New Program - GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife)

Team Red Roo · Post by **Team Red Roo** » 17 August 04 3:35 pm

Hi Clyde,
Is there a way of informing the user when an active cache becomes unavailable or 'possibly archived'? I know that at present, if a cache is archived directly, there is no data for it in a gpx download, but if flagged, the user could be notified if a caches' details were updated to being unavailabe, or if they were not updated. Thanks again for a great program.Wayne

ClydeE · Post by **ClydeE** » 17 August 04 7:29 pm

Is there a way of informing the user when an active cache becomes unavailable or 'possibly archived'?

Currently no. I will look at adding this to my "to do" list.

embi · Post by **embi** » 26 August 04 9:24 am

Is there a way of making all caches unfound! I'd like to be able to do this in one hit.

ClydeE · Post by **ClydeE** » 26 August 04 10:27 am

embi wrote:Is there a way of making all caches unfound! I'd like to be able to do this in one hit.

Currently no. (I will add bulk updating of fields later down the track)

However there is a work around. Please see item 11 of the GSAK FAQ here http://www.gsak.net/help/hs1070.htm

embi · Post by **embi** » 26 August 04 6:39 pm

Thanks Clyde

Ebenezer · Post by **Ebenezer** » 27 August 04 3:23 pm

embi wrote:Is there a way of making all caches unfound!

Is there a way to make a particular cache "found"?

This feature would be handy when you're out caching and you've been searching for hours but still can't find the blighter. Just power up the laptop and make the cache "found". No worries.

Team Red Roo · Post by **Team Red Roo** » 27 August 04 11:35 pm

Ebenezer wrote: Is there a way to make a particular cache "found"?

This feature would be handy when you're out caching and you've been searching for hours but still can't find the blighter. Just power up the laptop and make the cache "found". No worries.

Yes - just right click on the cache then click on edit, mark it as found then save it.

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 28 August 04 12:32 am

Ebenezer wrote:

Is there a way to make a particular cache "found"? icon_biggrin.gif icon_biggrin.gif

This feature would be handy when you're out caching and you've been searching for hours but still can't find the blighter. Just power up the laptop and make the cache "found". No worries. icon_biggrin.gif

Yes - just right click on the cache then click on edit, mark it as found then save it. icon_lol.gif

I think he wanted the button that fills in the log in the cache container as well.

Ebenezer · Post by **Ebenezer** » 28 August 04 9:42 am

Wayne and Kathryn wrote:just right click on the cache

I can see that this is a chicken and egg problem. I guess I'll just stick to finding them the normal way.

Team Red Roo · Post by **Team Red Roo** » 28 August 04 11:25 am

All Cached Up wrote: I think he wanted the button that fills in the log in the cache container as well.

There's a way around everything of course. The method that I use is 1) I carry the gps thing and Kath carries the wine cooler. 2) I follow the arrow until the reading gets close to zero, then I give the gps thing to Kath and she gives me the wine cooler. 3) Later she wakes me up, and says she found it and wrote something in the log book.

4) When we get home I log it on the web.I've been told that there's another way to do, but this works for me.

ClydeE · Post by **ClydeE** » 06 September 04 3:21 am

GSAK Version 4.1 is now ready for public release.

Version 4.1 adds many new features and enhancements

For a complete list of what has changed in this version please see http://gsak.net/help410/hs1060.htm

Download version 4.1 here http://gsak.net

ClydeE · Post by **ClydeE** » 11 September 04 2:39 pm

GSAK 4.1.3 is now ready for public release

This version includes some bug fixes and Garmin USB support. Please note, that although USB support has been tested with excellent results, this feature is still considered "beta". Also, the new USB support is only available to registered users. If you are a registered user and did not get an email from me explaining how to enable USB support please let me know.

Currently testing also indicates this version will NOT work with the Garmin Quest, or SteetPilot models (With USB).

For a complete list of changes please see http://www.gsak.net/help410/hs1060.htm

Download here www.gsak.net

Cheers
Clyde

ClydeE · Post by **ClydeE** » 12 September 04 7:57 pm

Tip: GSAK and Excel

I like to think GSAK just about does it all for you. However, there are still the power users that would like to export the GSAK database into a format they can Ã‚â€œdo their own thingÃ‚â€

Mind Socket · Post by **Mind Socket** » 08 October 04 6:02 pm

Just thought I'd spout some praises for GSAK.

My cache data "workflow" now consists of the following steps ...
1) Turn on GPSr and plug into PC
2) Run a script called autocache. This script automatically:
* Synchronises all GPX files from my email server (I've set up my email server to intercept and save GPX file attachments) to my local PC.
* Runs GSAK with an automation script that
- imports a couple of the key GPX files
- creates a .wpt file
- exports all caches to HTML
- uploads a subset of waypoints (nearest 100km unfound and available) to my GPSr
* Runs oziExplorer
* Runs iSilo to convert the GSAK HTML for the PDA
3) Press hotsync on the PDA to get the iSilo document
4) Read cache pages online or on PDA, and go caching.

Easy as 1,2,3, the PC, PDA and GPSr are all up to date. The only problems I'm left with is clearing old waypoints out of the GPSr. I'm working on a space/cost/bandwidth efficient method of retrieving and storing maps too..

Very handy app, worth every penny.

- Rog

ClydeE · Post by **ClydeE** » 09 October 04 2:10 am

Thanks Roger.

GSAK automation (or Macros) is still very basic.

However, I must admit, more and more users seem to be warming to the use of these macros.

The next version (4.2.0 - out in the next 1-2 weeks) expands on this usage and lets you run macros from within GSAK as well as the command line.

There are also some new commands added in 4.2.0

Future releases of GSAK will again add to this macro language so it should become a very powerful feature.

Cheers
Clyde

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New Program - GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife)

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