YeOleImposter

I thought I saw somewhere in the GSAK docs that you can have it 'abbreviate' names for you? So that a series of caches - like "I love Highway 14: XXXXX" could be abreviated to "14:XXXXX" etc. I have searched the docs and cannot find it now! Am I dreaming? Or can it be done?

I think that's "working as designed". The center point is stored with the filter. I have a number of filters with saved center points, and I'm quite happy with how that works, so I hope he doesn't "fix" this. Had not thought about that possibility -- makes sense. Since it does not show up as part of the 'saved' data I did not even consider it was part of the 'filter'. I agree - leave it as is (or maybe show it in the criteria).

Here is something that hopefully Clyde will be able to fix when he gets back from vacation. If you select a different 'center point' then go and choose a filter - it will forget your center point and revert to 'home' as the center.

Unless something has changed recently, Geocaching.com doesn't send "Archived" cache records with the pocket querys. So when you check on a cache on line and see it is Archived, you need to right click on that record and manualy toggle the Archive Status. Otherwise, GSAK has no way of knowing that information. Yes, I just went and did a cache that was archived because I had no idea it had been archived. Too bad GC.com does not give that as an option - but then again - the PQs were not designed to be used like we are using them in GSAK - they are current. I have begun to sort any caching filter by 'date updated' to check on caches that have not been updated in a while to make sure they are still active before going out on a search.

Sounds like you are planning a fun trip - and benchmarks to boot We will be going to Victoria, BC for our 25th Anniversary - so will do some caches but alas - no benchmarks YeOleImposter (proud to have found a pen&card that was given to my wife last year). <offtopic> PS. If you can get away from WallyWorld on Thursday drop over to the Tri-Cities for our GeoCachers Get Together - maybe we can have a discussion for those of us that also benchmark. East Cascades Geocaching Society Meeting </offtopic>

Yes, I just went up to a local 'antenna farm' and it was a bit of a challenge to locate the correct tower. As a matter of fact, the person who logged them before me logged the wrong ones - which was obvious from the description. SA2268 - Description: THE SHORTER ONE OF TWO RED AND WHITE MASTS

So, the photos in the log probably should be deleted since they have nothing to do with this benchmark - right? And instead a picture should be taken of the 160' mast - so probably no reason at all to climb the fence instead need to get back quite a bit to get it all in the photo.

One reason I ask is that I linked a photo to my notes in GSAK. It treats it just like inline photos on a web page - but the photos are too big to be of any use. So just like on a web page design, I need to reduce the size to make them usable. Now, if I reduce it, is there any reason to keep the 1meg photo anymore? I guess the other thing I could do is link to the photo I upload on GC.com and then I don't have to keep 2 copies of the photo at all.

Was wondering what everyone does with their photos. Not when you upload them, but for your personal archives. Do you keep them at the 'high' quality setting (4 mpix 2400x1500 pixels) or reduce them down? I really don't see the need of keeping these huge 1meg files when 100k will do just fine...

That is something I have wondered about - I notice some BMs are listed on the topo maps and some are not - what criteria was is used?

