Cuckoo Cachers

This was caused when Microsoft stopped supporting the version of VirtuaEarth that CacheMagnet uses. I've posted a new version (0.14) on SourceForge.net to fix this that seems to work for me but I haven't really had anyone else test it. If anyone wants to try it out you can go to http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=159663 . You can also get there from http://cachemagnet.com or http://cachemagnet.googlepages.com. - Brian

Looks like you guys handled everything for me so I didn't have to jump in . Glad The Booklady got everything working and hope you have a great time out there geocaching.

If some of the caches show up empty, you are running into a file limit on your iPod. Try with fewer caches and it should work. Brian

Ehr, uhm. I don't know. It is a Garmin, and has a USB port, so it should work but you'd have to try it to know for sure.

Sorry, I don' have a way to keep the treasure chest icons. CacheMagnet uses GpsBabel to send the waypoints and it changes the icons around, I think the icons are based on cache size.

As of now it only works with GPS and IPod.

Every time you send waypoints to your IPod it overwrites waypoints that are already there. The trick is to combine the two queries BEFORE you send them to your IPod. Load the first query into CacheMagnet, then import the second query with "Waypoint / Import...". You'll have the two queries loaded and you'll be able to send them together to your IPod. Hope this helps. Brian

Glad you like CacheMagnet You should have two menus on your IPod under CacheMagnet, "All by Name", and "All by Waypoint". If you drill down into "All by Name" you should see the caches listed by name. Let me know if this isn't what you see, maybe something else is going on. Brian

Yep, that was a bug. Download wasn't working for USB GPSrs. I've fixed the bug and the latest release is available for download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/cachemagnet. Brian

I struggled with a decent way to have everything sorted that made it relatively easy to find caches but didn't waste too much paper. What I ended up doing is sorting the index by waypoint name, and sorting the descriptions by cache name. That way, if I only have the waypoint name, like when I'm looking at my GPSr, I can use the index to find the cache name. Once I know the cache name, I can find it in the list of descriptions.

I don't currently have a Pocket PC to work with so this might not happen. If it was to run on Pocket PC, I think there'd be many differences in functionality. For example, the maps require a constant internet connection and I think you'd want the PocketPC to work disconnected. I think the program would end up looking a lot like GpxSonar which is already available for free.

I added transform to fix up the waypoint names. My Garmin Geko, and other units have six character waypoint names and don't show descriptions. Transform lops of the GC from the waypoint name, adds a single character for cache type, and a number for terrain. So if GCABCD is a traditional cache with terrain 2, the name becomes ABCDT2. This is especially useful now that the waypoint names are seven digits long, chopping the GC from the front allows you to have unique waypoint names on devices that only support 6 characters.

This is exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for. You're right. I have been using CacheMagnet for playing with one or two pocket queries at a time, usually less than 500 waypoints. I guess a lot of people like to have all of their caches loaded at once, and use GSAK as a database. I'm pretty sure the Virtual Earth map can't handle that many waypoints at once, so if I do enable massive waypoint databases, I'll have to limit the number shown on the map at any one time. I've created a bug for this on SourceForge.net [ 1770554 ] Fails with large numbers of caches http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?f...amp;atid=812731

I've written some PC desktop geocaching software called CacheMagnet that I'd like to share with everyone. I've been waiting to get the kinks out to announce it, and now that I've published the 12th version and had over 2000 public downloads, I've decided it's ready . CacheMagnet lets you edit, map, and download GPX and LOC waypoint files. You can send waypoints to your GPSr and send cache descriptions to your IPod nano. CacheMagnet's maps and reports can be printed to take with you in the field. The map supports zoom and pan, road map, satellite map and birds-eye. CacheMagnet is free and open source. I wrote it and am sharing it as a way to give back to the geocaching community. You can find more information at about CacheMagnet at http://cachemagnet.googlepages.com/ I'm always trying to improve the software, so if you do try it out let please send me a message to let me know what you think. - Brian

I have a Geko 201 and use CacheMagnet. CacheMagnet has a transform function that will strip off the GC and put the the terrain and cache type at the end of the waypoint name. For the 7 character waypoints, one of those characters on the end gets stripped off on the Geko, but you still have the 5 characters you need. http://cachemagnet.googlepages.com/ http://sourceforge.net/project/cachemagnet Disclaimer: I wrote CacheMagnet myself, so I may be biased .

Thanks. That worked. I'm pretty embarrassed that I didn't figure that one out. I'm new to using wap, and I expected the form to pop right up. Now that I know how to use it, it looks pretty good. I'm sure I'll be using it all the time now.

I tried it on my LG VX8300. The log in form works OK, but after logged in, I get all of the links, but no forms to enter data into. For example, when I select "Find Caches" the only text on the screen is "Back" and "OK". The same goes for "View Cache" "Log a Cache" and "Travel Bug Lookup"