geoStrider Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Hey Spinner gurus, I am not a spinner user yet, but am thinking about downloading it. Does Spinner work with loc files or only with gpx files? Is there a conversion application available between loc and gpx files? Any other good apps available for working with loc files? Thanks in advance for the info. "I've never been lost, but I was a might bewildered for three days once." - Daniel Boone Quote Link to comment
+leatherman Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Sorry. GPX only. Someone in one of the other threads mentioned converting loc to gpx. Didn't work though. Here. I am the result of genetic manipulation of superior Geocacher DNA. Faster, stronger with superior reasoning and logic. Mokita! Quote Link to comment
+IBcrashen Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Spinner doesnt work with loc files and there is no conversion apps. gpx files contain a lot more info than loc files such as cache type, cache description, the last couple of logs, travel bugs in cache. Quote Link to comment
+BigBirdNL Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 Any other good apps available for working with loc files?QUOTE] I don't know what you are looking for but CacheMaps can do a lot with loc and/or gpx files. It keeps track of the caches you are looking for. It shows online maps of the area. It passed the coords through to other applications. It converts coords to the needed format. It does much more... BigBird -- there is no spoon -- Quote Link to comment
+BigBirdNL Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 Sorry, dubble posting... Quote Link to comment
+2LuknF8 Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 There is a shareware package called GPSBabel that will convert GPS files. You can download from http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net. "the future is no place to place your better days"- dmb Quote Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 quote:Originally posted by 2LukNF8:There is a shareware package called GPSBabel that will convert GPS files. You can download from http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net. "Shareware" is a dirty word. GPSBabel is Free Software. Quote Link to comment
+leatherman Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Warm Fuzzies - Fuzzy:"Shareware" is a dirty word. GPSBabel is http://www.fsf.org. I searched at the link you provided. No Matches found. I am the result of genetic manipulation of superior Geocacher DNA. Faster, stronger with superior reasoning and logic. Mokita! Quote Link to comment
+IBcrashen Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpsbabel Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 Yes, GPSBabel is Free Software (both Libre and Gratis), not shareware. But to set your expectations correctly, it's also not an alchemist. The .loc files you get from this site do not contain logs, cache description, difficulty, terrain, and so on. The GPX files you get do. GPSBabel will take a legal .loc file and make a legal GPX file out of it for you, but it won't synthesize the missing pieces. For your needs, that may or may not be enough; only you can decide that. Quote Link to comment
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