Here is a perl script I created to manipulate the html output by GSAK to make it 'prettier' in plucker. I added links to the different directions and back to the top in the Bearing index pages. #!/usr/bin/perl # # DESC: Search and Replace GSAK GeoCache HTML # print "\nSearch and Replace $ver\n"; @filelist = <*.htm>; #<*$glob>; # process each file in file list foreach $filename (@filelist) { $filename1 = $filename; # retrieve complete file open (IN, "$filename") || die("Error Reading File: $filename $!"); { undef $/; $infile = <IN>; } close (IN) || die("Error Closing File: $filename $!"); # $infile =~ s!!!gsi; # Index Page - remove some indexes I don't use $infile =~ s!\<a href..PlacedBy.htm.*?\<br\>!!gsi; # Remove Placed By index $infile =~ s!\<a href..LastFound.htm.*?\<br\>!!gsi; # Remove Found Date index $infile =~ s!\<a href..UserFound.htm.*?\<br\>!!gsi; # Remove Found by Me index -- can comment out $infile =~ s!\<a href..TravelBugs.htm.*?\<br\>!!gsi; # Remove Travel Bugs index # Bearing Indexes - add jumps to all directions $infile =~ s!(\<b\>Bearing: N\<\/b\>).*?(\<br\>)!<a name="n"></a>$1 - <a href="\#n">N</a> <a href="\#ne">NE</a> <a href="\#e">E</a> <a href="\#se">SE</a> <a href="\#s">S</a> <a href="\#sw">SW</a> <a href="\#w">W</a> <a href="\#nw">NW</a> <a href="\#top">Top</a>$2!gsi; $infile =~ s!(\<b\>Bearing: NE\<\/b\>).*?(\<br\>)!<a name="ne"></a>$1 - <a href="\#n">N</a> <a href="\#ne">NE</a> <a href="\#e">E</a> <a href="\#se">SE</a> <a href="\#s">S</a> <a href="\#sw">SW</a> <a href="\#w">W</a> <a href="\#nw">NW</a> <a href="\#top">Top</a>$2!gsi; $infile =~ s!(\<b\>Bearing: E\<\/b\>).*?(\<br\>)!<a name="e"></a>$1 - <a href="\#n">N</a> <a href="\#ne">NE</a> <a href="\#e">E</a> <a href="\#se">SE</a> <a href="\#s">S</a> <a href="\#sw">SW</a> <a href="\#w">W</a> <a href="\#nw">NW</a> <a href="\#top">Top</a>$2!gsi; $infile =~ s!(\<b\>Bearing: SE\<\/b\>).*?(\<br\>)!<a name="se"></a>$1 - <a href="\#n">N</a> <a href="\#ne">NE</a> <a href="\#e">E</a> <a href="\#se">SE</a> <a href="\#s">S</a> <a href="\#sw">SW</a> <a href="\#w">W</a> <a href="\#nw">NW</a> <a href="\#top">Top</a>$2!gsi; $infile =~ s!(\<b\>Bearing: S\<\/b\>).*?(\<br\>)!<a name="s"></a>$1 - <a href="\#n">N</a> <a href="\#ne">NE</a> <a href="\#e">E</a> <a href="\#se">SE</a> <a href="\#s">S</a> <a href="\#sw">SW</a> <a href="\#w">W</a> <a href="\#nw">NW</a> <a href="\#top">Top</a>$2!gsi; $infile =~ s!(\<b\>Bearing: SW\<\/b\>).*?(\<br\>)!<a name="sw"></a>$1 - <a href="\#n">N</a> <a href="\#ne">NE</a> <a href="\#e">E</a> <a href="\#se">SE</a> <a href="\#s">S</a> <a href="\#sw">SW</a> <a href="\#w">W</a> <a href="\#nw">NW</a> <a href="\#top">Top</a>$2!gsi; $infile =~ s!(\<b\>Bearing: W\<\/b\>).*?(\<br\>)!<a name="w"></a>$1 - <a href="\#n">N</a> <a href="\#ne">NE</a> <a href="\#e">E</a> <a href="\#se">SE</a> <a href="\#s">S</a> <a href="\#sw">SW</a> <a href="\#w">W</a> <a href="\#nw">NW</a> <a href="\#top">Top</a>$2!gsi; $infile =~ s!(\<b\>Bearing: NW\<\/b\>).*?(\<br\>)!<a name="nw"></a>$1 - <a href="\#n">N</a> <a href="\#ne">NE</a> <a href="\#e">E</a> <a href="\#se">SE</a> <a href="\#s">S</a> <a href="\#sw">SW</a> <a href="\#w">W</a> <a href="\#nw">NW</a> <a href="\#top">Top</a>$2!gsi; # Found by me Index $infile =~ s!\*NotFound\*.*?\<br\>!!gsi; # Remove all Not Found links # Cache pages #Remove Current and link line at top $infile =~ s!\<center\>.*?\<center\>.*?Current at.*?\<\/center\>.*?\<br\>!!gsi; # write complete file open (PROD, ">$filename") || die("Error Writing to File: $filename $!"); print PROD $infile; close (PROD) || die("Error Closing File: $filename $!"); } print "\nFinished.\n"; exit(0);

Also, if this is the regular Palm Quick Install hotsync thingymabob - then you can click on any item that shows up on the list and then on the right side where it will show the details you can change where you want it to go to.

If I am understanding you want to be able to print out the cache page without any logs - just like it is possible to do online from geocaching.com if you choose - 'printer friendly with no logs' I can get GSAK to print it with 1 log - but seems that there is no option for 0 logs. That may be the best solution for now. Just go in to Tools / Options / HTML / Number of Logs. Change it to 1. Maybe you can ask Clyde to add a 0 logs option?

Another Request It would be nice if you could access the 'Notes' and even 'Archive Status' from the waypoint edit screen instead of having to use the right click menu. BTW, I just made a trip along I-84 (Oregon side) to Portland and Hwy 14 (Washington side) back and GSAK was great! I created files for my GPS that only included waypoints within 2 miles of the highway using the 'arc' filter. In Plucker I used the same waypoints to create 2 seperate databases - one for Oregon the other for Washington - and the 'Bearing' index was great!! I always knew what the next cache should be. Again, just need to have links at the top of the index to the 8 different 'bearings' on the page.

