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That makes a LOT of sense....especially the notion of a Wikipedia-like 'anyone can edit' concept. Perhaps the idea of 'ownership' of items needs to be reviewed. Perhaps waymarks don't need 'ownership'? Anyone can post one, and anyone can edit/update? Or perhaps there's a need for some to be individually 'owned', but others might be considered 'open source' (in a sense) and updatable in Wikipedia-like fashion.(??)

Ditto. The biggest problem I see with Waymarking at this point is that it is semi-incorporated into the geocaching site. And hence the confusion on some cachers' parts that it is simply an offshoot of geocaching in some way/shape/form. IMO, it is an entirely separate concept that *potentially* could dwarf geocaching....by leaps and bounds. I could see photographers wanting to post waymarks of images they've taken (someone already is trying to accumulate locations of shots Ansel Adams took). I could see architects wanting to post waymarks of important buildings (or building styles....maybe all 'Art Deco' style buildings). I could see Historical Societies posting waymarks of important historical sites (even if only a record of sites that may be about to become 'developed' so there is some historical record). Yada, yada, Yoda. IMO, the best thing Groundspeak could do for both geocaching and Waymarking is completely divorce the sites/activities as soon as is operationally practical. The concept for the origination and initial development of Waymarking may have come from locationless geocaches, but that's about where things end as well. A year from now, I would suspect the primary users of Waymarking.com would be a largely separate and distinct group from those at geocaching.com. A good many geocachers seemingly have little interest in locationless caches ('waymarks'), and it's likely many 'waymarkers' will have little interest in caching. To quote Dennis Miller...."Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong."

Sure. Sounds like a good thing to add to the app. I'll look into it. If you need an example .mxf file, let me know. I could send you one of the ones created via GPSBabel. THANKS!

Any chance you might consider adding the ability to export to Maptech's .mxf format in the future? I use their Pocket Navigator program and currently use GPSBabel to convert .gpx to .mxf on the desktop....then move the .mxf over to the PPC. If this could all be done on the PPC, that would be GREAT!

Help file?!?! ohhhhh...., you mean that thing I never look at til I've already broken something! Yep, I suspect you're right on the money both with why it doesn't work all that well (probably would be ok in some), and the workaround. Sorting by distance might be desirable for some, but I tend to agree with your thoughts. I could see some value in being able to sort by cache rating, or maybe by who placed.....or *maybe* even by waypoint number. Kinda suspected that might be the case. Anyway..., thanks for the good work. Definitely a useful utility.

"Dude!"........, This is pretty durn cool! Worked like a champ on an iPAQ 5555 w/ WM2003 and PMN 2004. The only 'problem' I've run into thus far is not a PMN Cacher thing at all. It just seems PMN is not always able to calculate a route if the cache coordinates are not immediately near a street in it's database. Or so it would seem....it's telling me I may not have all the map info loaded on the ppc. I'm 90% sure I do, but will have to check to verify. Do you have any plans for future 'updates'? I could see some cachers wanting more info displayed.....something more along the lines of GPXSonar. Is that feasible, or is PMN's 'Favorite' structure too limiting to do much more than you have already?

quote:Originally posted by David Stein:_Glenn_ and _BottomFeeder_: I should have been more clear - I meant the name of the owner of the device. Apologies for the lack of clarity; I've been working on this all weekend long, and my brain is a little fried... _BottomFeeder:_ Honestly, I didn't anticipate that anyone would have privacy concerns. I think that Handango has to have this information anyway, if only for billing purposes. Hopefully, this relieves at least some of your privacy concerns... Ok. I kinda wondered if you meant the owner name. But just to be clear, I *always* have privacy concerns. *Everyone* is on a 'need to know' basis. And now that I think about it, I do recall having run into a similar problem once because, in my device, I choose to use a nickname for the first name in the 'owner' info. But obviously wen sending billing info to Handango, the nick won't allow the plastic to pass muster. -=BottomFeeder=-

quote:Originally posted by David Stein:Another person who registered had the same problem. It's really related to the way that Handango does its product activation. When you create an account with Handango, one of the pieces of information that it requires is the name of your PocketPC device. It then generates product activation codes based on that name. If you didn't give it the right name, or if the name of your device changed in the meantime, your activation code won't work. I've *never* given them the name of my device and have never had any trouble purchasing from them. And I'm just enough of a curmudgeon to quit buying from them entirely if they ever do make it an absolute requirement. The type device I own, or even more importantly, the DeviceID I've associated with it is none of their business. -=BottomFeeder=-

