+Muggle Finder Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 I haven't read through the forums, so I don't know if this has been suggested before, but it would be great if it was possible to search for caches in a particular direction, rather than just in a circle around a point. If I could search for all the caches that were North of a particular point, for example, than I could quickly figure out which caches might be on the route to someplace I am going. Just an idea. Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Some GPX software might let you sort via that means. I'm not sure if Clayjars Watcher does or doesn't. ===================== Wherever you go there you are. Link to comment
+Markwell Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Yep. It does. Markwell Chicago Geocaching Link to comment
+llama guy Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 I would love to have that feature as well, instead of listing them as Closest to a zip code, perhapaps also letting us limit that search to a given direcion. Would save a lot of time finding the ones near a road I'll be traveling. Also, it would be nice to be able to return to a detail page without having to go through the whole list again to find it. Perhaps a Search box where we could input the # or name and go to the most likely match? Link to comment
+welch Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by llama guy: Also, it would be nice to be able to return to a detail page without having to go through the whole list again to find it. Perhaps a Search box where we could input the # or name and go to the most likely match? Thats aready a featur of gc.com. Just go to the Hide and seek page, and scroll down. Link to comment
+Scott Johnson Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 I like the idea of an area search also. Example; caches with 5 miles wide of a highway on a 100 mile stretch. Makes for travelling more bearable. Never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups. Link to comment
+ClayJar Posted May 25, 2003 Share Posted May 25, 2003 Watcher allows you to specify direction from a point (via the eight compass points -- N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NE), distance from a point, and boundaries (each of the four limits -- N, S, E, and W -- are individually selectable). I don't have anything in there for rotated rectangles, so if you have a diagonal interstate, it would take a bit of creativity to catch the caches close to it, but for N/S or E/W highways, you can quite easily make a rectangular bounding box. [[[ ClayJar Networks ]]] Home of Watcher downloads, Official Geocaching Chat, and the Geocache Rating System Link to comment
+Muggle Finder Posted May 25, 2003 Author Share Posted May 25, 2003 I downloaded what looks to be the most recent version of Clayjars. When I open a GPX file with it, it tells me that it tells me the file doesn't have Groundspeak extensions and aborts. The file I tried to open was a pocket query file. What am I doing wrong? Link to comment
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