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I just logged a series of trackables via the app and the 2 fields that are always required are at the bottom of the Log Trackables screen - Log Type and Message. For me, it requires scrolling to select those fields. Please consider moving those fields up on the log trackables screen similar to the order of fields in the Log Cache screen - Date, Log Type, Message, followed by the rest of the fields.

That's not a feature in Cachly at this time. You can create an offline list in Cachly merging multiple PQs and display that one offline list.

Click the Gear icon on the right side of the search box. In the next screen click Excluded my finds and click Done.

I use Cache Notes extensively as info before I hunt for a cache and if it's meaningful I update the Cage Note with a reminder to myself on the cache that was found should someone else ask me about it. Project-GC displays an indicator for a cache that has a Cache Note associated to it. A GPX export of a cache with a Cache Note from the geocaching.com cache page doesn't include the Cache Note which seems an oversight (aka bug) to me. I do wish GC would allow image upload(s) to be associated with a cache note and not a log, but that's a different desire I don't see GC getting worked on any time soon.

The headers are different and Cachly shows 1.0 while GC shows 1.0.1 . I updated the Cachly reference to match GC's reference and GSAK imported without the alert dialog. In the generated GPX files the differences I outlined above are (which would be obvious if the forum didn't auto hyperlink): http://www.groundspeak.com/cache/1/0 vs http://www.groundspeak.com/cache/1/0/1 and http://www.groundspeak.com/cache/1/0/cache.xsd vs http://www.groundspeak.com/cache/1/0/1/cache.xsd" both have Cachly outputting /1/0 while GC.com outputs /1/0/1

Nic: If the file is indeed in the correct format, consider the following difference between a GC GPX file and a Cachly GPX file that causes the GSAK alert: Cachly: 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" GC: xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0/gpx.xsd http://www.groundspeak.com/cache/1/0/1 http://www.groundspeak.com/cache/1/0/1/cache.xsd" In a quick test, modifying a Cachly GPX export to match what GC outputs for the 2nd line in the GPX eliminates the alert on GSAK import.

Not sure what you mean by Field Note. Cachly syncs Cache Note with Geocaching.com so an update anywhere will be displayed or you could sync offline. If you mean a Pending draft log sent to Geocaching.com, after it is accepted on being uploaded, it's no longer a pending draft stored within Cachly. I use cache notes all the time as a reminder of the cache in case some one asks me.

The behavior you experience is what happens if you explicitly close the application or the application is closed on your behalf by the operating system such as Apple needs to swap out an app for another where it needs the memory, etc. When that occurs, Cachly is starting from scratch just as if you newly launched it. There's a future enhancement for the application to save/restore it's state when that happens but no release date yet.

Chris - You can only do this if you are leveraging Drafts locally within Cachly and before the draft is uploaded to Geoaching.com . After it's uploaded, Geocaching doesn't provide a supported way for Cachly to update anything - either a draft or an actual log against a cache.

Looking at that cache, though it shows hidden on 3/28/2008, the logs show it was enabled on 7/23/2008. Regardless, if I set the start/end date to with March 2008 or July 2008, it doesn't show up. Nic will need to respond unless someone else can figure this one out. Cache referenced in 1st post: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1AFYG_2-ponds-to-ponder

Might you have a filter set? Launch Cachly and on the first screen you see, click the icon that looks like a gear on the right of where it says "Location, GC codes, coordinates". This will bring up the filter options. You can either click Reset in the top left or scroll down to where you can limit by location and see if US State shows "Washington" and click that, select the blank option at the top of the state list and click done.

There's no behind the scenes cloud sync between devices on the same account. If you want offline maps and offline lists on multiple devices you need to download on each device.

The logic behind the current solution is that full data is needed to display log info while lite data is used for the live map. I recall earlier discussions that it might be a nice enhancement to consider showing that info if available such as offline caches with log data downloaded.

It could be that the 4s doesn't have enough memory to keep Cachly active in the background when you are swapping apps. If you haven't, close all apps you don't need by double clicking the home button and swiping up (closing) apps you don't need. There is a future request for Cachly to re-launch in the same state as it was last running. I turned off Cachly from doing an initial search when it is launched which might save a little time for you if the app needs to reload and you had that option (More at the bottom of the main screen / Settings / Automatic Search on Start) enabled and showing green. Turn that option off show it doesn't show green.

What are the specific steps you are taking? I can have Cachly and the camera app both launched on my iPhone and switch back and forth by double clicking the home button on the front of my iPhone and selecting the other app. Cachly remains on the screen it was when I go back to it.

Not speaking for Nic or Cachly, but the answer would be no. GPX is the industry standard data exchange format. There's no consistency between any 2 application databases regardless of the underlying database whether it's SQLite, MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle, etc. Data structures in databases used by applications are specific to every application. Even if the request was to move between 2 Cachly databases, GPX would likely be used since to support multiple versions of Cachly, each which might be running a different version of the application and therefore a different version of the application data structure.

