+Markwell Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=278986 Please include favorite points in pocket queries and GPX data. It's been requested for quite some time. It was in the User Voice, but I don't see it on this forum. Just placing it here as well so others know that it is being worked on. Quote
Moun10Bike Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 This feature (and several other GPX enhancements, such as addition of the nano size designation, personal cache notes, et al.) are underway and will be released soon after the start the of year once the necessary groundwork has been completed. Quote
+Relic Hunters DD Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Does this include the possibility to use the number of favorite points as a criterion when building pocket queries? I know that it is in the API, but downloading a PQ is much faster. Quote
Moun10Bike Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Does this include the possibility to use the number of favorite points as a criterion when building pocket queries? No, not yet. Quote
+GrayFinders2 Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 should include favorite % also or instead of just count Quote
+jermover Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Any word on this yet. This is a feature I am looking forward to. I only have time for a few caches usually when I travel. Why not get the best of them first. Quote
+randycoxclemson Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Any word on this yet. This is a feature I am looking forward to. I only have time for a few caches usually when I travel. Why not get the best of them first. Anything yet? I can't get any Favorite Points when I download data into GSAK and would love a way to find the "good" caches on a road trip that is coming up. Quote
+nittany dave Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) Any word on this yet. This is a feature I am looking forward to. I only have time for a few caches usually when I travel. Why not get the best of them first. Anything yet? I can't get any Favorite Points when I download data into GSAK and would love a way to find the "good" caches on a road trip that is coming up. There is a workaround. If you are a premium member, AND you have GSAK 8, you can download your PQs, then use the 'Geocaching.com access' menu to select refresh cache data... When accessed through GSAK and the API, you will get the favorite points. Add them as a column in your GSAK view and you can easily sort by favorite points.You also get them if you go through geocaching.com access --> Get geocaches... Edit to add: But it would be nice if this would get a higher priority and some attention. Edited March 14, 2012 by nittany dave Quote
+ATXTracker Posted March 18, 2012 Posted March 18, 2012 +1 Yes please. And also the percentage is key. Quote
+ATXTracker Posted March 18, 2012 Posted March 18, 2012 Also, I just noticed the note that says this was planned for 'just after the first' of 2012, when personal cache notes was released. While that date description is relative, it does sound to mee like that time-frame has come and gone. Can we get an update on this and if it is still planned? Quote
+hydnsek Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 +1 Yes please. And also the percentage is key. +2. And would love an update on when this will be implemented. Quote
jholly Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Also, I just noticed the note that says this was planned for 'just after the first' of 2012, when personal cache notes was released. While that date description is relative, it does sound to mee like that time-frame has come and gone. Can we get an update on this and if it is still planned? Actually what Moun10bike said was ... This feature (and several other GPX enhancements, such as addition of the nano size designation, personal cache notes, et al.) are underway and will be released soon after the start the of year once the necessary groundwork has been completed. Notice he did not specify a year. So I would say it still on track for release soon after the start of the year. Quote
+Track_leader Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) it might be nice to have this feature ASAP.. To me it looks like everybody is banging on the DATABASE with the API to get this information..... Resource consuming??? Edited March 26, 2012 by Track_leader Quote
+acceptedPlanet Posted April 13, 2012 Posted April 13, 2012 Yea Favorite have been around for ages and it not very good that you can still not search on them yet still! Quote
+arminus Posted September 3, 2012 Posted September 3, 2012 Is there any update on this ? It seems that FPs are still not present in the GPXs, but curiously enough, after having downloaded a PQ in the iPhone app, the app shows the FPs ? Quote
jholly Posted September 3, 2012 Posted September 3, 2012 Is there any update on this ? It seems that FPs are still not present in the GPXs, but curiously enough, after having downloaded a PQ in the iPhone app, the app shows the FPs ? Favorite points and the other data is available via API. The iPhone uses the API. Quote
+arminus Posted September 3, 2012 Posted September 3, 2012 Favorite points and the other data is available via API. The iPhone uses the API. I know, but the API requires a network connection and also is subject to download limits. Having the FPs present in the PQ GPX would provide them for offline usage, etc. And it seems GS has planned that some time ago anyway, so I was just wondering ... Quote
+niraD Posted September 3, 2012 Posted September 3, 2012 There is an update to the GPX format that has been in the works for some time now. It will include a new cache size (nano), Favorites points, edited coordinates, and other enhancements. It was supposed to be out earlier this year, but has obviously been delayed. Quote
+arminus Posted September 3, 2012 Posted September 3, 2012 There is an update to the GPX format that has been in the works for some time now. It will include a new cache size (nano), Favorites points, edited coordinates, and other enhancements. It was supposed to be out earlier this year, but has obviously been delayed. edited ccordinates, wouldn't that be nice ... I recently only realized out in the boonies that a PQ I had downloaded with an edited set of coordinates for a mystery still showed the original coordinates in the iPhone app Quote
+rigicache Posted November 6, 2012 Posted November 6, 2012 This feature (and several other GPX enhancements, such as addition of the nano size designation, personal cache notes, et al.) are underway and will be released soon after the start the of year once the necessary groundwork has been completed. Is this feature request still an open issue? I would be grateful to get my pocket queries with the favourite points. I think it would have a positive effect to the Groundspeak servers performance as well... Quote