Thought I should share the wealth. GSAK has been so helpful I thought I would try to post how I am setting things up with different programs so that 1) Others don't have to reinvent the wheel and 2) Other Others can show me how to build a better wheel For Mapoplis I export a GPX file named sample.gpx the "Waypoint Name (code)" does not really matter - I put in %Code with the following "cache description format (real cache name)" %Name %Typ1(%Dif/%Ter) Then I run the following batch file with the gpx file as the first parameter gpx2mapopolis.bat sample rem -- start of file REM - output geocache Mapopolis csv file gpsbabel.exe -s -i gpx -f %1.gpx -o mapconverter -F %1.txt echo . echo %1.txt needs to be converted... echo Please type in %1.txt when the Mapconverter box pops up then hit 'begin' echo . REM - Convert the csv file to Mapopolis file rem - command line arguments ignored mapconverter.exe Rem - Install file %1.pdb rem - end of file hope this helps someone....

I love this program!! Which of course means I want more!! As I am working with this - I think it would be very advantageous to be able to save output templates just like you can save filter templates. Does that make sense? Right now when I need to export a GPX file for manual input into gpsbabel I need a number of different setups. I have one set of rules for Mapopolis, another for Tiger output and still another for when I use the gpx-logpoint to generate waypoints users have input for my locationless Lewis & Clark Trail Cache (that I can now automate because of GSAK ) If not saved templates, it would at least be nice to be able to pick from a drop down box the last 5+ settings you have used? Also I notice that the GPX/Loc Export still uses the deprecated "Cache Name" instead of Code and "Cache Description" instead of Name (confuses me still every so often)

Yes, but that would take a good deal of coding, I think, and probably result in much longer runs for GSAK and Plucker. Actually this would take less coding than the alphabetical indexing that is already incorporated into the 'name' index. That's what filters are for. It's not that hard to filter for only caches a certain distance more or less from any point. Now if you want that done automatically on the fly, on the PDA, it ain't gonna work. HTML is a static data source, and once the page is written, that's the end. It might be possible to do something like that, using lots more pages, but I don't think it's worth the trouble. No, as my example points out - if you use the 'arc' filter you could have one file that stretches for 500 miles and only 250 caches in it. I don't want to have 50 seperate files with overlapping waypoints. It would not be that difficult to add to the coding - GPXSpinner does this already I believe.

Playing with the HTML output of GSAK -- It would be nice if the 'Found by Me' index did not include all the caches not found by me It would be nice if the 'Index by Bearing' had an index for E,NE,N,NW,W,SW,S,SE at the top to quickly jump to the Bearing you want to go to. For Distance & Bearing it would be nice if there was a place to put the Maximum Distance - IE If I am going on a trip and have 500 caches along the interstate, I don't need the caches that are 200 miles away to show up for the different locations - would be nice to be able to say 20 miles if I wanted. Thanks for a great program!

Am guessing the PQ always sends the user's 'found' log - so if that log was ever deleted by the user or the cache owner then it would also disappear out of GSAK. Since BMs have no 'found' log the 'find' is always removed.

Also may not be a bad idea to ask Clyde for some kind of warning when a cache previously marked 'found' is changed to 'not found' Not worried so much here - I don't expect it to work for benchmarks - but if a regular cache log gets 'removed' I would like to know it. GSAK is nice enough to notify you that an archived cache is now available, it should warn you that your 'find' has been removed.

Will have to figure out how to update a couple of them - My report is in the new data file - and I would like to see them Guess will just have to import those 4 somehow and then manually mark them as found or not again.

I just downloaded an updated list of benchmarks from the ngs and imported them into GSAK - I lost all my finds, archive, etc. Luckily I backed it up. I guess will have to 'Lock' all benchmarks that I log as found or archived so that the info is not removed.

Thanks. Was not sure. I have enjoyed hunting benchmarks when I get the chance. I am just moving my stuff into GSAK and recreating my list of marks I need to be looking for. Will probably be popping in with more questions, and if I cannot find them with a search of this forum will ask

I find some marks listed in the database like S322 and S322 Reset that are located at or near the same spot. I am guessing that the original was destroyed at some point and the original was replaced by a reset? Am I correct? Is there any reason to search for the original once the reset is found? Just surprised how many of these there are. S322 Reset S322

Also would be nice if the 'permanently deleted' list was similar to the 'corrected cache' list or at least be able to put a note next to the deleted cache as to why it is deleted? That is why a format like the 'corrected coordinates' list would be nice - that file is easy to document.