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===== General remarks ===== | ===== General remarks ===== | ||
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The main purpose of c:geo is to have an online access to your geocaching platform. However c:geo also provides offline functionality to use it without any network connection (e.g. while caching abroad or outside mobile network coverage). | The main purpose of c:geo is to have an online access to your geocaching platform. However c:geo also provides offline functionality to use it without any network connection (e.g. while caching abroad or outside mobile network coverage). | ||
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* Store the caches you want to find for offline use (manually, | * Store the caches you want to find for offline use (manually, | ||
- | * Download an [[offline# | + | * Download an [[offline# |
* Activate the needed [[.mainmenu: | * Activate the needed [[.mainmenu: | ||
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===== GPX import ===== | ===== GPX import ===== | ||
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GPX files contain information about caches and their waypoints. | GPX files contain information about caches and their waypoints. | ||
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|Log pictures|The GPX file contains the links to any image users attached to their log entries, but however does not contain the image itself. You need to open the cache online or refresh the cache to load the images.| | |Log pictures|The GPX file contains the links to any image users attached to their log entries, but however does not contain the image itself. You need to open the cache online or refresh the cache to load the images.| | ||
|Favorite points|In order for the geocaching.com GPX files to contain the favorite points of a cache, you have to select to use GPX version 1.0.1 on the website.| | |Favorite points|In order for the geocaching.com GPX files to contain the favorite points of a cache, you have to select to use GPX version 1.0.1 on the website.| | ||
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===== Offline logging ===== | ===== Offline logging ===== | ||
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You have two possibilities of composing offline logs in c:geo: | You have two possibilities of composing offline logs in c:geo: | ||
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- | Just click on the desired log type and your offline log will be saved accordingly. | + | Just click on the desired log type and your offline log will be saved accordingly. The '' |
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- | If you already stored an offline log the current log will be marked by FIXME **red tick** in this menu. | + | |
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- | The '' | + | |
You can also select '' | You can also select '' | ||
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===== Field note export ===== | ===== Field note export ===== | ||
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Fieldnotes (a.k.a Drafts) are supported by geocaching.com and some opencaching sites and allow an offline logging of cache finds and batch uploading them to the website at a later point of time. | Fieldnotes (a.k.a Drafts) are supported by geocaching.com and some opencaching sites and allow an offline logging of cache finds and batch uploading them to the website at a later point of time. | ||
c:geo is supporting fieldnote export and also an automatic upload to the website (for geocaching.com). | c:geo is supporting fieldnote export and also an automatic upload to the website (for geocaching.com). | ||
- | If you have saved your cache logs offline in c:geo you have the possibility to export these logs as fieldnotes. | ||
The offline logged caches are marked by an orange line in your [[.mainmenu: | The offline logged caches are marked by an orange line in your [[.mainmenu: | ||
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You can now either only export the fieldnote file to your device or additionally upload them to the geocaching website by enabling '' | You can now either only export the fieldnote file to your device or additionally upload them to the geocaching website by enabling '' | ||
- | The option '' | + | The option '' |
After you exported your fieldnotes to the geocaching website, the website will show that you have pending fieldnotes [[https:// | After you exported your fieldnotes to the geocaching website, the website will show that you have pending fieldnotes [[https:// | ||
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- | ===== Static maps ===== | ||
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- | This function can be activated in the [[.mainmenu: | ||
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- | Also a basic street map will be shown at the bottom of the [[cachedetails|cache details]] page, the remaining maps are accessible by selecting Static Maps in the cache [[navigation|Navigation menu]]. | ||
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- | Please note, that there is a limit by Google of 1000 static maps per 24h per user(IP). Having a rather huge list of stored caches or even only some caches with many waypoints, you may easily reach this limit (as 5 images per cache and each cache waypoint are loaded). In this case some static maps might be missing. | ||
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- | The following shows an example of static maps for a cache. You can click the images to see a larger version: | ||
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- | ^ Description ^ Map ^ | ||
- | |High zoom satellite view|{{: | ||
- | |Low zoom satellite view|{{: | ||
- | |High zoom street map view|{{: | ||
- | |Medium zoom street map view|{{: | ||
- | |Low zoom street view|{{: | ||
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===== Offline maps ===== | ===== Offline maps ===== | ||
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c:geo supports openstreetmap based offline map files using the [[http:// | c:geo supports openstreetmap based offline map files using the [[http:// | ||
- | Such files can be downloaded for your area/ | + | Such files can be downloaded for your area/ |
With some effort you can also [[https:// | With some effort you can also [[https:// | ||