+Knight2000 Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 I need the GPX file but it won't work. LOC will. Is this an error or am I just unfortunate?
+Knight2000 Posted October 9, 2009 Author Posted October 9, 2009 Send to GPS will get you the .GPX. If it is deliberate I'm not sure why they wouldn't want you to have your own information.
AZcachemeister Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Mmmmm, you need a .gpx of your own unpublished cache?
+pppingme Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Mmmmm, you need a .gpx of your own unpublished cache? There's a lot of legit reasons, make sure it looks right in other programs like gsak, gpxsonar, make sure it looks right in your .gpx supported gps, all things any web author should do before releasing their work.
+OienLabs Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Mmmmm, you need a .gpx of your own unpublished cache? There's a lot of legit reasons, make sure it looks right in other programs like gsak, gpxsonar, make sure it looks right in your .gpx supported gps, all things any web author should do before releasing their work. Absolutely. And a direct download for use in MapSource to visually check the coordinates for both the cache itself and the childpoints as well. I have seen many occations of severe errors there.
+Isonzo Karst Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 I'm not sure why they wouldn't want you to have your own information. Presumably, you already have "your own information". The coordinates in your gps, as well as in any software that you might use in conjunction with that gps, and the text in some text editor. You can create the entire .gpx, coords and text in many software apps, GSAK being the most widely used. a direct download for use in MapSource to visually check the coordinates for both the cache itself and the childpoints as well. I have seen many occations of severe errors there You can check the coords on the cache page itself, whether it's published or not. All the map links work. For childpoints, presumably you've already verified that they're okay, again in your own software. Certainly you need to be very very careful about coordinate typing errors. Like you, I've seen many, and committed a few. I no longer type coordinates into data entry boxes, using a combination of expert gps and one of Prime's Greasemonkey scripts to do a copy/paste transfer, no fat-fingers involved. http://gmscripts.locusprime.net/Quick_Waypoint_Entry.html
+beejay&esskay Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 While it is true you can create your own GPX file from the information you have, I haven't heard a good reason why a GPX download is not available to the cache owner.
+fegan Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Since I can get the same info using the [send To GPS] button, it seems like an error that the [GPX Exchange File] button doesn't work. I like to load all my cache information into GSAK and send my Finds and Hides as POIs (which doesn't take up any of the limited geocache or waypoint space) so I can confirm I have met the 528 foot rule when hiding a new geocache. And there have been times I've hidden a new one before publishing one I was still working on. I wouldn't want to manually copy/paste all that info over the GSAK...it would be much easier to simply export the GPX file. Another reason... If a geocaching organization were planning an event with a number of new hides in the area that weren't going to be published until the day of the event (or after the event)...they could have all the GPX data available to give event attendees via a laptop at the event.
+Knight2000 Posted October 10, 2009 Author Posted October 10, 2009 (edited) If a geocaching organization were planning an event with a number of new hides in the area that weren't going to be published until the day of the event (or after the event)...they could have all the GPX data available to give event attendees via a laptop at the event. Bingo. I have caches that will be published after our event today and I wanted to organize/print them via GSAK to give out later today. It did work by sending to GPSr and then copying them from the GPSr. The only thing I had to do was edit the html errors that come when you send caches directly to your GPSr. Maybe this needs to be put on the list of things people might appreciate. Edited October 10, 2009 by Knight2000
AZcachemeister Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 And on a similar note, you can't put an (your) unpublished cache on a bookmark list.
+Knight2000 Posted October 10, 2009 Author Posted October 10, 2009 And on a similar note, you can't put an (your) unpublished cache on a bookmark list. Then how will I find it?
+Isonzo Karst Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 ..they could have all the GPX data available to give event attendees via a laptop at the event. Bingo!! if those files came from a .gpx downloaded from Geocaching.com we have Terms of Use Violation! Whereas if you generate those files yourself, from your own coords, and your own text; you wouldn't be in violation. Sweet huh? You may not reproduce or retransmit the Site Materials, in whole or in part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the owner of such materials, except as follows: You may make a single copy of the Site Materials solely for Your personal, noncommercial use, http://www.geocaching.com/about/termsofuse.aspx
+fegan Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Bingo!! if those files came from a .gpx downloaded from Geocaching.com we have Terms of Use Violation! Whereas if you generate those files yourself, from your own coords, and your own text; you wouldn't be in violation. Sweet huh? Whoops! I hear a frog knocking at my door, excuse me while I go answer it...
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