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    Does the eTrex 30x support GGZ?

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted · Edited by Avernar

    Garmin is never consistent on the data it supplies for its units. An example that is frequently missing is the number of caches a model will hold.

    Yeah. I've always had to hunt for that number and filter out all the people quoting the waypoint limit.

     

    I was hoping someone had one as Garmin's website also led me to believe it didn't. The units that have GGZ seem to have "250,000 preloaded geocaches" on the page somewhere.

    eTrex 30 not showing all caches in a PQ

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    The next day the I went to a completely different place and was surprised that the caches didn't appear on the Garmin.

    This is a bug in the firmware. It happens on my eTrex 30 and my Montana 600. It usually happens when it crashes during the gpx indexing phase after clearing the old cache index. The first half of the green bar is when it's clearing and the second half is when it's reindexing.

     

    To get it to reindex the gpx just rename it to something else. If you don't have a computer handy and you keep the gpx files on the external storage, pull the SD card and power up fully. Then put the card back and power up again.

     

    I always give any new gpx files I put on the unit a different filename. That seems to minimize the issue. What seems to prevent the load failures completely is to delete the old gpx files and power on the unit so that it only does the clear phase. Then put the new gpx on and have it only do the indexing phase.

     

    I've also have had the unit forget the caches after a unexpected power down. I used the sd card trick to get them back.

    Why changed tag for mystery caches?

    in Website

    Posted

    Please don't bump the GPX version number. Your GPSr has a problem. Mine does not: it recognizes "Mystery Cache" as a synonym for "Unknown Cache". If you bumped the GPX version number even though no substantial change was made to the GPX schema, it will probably cause me a problem I don't currently have.

    Don't worry. You can already pick what "GPX Version" you want in your account details page. Any future (planned) changes to the GPX will just add another version to that list. If you don't change that setting you'll still get the same old GPX format.

     

    Just for clarification it's not the GPX Version that would change but the Groundspeak GPX Extensions Version. The website mistakenly calls it GPX Version. Topographix is the company that defines the GPX Version. They've defined a new version but pretty much nobody uses it.

    Why changed tag for mystery caches?

    in Website

    Posted

    The larger-scope fix will be to revive efforts to update the GPX schema. This work was largely completed a year and a half ago, but was mothballed for various reasons in favor of the API. It is clear that GPX is still a much-needed tool to the community, though, and so those of us on the product team would like to see the updated schema rolled out that will included much-desired benefits such as inclusion of favorite points, PMO status, et al.

    This is very good news indeed. I've been waiting for those items to be included in the GPX for a log time. :)

     

    Since I do not have an API key, pocket queries is the only way to get information into my various programs.

     

    When the numeric cache-type IDs are implemented, I would suggest that a different value be used for those caches where the user has entered corrected coordinates versus ones where the user had not solved the puzzle.

    Reusing a field for two purposes is bad design and a bad idea. More likely corrected coordinates would get a boolean flag and the (hopefully) both the corrected and original coordinates would be included.

    Grey icons

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Avernar

    Well it took me more than a day, and I'm not the first, but I think this script is the best. Not only can you fix the log icons, but you can fix just about every other icon (mis)used on the site.

    Very nice script. The reason I went with stylish instead of greasmonkey this time is that the greasemonkey script fires after the HTML is fully loaded. This means the icons will be the original ones at first and then switch to the replacements later. Most noticeable on the all logs page.

     

    I am experimenting with a way to get a greasemonkey script to install the styles before the HTML loads. I'll let you know if I succeed.

    Grey icons

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Second, I have no idea what you mean above about how to enter this stuff in Chrome, or even Firefox for that matter...

     

    Third, while it is great to use monkeys to suppress what the hamsters are doing, it doesn't send the right message to Groundspeak. What they need to hear is that we like the bruce-O icons better. If we just use monkeys, they won't hear from us, or understand that what we want is different from what they have launched without warning.

    Which browser do you use? We can help you get it working.

     

    There's no need to suffer while we complain about the icons. :) While this fixes it on my computer I still have to look at the bland icons on my iPad.

    Grey icons

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I just tested my Stylish style on Chrome. Just remove the two top lines starting with an @ and the last curly brace. Then use the Stylish plugin to write a new style and paste in the modified text. Finally add a "Applies to" of "URLs on the domain" on "www.geocaching.com" and save.

    Grey icons

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Thanks for that, but I've pretty much given up on Greasemonkey fixes to the website.

    That's why I maintain all the greasemonkey scripts I use regardless if I wrote them or not. They break too often and that's because they rely on specific layouts, IDs and classes in the HTML.

     

    This stylish "script" (it's really just a CSS style) is as generic as possible. They only way it will break is if they move/rename the icons and it's very trivial for anyone to fix that themselves.

    Grey icons

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Avernar

    Firefox Stylish style to switch to thebruce0's alternate icons:

     

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    Suspicious Finds/User

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Happens all the time, but it's obviously more noticeable when someone with 17,000 finds does that.

    I figured out that's what was going on after the first few emails came in. My first though was "That's going to take a while to re-log."

     

    Could this be legitimate in anyway? Should I report this, if so to who?

    Unless they're on your own caches I wouldn't worry about how other people log/don't log/mis-log their finds. It'll just end up driving you crazy. Just take a look at what happened to some of the forum regulars. :anibad:

    COMPLETED - [FEATURE] Date of placement in gps gpx finle

    in Website

    Posted

    The date placed is already included in the GPX which means the Send to gps plugin probably already has access to it. The problem is that your GPSr doesn't have the ability to display it.

     

    If you have a paperless GPSr then the published log and it's date will be visible in the logs. In time it will be replaced by found/not found logs but at that point those logs would be more useful that when the cache was published.

    Excessive Event "Finds"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    What I don't get is the concept of using this site's resources to post "finds" on caches that aren't listed here. If you found a cache what was listed on Navicache would you log a find for it here? You found a geocache.

    That's one of the best arguments for not logging temp caches that I've seen so far.

     

    Hmmm. If I had known this when I started geocaching I would have brought 9 caches along with me. I'd throw them down with my eyes closed at GZ and then find all 10. Then I'd take my 9 caches to the next cache. That way I could log 10 finds for each one listed on geocaching.com. I could have had over 50,000 finds now. I'd have the respect and admiration from the other cachers. I'd be an über cacher! :rolleyes:

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