PocketQueries feature request

[+goldensurfer]

Hi everyone,

 

here's a little feature request with big benefit ;-)

 

Would it be possible to include a tag into the xml structure of the pocket queries that shows if a cache has images or not? For example:

 

<Groundspeak:cacheimages>
 <Groundspeak:cacheimage title="Spoiler">http://img.geocaching.com/cache/fe4bfd9e-29a2-4663-902a-cb3f1ce4c78b.jpg</Groundspeak:cacheimage>
 <Groundspeak:cacheimage title="View from cache">http://img.geocaching.com/cache/4967194d-db92-49f6-80a0-ae0b056984fe.jpg</Groundspeak:cacheimage>
</Groundspeak:cacheimages>

 

The reason for that request is that in Germany, many caches can only be found when the images are present. So if you're going out with a GPS device or a piece of hardware that uses PocketQueries, these caches often can not be found, because the images are missing. One example is GC20489, but there are many more.

By now, to know if a cache contains images, you have to open the cache detail page on geocaching.com and have a look at it. So I think adding these informations to the pocket queries would also help to reduce traffic to the geocaching.com website.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

goldensurfer

[CoyoteRed]

A really quick work-around could be simply adding img links to these images into the description at the end. You'll get a lot of the background images, and images that are already in the description, but you'll get the spoiler images, too.

 

Alternatively, you could start a campaign to get everyone in your area to add those images into their descriptions.

[+Carsten]

Just have a look here: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...=235312&hl=