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careful! you'll have robert lipe of gpsbabel sending you death threats because gca gpx files won't validate! we also don't know how applications like gsak will now treat this I do. I tested it on my dev box by generating a GCA GPX file for a locationless cache and importing it into GSAK. It importe...

fyi the cache type is available in the statpack: http://geocaching.com.au/stats/statpack/

this issue will apply to any type of cache not listed in the schema, ie moveable, cito, wherigo, other, podcache, earthcache, unknown/mystery and letterbox. for the third time: we don't want to quickly put in a free text string because it might break compatibility with software such as gsak. this ty...

yes you have mentioned your loathing for xml many times, however: 1. this is not an xml issue: we deliberately decided to strongly enumerate the options. xml quite happily supports non-enumerated types 2. it is not pointless: it was done to keep compatibility with other software that reads gpx files...

nothing much to report at this stage
we've had another high-level email exchange
we hope to hear back this coming week, but there's no hard-and-fast timeline

careful! you'll have robert lipe of gpsbabel sending you death threats because gca gpx files won't validate! we also don't know how applications like gsak will now treat this validation: each gca gpx file refers to the schema at http://geocaching.com.au/geocache/1/geocache.xsd the shema tells third ...

this method relies on the fact that the handheld knows what state it's in, and gets confusing if you're near a state border we're not sure exactly what problem you are trying to solve (eg mirroring all caches, or perhaps mirroring caches nearby given that you are on a mobile device) assuming it's th...

we've just published it, so let's see how it goes tomorrow

our personal view is that it's a clever idea, however if c@w isn't interested in doing it, then it's unlikely he's going to spend the time to do it, particularly if the request is phrased as "well do what the other person suggested" ("please" or "have you thought about..." go a long way when trying ...

that's a very clever idea!

fyi we received an email from an acquaintance of delta_foxtrot2 offering a rack-mount slot in a server farm in sydney. we are sussing out the details and will let you know how it goes.

actually what would be super-cool is a feed that would automatically put these in your calendar via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar

there are already two xml interfaces that we know of: the google earth and google maps interfaces. the google earth network link spits out kml, which is probably not all that useful, but the google maps one spits out a nicely formatted xml list of caches surrounding a given point. you can see how it...

that sounds awesome! thanks!

delta_foxtrot2, we are open to all options that people are willing to investigate! are you able to please contact webcentral or waia to see if some kind of deal could be done? there's some technical information in http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=9799 and if you need more info we can g...