have my phone in front of me. I'd think tracking a cache is the primary use case, but perhaps you use a separate GPS unit and it's not.

Also, can you add a "view last results" type function? If you get back to the main screen you have to do a full search again, rather than being able to view the last results. Again, maybe I was just messing around with it a bit much and not using in a normal scenario and wouldn't normally come back out to the main screen without intending to search again.

Hopefully I'll have time to do some actual caching soon and try it in real use.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi khaytsus,

Just 1 thing, you will see the same compass screen in the Cache detail page when you will be in real use. ;D

regards,

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jack_Brody:
I'm copying my post from Modaco, since you visit xda much more frequently:

Hello,

today I played with your program during my morning travel to work. Looks awesome, especially the possibility to find nearby caches from the place I am currently on and the GUI. Two things:

1)

I had troubles when trying to approach a cache. The compass only works when walking faster (probably uses the heading provided by GPS chip?). But mainly I was confused by the "Degrees" indicator - I thought it was an azimuth to the cache. After some time I found out it is my motion heading. :-)

I think heading is of no use for a cacher. Could you please change it to the real azimuth to a cache? (maybe that was the original intention but, you know, errors just happen). I then could use the azimuth on my magnetic compass and go straight for the cache. ;-)

BTW: It also seems to me that compass in "North up" mode has a weird behavior, it still pointed to the north.

2)

Would it be possible to add "Find nearby caches" to a cache page for searching for caches around the current one? It could be located in the right Menu.

3)

If yould could (one day) implement the radar instead of compass (or as an alternative), that would be great. :-)

Thanks for a beautiful program and please keep up this good work!

Pavel
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Radimus:
as an addendum to the above post...

There are often multiple caches in a given area, like a park... It would be nice if you could see all the caches in googlemaps or a radar or whatever... managing those caches is the hard thing.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Thank you for that better explanation of the problem I was seeing. You're absolutely right, pointing to the cache rather than the direction of travel is the most logical way to work. "Follow the arrow".

Today I activated a cache of mine which is near the road I drive to work and as I approached it, the arrow was pointing at it, but only if I turned the PDA 270 degrees from my direction of travel. But then when I passed the cache, rather than pointing backwards where the cache was, it instead pointed the opposite direction. Very odd.

So I think there is some weirdness with the compass. :) I'll be happy to help in any way I can. One thing that occurs to me is it could be an East/West North/South calculation... I'm at around North 38 and West 84.5 here., 38,-84.5.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi guys,

Thank you for the feedbacks.

I will consider improvement and add new features soon.

Please keep on post bug report/idea/suggestion anyting.

All your voices make GCz better. One for all. All for one. ;D

best regards,

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Balrog82:
Cool app, definately gonna try this. I've been interested in Geocaching for a while now. But never had a point to really start off. With my mobile giving me locations, this is gonna be great.

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jack_Brody:
OK Tom,

no prob. If you release a new version at least with the azimuth issue fixed (that could be quick, I guess), we will start using it for a real cache hunt and then you will receive more suggestions/issue reports than you have ever wished to get! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] an-di:
Hi, i it possible to enlarge the cache list? In areas with high cache density are 15 items insufficient.

Thank you.

an-di
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi

I will finish to develop another software soon.

(It's just for Japanese users. [GSz - Gourmet Search])

So, I will be back to GCz development after that. ;D

regards,

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Daemonicus73:
Did a multi cache today with the wife and kids and GCZII worked perfectly.

The only thing I would like to see is what has already been mentioned and I think is in the pipeline and that is the option to have a cache tour. It would be great to see all the caches from a multil cache visible on the radar with your arrow pointing to the "active" cache and maybe arrow buttons for the next/previous cache.

Great work Tom and please keep it up :)

Dave.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] arghness:
Congratulations. It doesn't work for me, though. I haven't had it revert back to "E" in the waypoint entry screen, though, so that's a problem that you have on your device and I don't :)

You're definitely doing it from the waypoint page, not "Set Target Location", which works fine for me?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi arghness

I need to know reproduce step as detail.

This is my step.

1) Search by Postal Code/Address

"Multi Cache" / "M130AS" -> Go

2) Manchester's Magical Mystery Multi (GC1HBR9)

3) Waypoints button

4) Select Question A (N 53 28.638/W 002 14.466)

5) Set Waypoint Location

6) N 53 28.638/W 2 14.466 on GPS Monitor (Info box)

7) Menu > Google Map

8) Target Location (N) 53° 28.638000 / (W) 002° 14.466

like...

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Gech,

I've had great look with GCzII recently, only once has it just spun on me launching. I've launched it quite a few times in the last few days without regard to what I was running or memory available.