jholly Posted November 7, 2012 Posted November 7, 2012 This feature (and several other GPX enhancements, such as addition of the nano size designation, personal cache notes, et al.) are underway and will be released soon after the start the of year once the necessary groundwork has been completed. Is this feature request still an open issue? I would be grateful to get my pocket queries with the favourite points. I think it would have a positive effect to the Groundspeak servers performance as well... I think it is still and open issue since we don't have a nano sized container and favorite points are still not in the PQ's. The first of the year is nearly here so we should be getting them real soon now. Quote
+Ionspy Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 Longing forward for this feature. Question: Where is a discussion about enhanced cache ratings, like a 1 to 5 star rating for different aspects of a cache? It must be here somewhere, but I can not find it...?! Quote
+niraD Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 Question: Where is a discussion about enhanced cache ratings, like a 1 to 5 star rating for different aspects of a cache? It must be here somewhere, but I can not find it...?!You mean like this?5 star ratings Quote
+Ionspy Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 Question: Where is a discussion about enhanced cache ratings, like a 1 to 5 star rating for different aspects of a cache? It must be here somewhere, but I can not find it...?!You mean like this?5 star ratings Yes, thanks!!! Quote
+BERLIN_BREWER Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 Now it is almost April! The Cachers out in the world are still waiting for the update to include Fav Points in the Pocket Queries. Two years after the Fav Pointsd are out, it is really time to implement them as well. Hopefully there will be an announcement soon! Quote
+slammer47 Posted April 4, 2013 Posted April 4, 2013 I use the work-around GSAK API download, but definately looking forward to the update to include in pocket querry. The GSAK API refresh workaround consumes a lot of resources that could otherwise be avoided if it were in the pocket querry already. It takes a long time for it to run the update in GSAK API for a big database of caches. Favorites points is the best improvement that geocaching.com made since I've been playing the game. Thanks for keeping focused on this one. When it finally hits the pocket querry output its going to be powerful! Quote
AZcachemeister Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 This feature (and several other GPX enhancements, such as addition of the nano size designation, personal cache notes, et al.) are underway and will be released soon after the start the of year once the necessary groundwork has been completed. Any predictions as to what year it will be? Quote
+The A-Team Posted April 5, 2013 Posted April 5, 2013 Any predictions as to what year it will be? Is infinity a year? Quote
+team_goobie Posted April 11, 2013 Posted April 11, 2013 (edited) Adding our two cents. Please make it happen, scraping via GSAK is not optimal! This request should rightly be name "FREE BEER... tomorrow!" Seriously, please. I think I first saw this request on that funky feedback system from a few years back. Tony & Laura Edited April 11, 2013 by team_goobie Quote
+Der Wald-Pirat Posted May 25, 2013 Posted May 25, 2013 Most important would be the possibility to sort a PQ via the percentage. There are slightly above average caches with hundreds of FP because tons of tourist or mega event visitors go there. There are other much better caches which are rarely vsited but have a very hugh percentage of FP. Fnding the latter quick and easy isn't possible. That's really bad. Quote
+Ionspy Posted May 26, 2013 Posted May 26, 2013 I totaly agree with Waldpirat. My perfect Pocketquery would be: Give me up to 1000 active Caches in the area with 10 to 95 PERCENT favorite points (assuming that 100% is a new cache, found one or two times from the friends of the owner). The result is the kind of quality geocaching I am looking for, without complicated use of other tools. This has also something to do with my situation here in Germany: The landscape and much more the cities full of Caches. Good for me, but 40-70 percent of them not nice, not interesting. This would also give very good new caches a good chance to get more visits and more Favoritepoints fast. Quote
+slammer47 Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) I too can't wait for favorites points to be included in the GPX pocket querry. And I currently hog the internet bandwidth using the API through GSAK to update a database of caches as it runs one by one and takes seemingly forever. But I just found a slightly better option than that. Same sort of thing, using the API, but only fetching the favorites points information. FrenchGC wrote a GSAK macro called FavCacheCounter.gsk that only pulls the favorites points information through the API. So it runs slightly faster and smoother this way. Here's the link on where to get the macro.... http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=24973&st=0entry187227 Edited June 6, 2013 by slammer47 Quote
jholly Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 Hope you guys are not expecting a quick deployment of a PQ with favorite points. It has already been stated that PQ development is dead. Changing the .gpx data schema at this time is unlikely because it can cause GPS units to brick. What you have today with PQ's is what your going to have for a very long time, as forever. Get GSAK, learn how to use it and start using the API. If things are going to be added, they will be added to the API, not PQ's. Quote
AZcachemeister Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 ... If things are going to be added, they will be added to the API... And even that requires a far stretch of imagination. Quote
+D_Jakke Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 Does this include the possibility to use the number of favorite points as a criterion when building pocket queries? No, not yet. And after almost 2 years later still no Favopoints in the PQ Quote
+*BaJo* Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Please please please add the ability to filter for favorites in the PQ's Waiting for that for years now :-( Quote
+Ionspy Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Quality-Geocachers of the world are waiting, here or at the nag screen of GSAK Quote
+technetium Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 Since there was a user feedback round on quality: Any news on this request? Tc Quote
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