+methylgrace Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I would like to try a data graphing exercise by parsing the GPX file for difficulty and terrain ... that's easy, it's 'Groundspeak:difficulty' or 'Groundspeak:terrain'. I wasn't able to find any tag related to favorite, or whether or not the cache had travel bugs in it. 1 - Is there a Groundspeak API that is available for hackers? (I'm not a cracker ... this is just personal curiosity to see if I can display other information than what Geocaching.com displays) 2 - I can't find favorite, or travel bug in the .gpx file. Is there some other way to mine the database? A different file format? Thanks Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 The API is not available to hackers. Quote Link to comment
+ngrrfan Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Export the file as a CSV file and then load into Excel. That might work. Quote Link to comment
+Don_J Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I would like to try a data graphing exercise by parsing the GPX file for difficulty and terrain ... that's easy, it's 'Groundspeak:difficulty' or 'Groundspeak:terrain'. I wasn't able to find any tag related to favorite, or whether or not the cache had travel bugs in it. 1 - Is there a Groundspeak API that is available for hackers? (I'm not a cracker ... this is just personal curiosity to see if I can display other information than what Geocaching.com displays) 2 - I can't find favorite, or travel bug in the .gpx file. Is there some other way to mine the database? A different file format? Thanks The favorites are not available in a downloded GPX file. Trackables are, you need to look harder. As far mining the db, I suggest that you read the TOU that you agreed to. Only Groundspeak's "Live" partners are supposed to have access to the api. Hack, crack, whatever you want to call it, you probably shouldn't. Quote Link to comment
+methylgrace Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) No, not a hacker/cracker ... just an exercise in data visualization ... I would like to learn how to code a new feature that I would submit to Groundspeak ... The feature is that I want to be able to look at a map of an area and see which caches have the most favorites (say, bigger icons or something), so if I'm in a new city, with only an hour or two, I can easily find a great cache. Besides, Groundspeak really should just hire me .... Edited August 5, 2013 by methylgrace Quote Link to comment
+Kryten Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Unfortunately Groundspeak have long since stopped listening to good ideas. A few years ago they did announce a new version of the GPX file format which would contain "Favourite" and "Attribute" information but work on it seems to have been abandoned. These days they spend their time designing washed out colour schemes. You can parse the travel bug data from the gpx file or alternatively run a PQ with the "Have Travel Bugs" box checked. More interestingly, run a PQ with the "Have not been found" box checked and make yourself an FTF map. Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 The feature is that I want to be able to look at a map of an area and see which caches have the most favorites (say, bigger icons or something), so if I'm in a new city, with only an hour or two, I can easily find a great cache. Say you're downtown Denver - ask for caches nearby using Hide and Seek a cache. Put a disance limit on it (8 miles is what I used). Sort by favorites. It looks like this. Not map based, but available now. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?lat=39.73915&lng=-104.9847&dist=8&sortdir=desc&sort=fav Quote Link to comment
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