Using Google Earth to track found/unfound caches

[Team Piggy]

Here are some more:
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<a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gch348">Watch out for that......Rock.</a>
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<a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gcypwk">Farina</a>
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Cheers!

Farina is missing, and I think it was archived, then re-instated? Could be the confusion?

[CraigRat]

back to the OP, we're in the final test stages of some cool stuff with Google Maps that will show ALL your finds/dnf's/owned caches thusly:



Also, queries WILL now show non GCA caches and your found/dnf status for them too (but they wont be available in any downloadable items like GPX files, only the maps/g.earth and screen options)

[caughtatwork]

Hey, I knew there was a reason I wrote that code. Now I remember

[CraigRat]

Hey, I knew there was a reason I wrote that code. Now I remember

Yup, this was the thread, thought I'd better let people know that we were doing something about it

[Devar]

Soo are the final test stages complete yet? :-) :-)

[CraigRat]

Yes, our wonderful testers have thrown their all at the new release and it seems to work
Won't be too long.

[nomad_penguin]

back to the OP, we're in the final test stages of some cool stuff with Google Maps that will show ALL your finds/dnf's/owned caches thusly:

Great idea guys; look forward to checking it out when its released. I really appreciate the way that you find solutions to people's questions and then do something about it - well done!

[ruzzelz]

back to the OP, we're in the final test stages of some cool stuff with Google Maps that will show ALL your finds/dnf's/owned caches thusly:



Also, queries WILL now show non GCA caches and your found/dnf status for them too (but they wont be available in any downloadable items like GPX files, only the maps/g.earth and screen options)

This will be great to use

[CraigRat]

This will be great to use

It's almost pornographic it's that good.... especially when combined with the query generator

[Devar]

*poke poke*<br>
I still havn't heard any news. :D :D<br>
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Right now I'm using queries, but I'd love to see a live network link for use in GE. :-)<br>
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[CraigRat]

*poke poke*
I still havn't heard any news.

About what? The found/not found/DNF stuff works fine on the google maps now (has for a month or more)...

Right now I'm using queries, but I'd love to see a live network link for use in GE.

That probably won't happen on this site (in google earth), you'll need to make a query for use in GE if you want to sort your finds (the GCA query KML now has ALL caches in it,not just GCA ones).
The GE live feed strains the load on the server if we do too much real-time analysis of stats/status' .... we've had to take the finds/no finds tally off it because of that...each time you move GE it has to search through over 500000 logs to analyise the data...times that by however many users and you get a lot of server load......

[Devar]

Ahhh no wonder I hadn't seen it, then. Quite understandable about the no live link though, we'd have several melted servers. ;-) Thanks!