Thanks!! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Change) 0.2.33.18

1) Keep "Download All"/"Reload" checkbox settings.

2) Change Menu order. (Sorted by frequency)

3) Import/Export GPX parser modified.

4) Selected Waypoint shows on Google Map.

http://www.nicque.com/PQz

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khart:
Excellent Program

I absolutely love the program, probably one the of best geocaching programs around. I especially love how you've used google maps to show caches! I could see your sub program used in tons of other ways too! The ability to customize google maps mobile is quite amazing!

Great work Tom!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khart:
I'm having some issues on installation opening. I have an HTC diamond. After installing GCZ then extracting the std file to the same directory (tried both regular and internal storage), I get an error message that says "file open failed [\skin\ENG\640x480]"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marcuswar:
I don't think you should be using the STD version.. you just want the normal version for the Diamond :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marcuswar:
Yes, I'm doing it from the waypoints page :confused:

I think you need to do as Tom suggested and post some screen captures:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi khart

I thought most of WM user knows the difference between Standard(Non touch screen) and Professional(Touch Screen).

So, I updated FYI section of Download page.

http://www.nicque.com/PQz

---------

This is for NONE touch screen devices. (WM Standard Edition)

If use touch screen device. (WM Professional Edition), just use CAB file.

No need to do below.

---------

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hakan42:
Hi Tom,

I am a little bit late to the game, I was two weeks away from my computer. What a wonderful surprise to see all those changes you made in the meantime, GCz is rapidly evolving into my main reason to keep using a Windows based phone :)

One little thing could be possibly added, though: You have a "Download settings" page. Could you add checkboxes here for the defaults of "Skip downloaded images", "Skip Spoiler Images (Description)" and "Skip Spoiler Images (Logs)"? I'd love to always download the spoiler pictures in the description so I am at least prepared when I need them and have no possibility to download them at the position of the cache...

I got bitten by missing spoiler pictures on a very difficult cache atop a 500-meter-high steep climb (http://coord.info/GC1T5HK), brambles, sheep dogs and no mobile reception :o

Regards,

Hakan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi hakan42

>> Could you add checkboxes here for the defaults of "Skip downloaded images",

>> "Skip Spoiler Images (Description)" and "Skip Spoiler Images (Logs)"?

I think it has already done (ver 18). but there is a bug. ;D

need to fix it.

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hakan42:
Another interesting behaviour I just found with version 18:

I have a GPX file of the caches in Turkey (where there are only 162 caches :( ) from gc.com. I imported that file and selected "Download all caches" from the menu to get all the spoiler images, but I have to enter a cache list filename now.

Perhaps you could pre-fill the "cache list title" field with the name of the last loaded cache list name or the imported GPX file name? That way, I could "update" a cache list more quickly.

Regards,

Hakan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] atreidae:
Figured I would just drop a note here,

I spotted this app on freewarepocketpc.net, a few days ago. never heard of geocaching before. Now ive found 4 caches and going.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bmielke:
Tom - I think hakan42 mean to add these checkboxes in the Option -> Download settings as a default-setting! I'm also thing so. Nevertheless great prog.

greating
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi

I don't understand the option.

Basically, "Download All" and "Reload Cache" will be used for other meaning.

Option Dialog

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Download All Caches

[ ] Skip downloaded caches.

[ ] Skip downloaded images.

[ ] Skip spoiler images. (Description)

[ ] Skip spoiler images. (Logs)

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Reload Cache

[ ] Skip downloaded images.

[ ] Skip spoiler images. (Description)

[ ] Skip spoiler images. (Logs)

-------------------------

So, would you like to be 7 checkboxs in the 1 option dialog?

I prefer separate it 2 dialogs when appears "Download All Caches" or "Reload Cache" selected.

And the checkbox status will be saved separately.

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lnkaye:
Questions

I am new to geocaching. Tried your app. What's the difference between target and cache? Could you explain how to effectively use the GPS monitor for newbies? Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gech:
Hi

Please imagine Traditional and Multi cache.

Basically, Traditional Cache has coordinate (Latitude/Longitude).

So, "Set cache location" set the cache coordinate automatically.

When trying Multi.

sometime need to input the coordinate directory after solve puzzle.

That is the difference.

thanks

tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] espe2310:
Tom,

I know that your Wish&ToDoList has more than 100 items. Maybe or not this idea is already there:

-- Refresh of the Cachelist with current coordinates

Yesterday I downloaded a list of close-by caches, went to the nearest one and than the question came "Which one next?" because the cachelist is static.

Thanks and regards

Ernst