Download LOC Error

[+TheAprilFools]

I discovered a bad bug while trying to setup a PQ today, but its not PQ related, here are the steps to reproduce.

 

1) Do any search of caches near any location.

2) Click the 'Check All' button on the bottom of the page and then 'Download Waypoints'.

3) I select to 'Open' the geocaching.loc file and get the following error from Expert GPS.

 

The Open commend could not be colmleted, The file geocaching.loc could not be opened. This XML file contains on or more errors. Error 0xC00CE555 on line 103, position 19.

Reason: Only one top level element is allowed in an XML document.

 

Edit 9/13/2007: Seams to be fixed now, thanks.

Edited September 13, 2007 by Blanston12

[+TheAprilFools]

I saved one of the geocaching.loc files to the disk and took a look inside it, looks like there is some trace data being generated in the middle of it, here is an excerpt.

 

......

<link text="Cache Details">http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC10B47</link>

</waypoint><waypoint>

<name id="GCYX8J"><![CDATA[Alameda Creek #3.1 by Blanston12]]></name>

<coord lat="37.5655" lon="-121.99665"/>

<type>Geocache</type>

<link text="Cache Details">http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCYX8J</link>

</waypoint></loc><div id="__asptrace">

<style type="text/css">

span.tracecontent b { color:white }

span.tracecontent { background-color:white; color:black;font: 10pt verdana, arial; }

span.tracecontent table { clear:left; font: 10pt verdana, arial; cellspacing:0; cellpadding:0; margin-bottom:25}

span.tracecontent tr.subhead { background-color:#cccccc;}

span.tracecontent th { padding:0,3,0,3 }

span.tracecontent th.alt { background-color:black; color:white; padding:3,3,2,3; }

span.tracecontent td { color: black; padding:0,3,0,3; text-align: left }

span.tracecontent td.err { color: red; }

span.tracecontent tr.alt { background-color:#eeeeee }

span.tracecontent h1 { font: 24pt verdana, arial; margin:0,0,0,0}

span.tracecontent h2 { font: 18pt verdana, arial; margin:0,0,0,0}

.....

 

Hope this helps.

[+cwhlam]

I saved one of the geocaching.loc files to the disk and took a look inside it, looks like there is some trace data being generated in the middle of it, here is an excerpt.

 

......

<link text="Cache Details">http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC10B47</link>

</waypoint><waypoint>

<name id="GCYX8J"><![CDATA[Alameda Creek #3.1 by Blanston12]]></name>

<coord lat="37.5655" lon="-121.99665"/>

<type>Geocache</type>

<link text="Cache Details">http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCYX8J</link>

</waypoint></loc><div id="__asptrace">

<style type="text/css">

span.tracecontent b { color:white }

span.tracecontent { background-color:white; color:black;font: 10pt verdana, arial; }

span.tracecontent table { clear:left; font: 10pt verdana, arial; cellspacing:0; cellpadding:0; margin-bottom:25}

span.tracecontent tr.subhead { background-color:#cccccc;}

span.tracecontent th { padding:0,3,0,3 }

span.tracecontent th.alt { background-color:black; color:white; padding:3,3,2,3; }

span.tracecontent td { color: black; padding:0,3,0,3; text-align: left }

span.tracecontent td.err { color: red; }

span.tracecontent tr.alt { background-color:#eeeeee }

span.tracecontent h1 { font: 24pt verdana, arial; margin:0,0,0,0}

span.tracecontent h2 { font: 18pt verdana, arial; margin:0,0,0,0}

.....

 

Hope this helps.

I used a text editor to delete everything after </loc> and then the file can be read.