quote:Originally posted by David Stein:I'd rather just have a PC application that automatically transfers all of your CacheDragon "Your Notes" logs to geocaching.com. Optimally, the user should be required only to sync the PDA and run the PC app. Well yes, that would certainly be "the cat's meow"! But even my suggestion would be so much more convenient for the 'power cachers' than what I perceive to be common practice of handwriting any notes on.....what do they call that stuff...paper?....with what...a pen? Yuck..., how 20th century! And then those notes have to be retyped into the log here once back at the crib. As a side note...are you familiar with a program called 'Watcher'? I know at least one very active cacher who thinks that program's just peachy. Might be worth considering how much of it's functionality could be reproduced on a PPC. -=BottomFeeder=-

quote:Originally posted by David Stein: quote:Originally posted by BottomFeeder:That very last bit about 'personal notes'....does that mean a cacher could attach a note to an individual cache's info while out in the field? Yes! That's exactly my intent - to allow people to sketch out their notes and keep them with them. At present, it would be tough to translate this into a visitor's log at geocaching.com. Actually it wouldn't be all *that* difficult if the user had a copy of Pocket Controller..... which allows the clipboards of the PPC device and the desktop/notebook to be synched. With that the note made in the field could essentially be copied directly from the PPC device into the browser of the desktop. Or at least that's the way I'd do it. -=BottomFeeder=-

quote:Originally posted by David Stein:I think I can address both concerns as follows: I'll leave the top bar visible, but make better use of it. The name of each window will be displayed in the top bar instead of in the window (which will free up a text-line of room and improve user-interface consistency), and I'll make better use of the OK/X buttons. Let me know how you feel about that idea. *To me*, this sounds great. But like I said, it may be that not everyone would agree with me. Was also re-reading the features list and something in the following caught my eye..... "It's a full-fledged geocache info database - each location includes all info, including the creator's description, hints (with a decrypt button), visitors' logs, TravelBug list, and your personal notes." That very last bit about 'personal notes'....does that mean a cacher could attach a note to an individual cache's info while out in the field? IF so, I think the 'power cachers' (those who are prone to go out and find 5-6 or more caches in a single hunt) are gonna love this app. If not, would adding such capability be feasible? I would envision being out in the field and wanting to create a note that I would then copy/paste into the cache's log when I get home and log all the day's finds here at gc.com. -=BottomFeeder=-

quote:Originally posted by Happykraut:HELP PLEASE--...Which program is the better way to go? Do I need to use Plucker/gpx2html or GPXView to put the GPX files into my Sony SJ22 PDA. Unfortunately, you don't have a choice. GPXView is a PocketPC app, so you have to use Plucker on the Sony. If you take the PQ's and run them thru *either* GPX Spinner or gpx2html, a set of .html files will be created that can then be imported to the Sony and read by 'Plucker'. Plucker is, for all intents and purposes, the same as using Netscape or Internet Explorer on your desktop machine. GPXSpinner and/or gpx2html just create the files for Plucker to 'read'. -=BottomFeeder=-

quote:Originally posted by David Stein:4) Full-screen app/OK-button removal. I spent a LOT of time on this, as I noted, and didn't find a good method to do this. It's been a burr under my saddle, and apparently it annoys you guys, too. So I'm bumping this up my priorities list; we'll see if I have any luck. I have a couple other GPS apps and at least one game app that does it as well, so there must be a fairly 'standard', albeit obscure, way to program it. I haven't yet tried your app (though certainly will), but in those apps where what you're tryng has been accomplished, I tend to find it more annoying than beneficial. It just never fails that I want to look something else up on the device at seemingly the oddest times, and having the app currently in 'focus' in full screen mode fores me to close it just long enough to perform the other desired activity. For that reason, I would personally prefer developers to stick with the Windows convention unless absolutely necessary....though I'm sure many will disagee. -=BottomFeeder=-

quote:Originally posted by Team Paradise:Hardware wise, I use an IPAQ 3870 with a single slot CF expansion sleeve, connected to an http://www.emtac.com.tw/products/bluetooth/datasheet_btgps.html which means no wires! To protect the IPAQ is use an http://www.armorbyotter.com/heavyarmor.cfm which is fantastic. Wow, very similar setup here....though I just picked up a 54xx series iPAQ.....which was surprisingly easy (to me) to get working with the Emtac BT GPSr. Also store the maps on an expansion card. I am using the 'Pocket Navigator' solution from maptech.com (from the memory-map.co.uk site, it would seem the companies have some sort association) on the 54xx. And for topo s/w, it seems far more than adequate...though this being my first foray into GPS stuff, I don't have much basis for comparison. And before I went to bed tonite, one of the things on my todo list was to order an 'OtterBox'. So ya see, our setups are very much alike! -=BottomFeeder=-

quote:Originally posted by Elias: