jam4ar

When you view the image gallery for a cache, it would be nice if you could view all the photos in one continuous stream in lightbox. I like how images go to the log page but if I want to look through all the images it's just not a very smooth process.

Lots of this type of cache around here. People often use a nano and glue it inside a pencil topper monster thing.. They call these "Monsters in the drain" Kind of funny IMO. I do find it somewhat.. yucky.. but other than that I don't mind them. Just keep a mirror and a flashlight in your cache bag and you won't have to do to much poking and prodding around if it really bothers you that much.

I've not really investigated homebrew on the DSi too much (not much out there on it, yet), but I'm about 99.9% sure it will not run. The thing about homebrew is that it's not an official function of the DS, it's something that other developers reverse engineer to get working. (It would be great if Nintendo would support it officially, oh the things we could do!) So.. it takes a little while to get everything working when a new product comes out. Right now the DSi is still in that stage, it looks like a few people are getting it to do some things but it's just not "there" yet. We just have to give it time until homebrew matures a bit on the DSi. Now, regarding the next version. I know I've made other posts about it, and trust me, I REALLY want to give you folks a new, better, faster, prettier, more functional program. The problem is, time. Right now I just don't have enough to devote to writing the next version. So.. just hold tight, try to work with what is there and as soon as I get some more time I will write a new, better, version. Thanks to everyone who uses it, I hope it's working well for you. -J

I've run it on a regular R4DS and th R4DS III.

Nope, you're not unchecking anything. It just isn't programmed to do that. When I get around to working on the next version I will look at putting that in.

Yes, that is correct. The one I usually recommend is the R4DS for no other reason than it is the one I use and have had no problems with it at all. But the process is pretty general for all of them. Copy the .nds file to your microSD card, put the card in the cartridge for the DS and turn it on. Of course for DS Cache you'll also need to copy a GPX file to the card but that is all described in a document with the download.

Yea, sadly it will crash the XML parser. I wrote the program pretty qucik and didn't put a whole lot of error checking and robustness in general in it so it pretty much takes a nose dive when it encounters something it doesn't know what to do with. I still have plans to work on the bugs and other problems with it but just haven't been able to find the time. Oh and BTW if anyone wants the source to continue development I'd be happy to provide it. PM me.

PM Sent. Just for anyone else interested though. To use homebrew on a DS you need what is called a Flash Cartridge. There are several out there, a popular one is called the R4DS (No affiliation, just a satisfied customer). If you need help getting it setup PM me and I can give you some pointers.

A few things are starting to show up for DSi homebrew, Hopefully it will continue to get better. I just hope Nintendo will try to live peacefully with homebrew rather than shut it down with firmware updates. As for DSCache and the DSi, I have no idea if it will work. They're not even out here in the US yet.

PM on it's way.

Wanted to add that I now have the file hosted at http://www.mcs.uvawise.edu/~jam4ar/?p=10 Enjoy and let me know what you think... make sure to read the readme.txt file as well...

Don't mind a bit, thanks. I wanted to put it on a few of the homebrew forums myself.

Saw (and replied to) a post the other day about paperless caching on the Nintendo DS, after thinking about it some more, I decided to write a program for the DS that can read GPX files. So now you can just load your pocket query file or an export from GSAK and away you go. This is a very new (read "has a few bugs") but I think it is very functional even at this early stage. Sorry for the crummy image - Emulators can't run this program so no pretty screenshots. Features -View Description, Hint, Difficulty, Terrain, Owner, Container, and Cache type -Control with either stylus or buttons (buttons not implemented as I'm posting this but should done by tomorrow) -See Hint only if you click the button -Swap windows from top to bottom to control either with the stylus. -FREE! (Though if you want to send a garmin Colorado or Oregon my way I wouldn't refuse ) A few known (but hopefully fixed soon) limitations. - Only Geocaches for the moment. child waypoints can't be handled yet. After I add the logic for the parser to tell the difference this should be fixed. - Scroll Bars in the windows are kinda screwy (dragging with the stylus works great though). - Limited to about 200 waypoints - This is a hardware issue I believe, but I may try to optimize a bit more for better efficiency. - HTML in descriptions is not parsed so some of it looks really ugly. All the text is still there and readable, you just have to sift through the HTML tags to find it. - I'm sure there are more. How to get it: Until I set up a project page somewhere, I will email it to anyone who wants it. Just send me a message here (don't forget to include your email address) and I'll send you the rom along with some more detailed instructions for use. *note you need a flash cart for use, has been tested on R4, should work on others* A few things to note and give credit where it is due. This was coded up pretty quick and while I've done a good bit of testing I'm sure there are some bugs that need fixing. I can and will in no way be held responsible for any damage or resulting loss from use of this program. It is supplied free of charge and free of warranty, while I plan to develop it a bit more and get the bugs out I can't make any promises of bugfixes or support though I will do my best as time allows. This was developed using the Woopsi library, a great tool for rapid application development on the DS. XML parsing is done with TinyXML. Compiled using the DevKitARM toolkit along with PALib. Filesystem access is via libFat. This whole thing is made possible by lots of work by lots of people providing great toolkits. Thanks to all of them.

Yea I have WAAS enabled but I can't tell any difference.. What do you mean stations your unit can pick up? I thought they were another set of satellites..

Thanks for all the replies! While I'm not ready to blame the GPS yet.. I mean.. I know it's not my fault for the loss of accuracy but if other people have success with the eTrex line then I can as well. A friend of mine has a garmin with the helix type antenna I'll give it a go next time we're out caching and see if I think it's better. The chainsaw sure does sound like it'd work but I'm not sure I could get away with cutting down trees in national forests very long. Moving out of the covered area is what I usually do and move along the tree line until I get a straight line to the coords then try to just move straight counting my steps and estimating how far I've traveled until I think I'm near it. Works sometimes.. sometimes I have to do it a few times.. and sometimes I just get confused. Guess it's just part of the game. I still have fun looking.. See you on the trails!

Hello folks, I'm a new cacher and am having some troubles while caching. I have a Venture HC. The problems occur when I go to find a cache in a wooded area. Shortly after I step into the trees the GPS's accuracy goes to pot. and it often will tell me the cache is in places I know it isn't. I've been standing right beside a cache before and it told me it was 40 feet up the hill. It also does things like giving me a bearing of S, a Heading of N but the distance to cache is going down. I know loss of accuracy can't really be avoided in the trees but I'm just wondering how I can better deal with it and not end up walking around with both me and the GPS confused.

While I know this isn't probably ideal but something that I think would work would be to print multiple cache pages in gsak to JPGs. Then use something like the ComicBookDS to view the images. Of course you couldn't search so you'd have to put them in some sort of order..when I print multiple reports on one page I usually sort them by their GC ID and then transfer their ID as a note attached to the cache on my GPS. Not too hard to look up a cache in the "dictionary." I think you should be able to find all the tools you need on google.. I'd try it out myself but I can't find my mircoSD USB adapter. If you try it post about it here.. I'd like to know how it goes. Ohh.. to do the jpg printer stuff use something like "imagePrinter" or paperless printer... both work decently from what I've seen...

All hobbies can get expensive if you really get into them. Doesn't have to be anything that involves any big major purchases like a boat or car... My wife scrapbooks and I tell you, that gets expensive quick. It's deceptive because each item is usually pretty cheap so she thinks "Oh, this won't be too much." But it usually doubles what she intends to spend. I play video games.. again.. expensive. A couple of new releases per month on the Xbox 360 runs me in the $120 - $140 range, not to mention all the misc $6 I spend on other download content for the 360. The way I look at it a GPSr and a premium subscription to geocaching.com. A bit of gas (which you can split with your caching buddy) and the few other costs involved are pretty cheap. Either way, seems like it'll be well worth the costs.

I would like to add (even though I've yet to go after my first cache) that while the cache is the target. The fun of it is in the process. I work in an office, behind a desk, 9-5, M-F. This will give me a chance to get outside, enjoy nature, and see places I otherwise would not have seen. Just looking on this site, I've seen some pictures of places and read about some local history, not 10 minutes from here, that I would have otherwise probably never seen or heard of. Finding the cache is just the target, the fun is in getting there.

I've yet to find my first cache (or even get my GPSr in the mail) but I can tell you that if I found something like that in a cache I'd think it was pretty awesome. I've been wondering what I should put in the caches when I trade and I'm seeing some really good ideas in here. I really like your gold coins, the custom made dice, and the little things sealed in the clear resin. Great stuff here folks.