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hmarq
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 Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| CoyoteRed wrote: | If anyone is interested, HERE the files I used with Spinner to create the list.
Install Spinner, extract the files in the above zip to the proper places (keeping directory structure), and run while pointing to extra .INI file.
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A quick look tells me this isn't going to work very well ... it becomes a chicken/egg thing ... what I really want and could use would be the GPX that you feed spinner ... but then we're back to whether it's of groundspeak origin. |
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hmarq
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:29 am Post subject: |
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.... also it looks like I'd need your directory d:\6179 which isn't in that archive. I believe it's where all the data is. But again, if it's groundspeak derived I probably can't use it.
.... it occurs to me though that I've been doing a lot of 'probably and supposing' with respect to gc. I'm going to shoot an email to Jeremy and see if he'd let users submit a GPX of just their caches just to save them data entry in cross posting. ... worst he can do is say no. |
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CoyoteRed
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:39 am Post subject: |
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While I've been using a GPX file of only my caches in this experiment, I'm working on a tutorial that explains how to handcode your own. (Besides, the GPX is heavily modified as I haven't gone back and massaged my cache descriptions to make it work smoothly in this operation.) It's easy actually to make your own, just time consuming.
You simply fill in the blanks on a template and save.
| Code: | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<gpx xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.0" creator="YOUR NAME HERE" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0/gpx.xsd http://www.groundspeak.com/cache/1/0 http://www.groundspeak.com/cache/1/0/cache.xsd" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0">
<desc>USER NAME's cache description here</desc>
<author>USER NAME or whoever you want the author to be</author>
<email>Yourname@isp.com</email>
<time>2003-10-03T19:22:05.4218750-07:00</time> #thinking this isn't important as Spinner might be updating this anyway.
<keywords>cache, geocache, private label</keywords>
<bounds minlat="33.013883" minlon="-80.179067" maxlat="33.013883" maxlon="-80.179067" /> #This is set to the same as waypoint and will be updated through Spinner
<wpt lat="33.013883" lon="-80.179067">
<time>2003-03-02T00:00:00.0000000-08:00</time> #Date placed
<name>SNCR01</name> #waypoint name
<desc>Azalea Park Cache by Sissy-n-CR, Traditional Cache (1/1)</desc> #description
<url>http://yourhost.com/caches/mycache1.htm</url> #URL of cache page
<urlname>Azalea Park Cache by Sissy-n-CR</urlname> #name of URL
<sym>Geocache</sym>
<type>Geocache|Traditional Cache</type>
<groundspeak:cache id="2000000" available="True" archived="False" xmlns:groundspeak="http://www.groundspeak.com/cache/1/0">
<groundspeak:name>Test Cache</groundspeak:name>
<groundspeak:placed_by>Sissy-n-CR</groundspeak:placed_by>
<groundspeak:owner id="72057">Sissy-n-CR</groundspeak:owner>
<groundspeak:type>TRaditional Cache</groundspeak:type>
<groundspeak:container>Regular</groundspeak:container>
<groundspeak:difficulty>1</groundspeak:difficulty>
<groundspeak:terrain>1</groundspeak:terrain>
<groundspeak:country>US</groundspeak:country> #these can be whatever and Spinner will not choke
<groundspeak:state>SC</groundspeak:state>
<groundspeak:short_description html="False">Short description goes here.</groundspeak:short_description>
<groundspeak:long_description html="False">Long description goes here.</groundspeak:long_description>
<groundspeak:encoded_hints>The hint goes here.</groundspeak:encoded_hints>
<groundspeak:logs></groundspeak:logs>
<groundspeak:travelbugs />
</groundspeak:cache>
</wpt>
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Once you've saved all of your caches, run it through Spinner with the GPX_large.gpx template and it will combine all of your individual files into one.
It's not complete or fully tested, but it's a working model for my porposes. I present it here just to get the ball rolling on parsing end.
the reason I'm going this direction is because once you make your GPX, you can place it on your private site and users can donwload it and Spinnerize (Spin) that with other cache lists and create their own "PQ."
The beauty of this is once everything is Spinnerized (Spun) you have lists with direction and distances from other caches--all from different sources.
The 6179 directory can be changed to whatever you need. On another computer, it's simple "GPXfiles." Adjust to your taste.
CR
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CoyoteRed
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| hmarq wrote: | .... also it looks like I'd need your directory d:\6179 which isn't in that archive. I believe it's where all the data is. But again, if it's groundspeak derived I probably can't use it.
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That's where I started experimenting and it's stuck. Either change the INI file or create the 6179 directory and stick your data in there. (See above.)
It's really only presented as a short cut for someone else to get their caches up, too. I will be refining it and making it as painless to use possible.
CR
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hmarq
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 11:08 am Post subject: |
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OK, maybe I'm missing something, but if you're going to handcode a gpx file, why not just enter it in an online form (here) where there is errorchecking, submit the cache and then if you want a gpx file just dl it?
Seem like a lot of work to hand code gpx files. |
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CoyoteRed
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, I am waiting on someone to write a nice little program that will output the proper GPX files that will be compatable with Spinner and Watcher.
As it is now, I have to hand code it.
The idea originally was so you don't have to be beholding to any one particular site, or any site for that matter.
CR
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