+mlord Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 (edited) Prior to Jeremy's recent provision of WAP access to geocaching.com, I had been working on a cellphone interface for fast cache and TB lookups. It's been live for a few weeks now, and works well. For me, at least. But I need more people to try it out and report back. This may live on in the longer term as an alternative wireless web interface for (at least) my own use, but I suspect Jeremy's main site will eventually catch up if not overtake it in terms of capabilities. Where this one differs though, is that I am in Canada and will be optimising it for use in our environment where possible. What's it good for? 1. Cache lookups and searches while travelling with only a GPSr and a cellphone. Search by Lat/Lon, owner, postal code (or zip), or proximity to a known GCxxxx waypoint. 2. Paperless caching -- at 2 cents/page, Telus users may find it cheaper than taking along cache printouts. 3. Travel bug lookups while at the cache, to help decide whether to take the bug or not. Eventually: 4. Log a cache from the field. 5. ??? Currently the site formats pages slightly differently according to handset type: one version for Nokia browsers, and another version tailered for OpenWave browsers. Most Telus phones use OpenWave. The site also automatically detects the max transmission size for a given handset, and breaks pages up accordingly. So older handsets receive smaller chunks, and newer ones (with bigger buffers) might typically get an entire cache page in one lump sum. With Telus, it's 2 cents per page, regardless of bytecount.. Anyway, I'd like another tester or twenty to help me out. If you are interested, drop me a SHORT email, and I'll send you the URL. I'd love to post it here, but until I get formal permission from the geocaching.com Gods, it's best that it be kept semi-private. Cheers mlord (Mark) Edited November 21, 2003 by mlord Quote Link to comment
McKenzie Clan Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Sent you some mail. Let me know. Scott Quote Link to comment
+Bzzliteyr Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 I am all up for that, as I have a Treo 270... email me. Quote Link to comment
+mlord Posted November 25, 2003 Author Share Posted November 25, 2003 My GeoCache Portal (for wireless handset users) has now been updated to include LOGIN capability. If you trust me enough to enter your geocaching.com userid/passwd, my server feeds it to geocaching.com and gets a cookie back, which is then sent to your phone. The userid/passwd are not kept anywhere for any pupose. Why login? Well, it's optional, so ignore it if you like. But if you do login, then all cache searches automatically do a "filter finds" -- weeding out your own caches and those you've already logged. If you don't want to filter, then don't log in! Coming someday.. "Log Cache.." Cheers Quote Link to comment
+Insp Gadget Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 I tried using this service and got an error message saying that the data was too large or something to that effect... Quote Link to comment
+The Two Navigators Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 It works like a charm for us even the log in. Quote Link to comment
+mlord Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 I tried using this service and got an error message saying that the data was too large or something to that effect... Please email me with specifics of you phone model, and I'll try and find it in the logs to see what happened. Thanks Quote Link to comment
+mlord Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 NEW FEATURE: I've just added the ability to POST A LOG for a cache using the cellphone. This means you can log a find/nofind from the cache location!! Very handy for travelling cachers, or even for eager "first finders" and the like. As always: http://rtr.ca/geo Cheers Quote Link to comment
+Jayloki Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Sounds like a cool idea. I presently have a laptop with me that has a wireless card in it so I usually find hot spots while I cache anyhow. Type my logs in word perfect and then copy and paste them to the Geocacging.com site Keep us informed on how the portal thingy goes -Jayloki= Quote Link to comment
+Bzzliteyr Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Hey mlord, it seems to work fine on my TREO 270.. nicely done.. haven't used it on a cache yet.. but I plan on it now.. next cache will be fully electronic/wap. Bzz Quote Link to comment
+MedicP1 Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 This works great!! Thanks for the work you put into it. I haven't tried it on an actual cache yet but have looked up a number of them as I passed by them on the 401 Hwy. (when traffic was at it's normal standstill, not while moving HEH HEH HEH) Quote Link to comment
Curious George Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Logged my first find from a cache site on top of a mountain about 9:00 last night - worked great Quote Link to comment
+mlord Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 Okay, fixed some bugs today: The login function was broken temporarily, and is now working again. Also, the site is now marking uncacheable pages correctly, which should reduce confusion when using the site. Cheers Quote Link to comment
+Bzzliteyr Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 Tried to login today to log a "no find" I could not get on... "NOT FOUND.. The requested URL /get was not found on this server" I was able to find and view caches though.. Bzz Quote Link to comment
+mlord Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 You probably need to force your phone's browser to RELOAD the page (do this on the main menu of the site). After that, it should all work well again. Also, I just now fixed the "log a cache" feature -- was slightly broken for the past week, works again now (I just logged in and logged a find with it a few minutes ago). And one more bugfix: the login function should also now be working for HTML users (eg. Palm Tungsten). Cheers! Quote Link to comment
+m.zielinski Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Any hope to make it working with the new Waypoint-name length? Quote Link to comment
Twister65 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I keep getting "the requested page cannot be displayed" while trying to view a cache or search for caches near a postal code. I am able to bring up the site and login, however. My phone is a Samsung 840 through Telus. Scott Quote Link to comment
+GPS Derek Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Are you still looking for testers? I emailed you but no response. Quote Link to comment
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