meatstack

I can't credit for solving this, but I can for finding the person who did: tamichan on the GE message boards wrote: I think I found a workaround for this problem. This may have some side-effects, but at least I could read my GPX files. 1. Go to your GE install directory, typically it is C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth 2. Rename gpsbabel.exe to gpsbabel.exe.save (or whatever you like) 3. Download GPSBabel 1.3.2 from http://www.gpsbabel.org and unzip the downloaded file 4. Copy gpsbabel.exe and libexpat.dll from GPSBabel 1.3.2 install directory to GE install directory Note: GE seems using libexpatw.dll (Unicode version of dll?), not libexpat.dll. Tami (Masaaki) Takamiya I can tell from personal experience that this does work. However, GE 4 has a unique "feature" that shows the time line of the waypoints. If you don't expect it, it looks like only one will load. Stretch the timeline out, and you are golden. Hope this helps.

I typically don't post here, as reading these forums usually makes me annoyed/want to cry, but I do want to post on this one. I think there would be alot less activity if there were no numbers. subsitute Geocahing for any other sport/hobby Would you golf if there were no score? Would people play baseball? Would people bowl? Would people hunt if what they shot did not matter? The score is a number - nothing more. If people want to do silly things to boost their score, they are only cheating themselves. There's no prize for most finds. Personally, I would just keep track myself, but that means more bookwork, and less time actually enjoying the game.

Even if it's not perfect, I for one appricate Jeremy and team working on it.

Actually, back on page 1 of this thread, this exact thing was brought up. The answer is.... its in the works. I've thought it would be a great idea, almost since I started caching. Not even just for 'rapid logging' in peak times, but for logging cache raids, or what ever. You log all your finds locally, and then hit 'upload' and they magically (eventually) appear on the site. Might I make a suggestion with respect to the new (potential) feature? I know it will never ever happen, but it would be really nice if it could be implemented in kind of a client-server relationship. Basically I don't care when my cache logs appear online but I do want to get my part over with as quickly as possible. What I have in mind is if the feature were implemented in such away as to potentially allow a third party to submit the logs for you. I'm thinking ambitious 3rd party coders could accomplish this, provided they were given an appropriate infrastructure to ensure that the server submiting the logs can't modify said logs (maybe some kind of digital signature on them). Just a thought anyways. Clyde at GSAK makes an excellent tool, and if GC would licence this ability to him everyone would win. More functionality could be added to GSAK, GC's servers won't turn into flaming piles of goo, and cachers can "one-stop shop" for all their GC needs.

I have an idea, but it's only a theory. I'll leave it up to people much smarter than me to figure out if it could work: If the problem is that you are getting spikes over the weekend, and that if you were to average out the work, you would be balanced, how bout a tool that could be made available to log finds off-line. It could be made available to premium members, and work somewhat like the GSAK program. You could log your finds, move your travelbugs, and write your notes. It could be "fed" by the Premium members pocket query results, once again just like GSAK. Then, when your day's caching is complete, you "submit" the file to GC. There, it's stored, and processed as cycles free up. Personally, I would use something like this, as long as it has been shown to be reliable. I logged 15 finds yesterday and took far far too long. I would gladly list them all into an "extract file" and submit. My time to log would be reduce at least by half, and Jeremy et all could regulate the flow of transactions into the server. That would free up cycles for everyone who does not use the tool, including non-premium members. Just a thought.

Not necessarily. If you have the details, you can post them. You never know what can happen! Thank you. His bug is Bucky Ducky http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.as...cf-0d6da07692a1 Owned by my Dad, Rockscaler. Let me know if you need any more onfo. Let me ask a quick question - Have you or your father made any attempt to contact the current holder? looks like someone who gave up early on. --Meatstack, serving the central Ohio Area.

Thanks Keystone!

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/inter...l?tw=wn_index_1 Wasn't sure if this was on or off topic, so I won't be hurt if the Mod disagrees with my choice. According to Google Maps, a Geocacher lives at the center of the world. Kristine Crispel owns the land that, if you were to zoom all the way in on Google Maps, you are looking at her farm. She states in the article that she took her Garmin E-Trex out to the exact spot, which turns out to be a weed infested field. If you ask me, that's a good place for a cache

I've added my name for Central Ohio. Had been thinking of something like this for all the "missing" bugs in the area.

I personally use a Motorola i710 cell phone with Trimble Outdoors software. It's not without it's problems, as I have to "reboot" the cell phone about three times a search. I've also used a Garmin E-trex (the yellow one), and I like entering coordinates into the cell phone much better (you use the number pad). Sorry, no pictures, but you can see one by going to the sprint/Nextel site.