GrizzlyRider

quote:Unfortunately, the .loc file format does not support symbols, as far as I can tell. If anyone can give me an example .loc (geocaching.com type, please!) that includes symbols, I'll be glad to add the feature. Well, Actually it does support symbols, but not in text form. I went to goecaching.com and checked the nearest 25 caches to my home and downloaded them to ExpertGPS. I saved that file as Test1.loc. Then I changed the symbols of 6 or 7 of the caches and saved the file as Test2.loc. Then I did a hex comparison on the 2 files and there are some differences. It is only 1 byte long and I believe that this byte is also GPS specific. Since I have a Garmin that supports the Geocache and Geocache Found symbols, ExpertGPS grabs that byte and interprets it differently than if I had a different GPS. So, even though it does support sympols, you would have to think about it to come up with a way to get the right symbol for different GPSs. quote:Indeed, I have been considering a couple more options to make that process better: I can remove the word "cache" from the cache name, and I can also make a new file with "Corrected Names" so you can correct certain cache names by hand and have those names automatically apply in the future. I would really love the "Corrected Names" feature, if you decided to do it. I use to keep a list and manually edit every name it a .loc file to be something I would recognize when out geocaching. GC9999 does not mean as much to me as KITTYKAT. This feature would alow me to edit the names and have that stick on every gpx file. And if there were new caches, I would not need to worry about changing those immediately. Thank agin for the hard work on gpx2html. It is great. GrizzlyRider PS. If you would like me to email you the test files mentioned above, just let me know. I figured it would be real easy for you to repeat the steps that I did to figure out the symbol thing.

quote: One of the ideas of gpx2html is to avoid graphics, because I am trying to make the Palm part as small as possible. So instead of an icon, I would rather use a character, like V for virtual, M for multi, etc. You want those on the index pages, as well as on the "nearest caches," right? Yes, that sound great to me. Having them in both places is a very good idea. In some future version you might want to consider very small Icons for those of use who use a palm compatibles that have memory cards. (Just a suggestion.) As for the version by reference point, I am going to download it right now. Once again, thanks for all the hard work!!!!!

quote: It's almost done. I've been working on it for a while, actually. I thought I had read something on the download page about that. This is a great utility. You da "fizzymagic" man! One other suggestion. Would it be possible to include icons for caches types to be listed on the index pages and the actual page for each cache?

I really like this new utility. The best thing about it is the re-gen of the GPX with the Icons and the Waypoint changed from the GC#### to a recognizable shortened name. In Utah, with almost 800 caches within 100 miles of my home, trying to determine which cache you are looking for next just by the GC # can be quite difficult. Between this and fizzymagic's gps2html, I have ditched MobiPocket completely. Any chance of making this a utility that runs on my own PC? And, howabout putting the symbol generated in front of the GC # on the index pages so that we can see at a glace what kind of cache they are?

I just found out about your gpx2html today. I downloaded it and I already love it. I have my 2 pocket queries loaded into my Sony Clie and I am about to remove MobiPocket and it's files from it. I just hate how cumbersome MobiPocket is to use when you have a big file. One of the things I would like to see is a way to sort the page by the original sort of Distance from a specified coordinate. Thanks for all the hard work!

Well, true to form the Cach-U-Nuts have picked a weekend when I am going to be busy. It seems like they have a habit of doing that. You would think that it wouldn't be that way, since I sit within 10 ft of Mr. Cach-U-Nuts for 8 hours a day Mon-Fri. Anyway, unless the meeting place is somewhere close to Camp Tomahawk on the East Fork of the Bear River (or GSLC-BSA cancels all camping for the remainder of the year due to the FIRE) I will just be leaving from a week long camp with my scout troup. I will, however, keep my eye on this thread and try to pipe up with my 2.5 cents. (Well, I am bigger than most, so my opinion should be worth more, right?)

Well, true to form the Cach-U-Nuts have picked a weekend when I am going to be busy. It seems like they have a habit of doing that. You would think that it wouldn't be that way, since I sit within 10 ft of Mr. Cach-U-Nuts for 8 hours a day Mon-Fri. Anyway, unless the meeting place is somewhere close to Camp Tomahawk on the East Fork of the Bear River (or GSLC-BSA cancels all camping for the remainder of the year due to the FIRE) I will just be leaving from a week long camp with my scout troup. I will, however, keep my eye on this thread and try to pipe up with my 2.5 cents. (Well, I am bigger than most, so my opinion should be worth more, right?)

I am kinda partial to my Yamaha Grizzly. It gets me where I want to go. Then it gets me back home again. I can even go places that most 4X4 trucks can't. I use it all the time in our adventures in Geocaching. This is a picture that I took just about 10 days ago while out rider and caching with my daughter, Li'lRider.