+Scylla & Charybdis Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 I know that some folks are doing screen scrapes to extract the cache data from the website so that they can re-purpose it for mobile applications. These applications are usually something home grown. An example: scraping the data from the list of local caches into a format that can be massaged and then uploaded to a custom app for a palm or visor. This way, all of the data from the website is available on the PDA, annotations to a specific cache can be made in the field for later transfer when actually logging the cache, etc. As I'm sure you see, the ramifications here are pretty substantial. I was wondering if there were a way to get the data in a more efficient manner? I would personally like to be able to retrieve a list of caches as well formed XML. Does anyone else have a need/desire for this? quote:I think I can...I think I can... Incidit in Scyllam, cupicns vitare Charybdim Link to comment
+rdw Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 I know that if you use the download to EasyGPS link, but save it instead of open it, the data is transmitted as XML which you could use. It has the cache name, coords, waypoint number, etc. It doesn't have everything but it is a good start. I'm not sure if this conflicts with any of the user agreements though. rdw Link to comment
+Scylla & Charybdis Posted March 13, 2002 Author Share Posted March 13, 2002 This is a great start, just not as much detail as can be grabbed through screen scrapes. I like what is being presented here, but would like additional details like the cache description/details, details of any travel bugs associated with the cache, the difficulty ratings, and the cheat. Incidit in Scyllam, cupicns vitare Charybdim Link to comment
teamwsmf Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 Check out the thead going on over at http://opentopic.Groundspeak.com/0/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=1750973553&f=3000917383&m=2870959104 The thread gets into doing just this, some folks who are actualy doing it, and why it looks like it might be frowned upon by the powers that be. ---------------------------- TeamWSMF@wsmf.org Link to comment
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