There are a couple of ways to get your friends cachly the same data. If you're not manipulating it further in Cachly and just want to load the same PQ you downloaded from the geocaching.com site, create a new email to your friend and attach the PQ Zip file you can download from Geocaching.com. When she gets the email on her iPhone, she should be able to open the email/attachment. I use Gmail and when I open the attachment it shows there's a zip file and the size but shows the Share icon in the bottom of the gmail program. Click Share and she should see the standard iPhone share window and "Copy to Cachly" should be listed though she might have to scroll. If she clicks that, Cachly should launch and then will display the Import GPX screen in Cachly where there is some fine grain options. Does that do what you need?

It would also be helpful to diagnose this if you provide a little more info for each step. You created a PQ from a route on Geocaching.com. PQs are specific to your account so no one else can access them directly from Groundspeak. Now a PQ that is downloaded to your computer or iPhone can be shared as a zip or GPX file and this is where you need to provide some specifics. You posted: I tried exactly the same function and tried to download the PQ to my friends iPhone 6S and NOTHING! Is your friend using Cachly or the official app? Is your friend using your Geocaching.com account or do they have their own? Were they downloading it from the geocaching.com site or did you sent it to them via email, dropbox, etc?

@rragan - Are you also a GSAK user? I know GSAK now has a macro at http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=32407&st=0&#entry243426 that can update Geocaching.com with corrected coords if they come over from geosphere. Not sure where the wonkiness is or might be in that approach.

I don't often use it but it seemed to work for me. I just tried it again and opened an offline list, highlighted a couple of caches, went to live view, went back to the list and they were still highlighted. I closed cachly and relaunched Cachly, selected the offline list and the caches still retained highlighting. I opened a cache, refreshed it from the live view and it still maintained the highlight. Is this reproducible?

Like @ChrisDen I use PGC but a different workflow, leveraging virtual GPS & bookmarks to exchange data. I create a bookmark list on geocaching.com and a virtual GPS on PGC. I load up the virtual GPS and when I'm done, export to the bookmark list. Open cachly, retrieve the bookmarklist and save offline. If geocaching.com would allow the creation of a bookmark list via API, I can probably save a step or two.

@rustywa - if you were around a few months ago, some of the folks that replied in this thread were pretty tough on needed enhancements to replace their beloved Geosphere app functions they relied on. It's hard once you are used to an effective process to switch. I haven't popped over to the Geosphere forum lately to see how much complaining there is about Cachly not being Geosphere but I chuckle with how folks are sometimes whining about the tremendous effort the Cachly developer puts towards meeting their needs while they continue to complain. It got to the point where when a thread started here with "In Geosphere.." I just ignored it. :-D Anyway, it might be pretty tough to come up with an optimal solution for this for 2 reasons: 1) A source of info to use to determine the needed D/T combinations for each upcoming loop 2) Calling geocaching.com via the API for a series of D/T combinations which might not be a contiguous range. It might require calling geocaching with the lowest D/T combine through the highest D/T combo and then filtering out on the client end to limit to just what is needed on the nth loop. This would cause a large number of cache requests to be made where possibly many are discarded. As an example of #2, if you needed a 1/5 and a 5/1 as the remaining D/T combos for loop 12, the request would either need to be each unique combination or 1/1 through 5/5 and filter out the 79 D/T combos that didn't matter. if you go with unique calls for each D/T needed in the nth loop, you could make between 0 or 1 or 81 requests per loop. Maybe there's a sexier way to do it but these seem the obvious approaches.

Just wondering - are you the Triforce that I've found so many of your caches in Northern NJ ? If so, thanks !!! David - Team DEMP

The issue is the geocaching service is unavailable. The web site and any apps that rely on it are not currently working. See http://status.geocaching.com/ Even though API is green, it should be red. I posted about that on their forums.

Nic - Not sure of your GC profile so I used rragan (congrats on find #5000) as that should work for you and look the same for me when I describe it. Regarding this specific thread, I'm not interested in it being handled in Cachly but wanted to explain this. If you go to https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?guid=744a4c8e-9c58-4e68-bb57-62576570320a&tab=stats#profilepanel you should see rragan's profile & stats. When you view this page, scroll down to the Difficulty / Terrain grid which is 9x9. A goal is to fill the grid out by finding at least 1 of each of the 81 squares that cover every combination of difficulty/terrain ratings. The grid shows the # of caches found in each combination. Completing the "challenge" would show at least 1 cache in each square. "Looping" is finding all 81 x2, x3, x4, etc. If you look at the grid for rragan when I posted this response, you'd see that each square has at least a 2 in it, so he's found all 81 twice. To find all 81 x3, he'd need to log another cache in every square D/T combination that currently shows a 2. You can easily see the next "loop" but what was requested in the initial post is to look beyond the next loop and look at ones that are in loop+1 & loop+2.