+mikeD Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 This is a post I put on yesterday to the iPhone section. No reply though The problem was Also evident on my 64s Ran a PQ to include an earthcache which should have shown questions Also downloaded GPX TO A Garmin 64s At GZ there were no questions on App description or on Garmin Back at home base looked at web page and there is a whole lot more data including questions to answer It seems that the App and Garmin via th ePQ HAS truncated the section The GC was GC2PDQA Jurassic Lyme Regis Was the App faulty? Downloaded the same PQ to Geosphere app and all was shown Any ideas? Have had this before where GC OWNER PUTS IN TOO MUCH DATA IN THE DESCRIPTION Link to comment
+geodarts Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) In general, I always use Geosphere for earthcaches - and any cache where the html description or graphics may be important. The handhelds are not truly paperless in this regard. However, with this cache I would say that the problem may not be with the way the some units truncate larger pages, but with the coding used in the cache description. The Groundspeak app stops displaying the page at the same spot that Geosphere shows "<b] <font color="Red"]". There are two similar bits of erroneous coding further down the page. The iOS Safari browser handles it ok. Geosphere does not display the intended format but treats the code as text. It apparently chokes the 62s and the Groundspeak app. Edited May 2, 2015 by geodarts Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) This is a post I put on yesterday to the iPhone section. No reply though The problem was Also evident on my 64s Ran a PQ to include an earthcache which should have shown questions Also downloaded GPX TO A Garmin 64s At GZ there were no questions on App description or on Garmin Back at home base looked at web page and there is a whole lot more data including questions to answer It seems that the App and Garmin via th ePQ HAS truncated the section The GC was GC2PDQA Jurassic Lyme Regis Was the App faulty? Downloaded the same PQ to Geosphere app and all was shown Any ideas? Have had this before where GC OWNER PUTS IN TOO MUCH DATA IN THE DESCRIPTION I'll copy & paste my reply from your other thread. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=331750 You've used an Earthcache as an example. http://coord.info/GC2PDQA Earthcaches tend to be very wordy. The requirements for creating an Earthcache are very specific and quite restrictive. Guidelines http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx Help Center → Hiding a Geocache 2. Creating EarthCaches http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=51 It's probably better if you read the cache page prior to going to search for it, and print out the required questions to answer. You know that it's an Earthcache that will require answers ahead of time, so it's easy to be prepared. B. Edited May 2, 2015 by Pup Patrol Link to comment
robertlipe Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Please don't start multiple threads on the same topic. It dilutes the precision (and attention) of replies. Closing in favor of http://forums.Ground...howtopic=331750 Link to comment
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