barefootguru

Welcome, new user 

Is it worth replacing with:

1. an edit button, or
2. automatically switching from 'browse' to 'edit' when you tap — like in Notes, or
3. an undo/revert button

Worried the note could be changed accidentally with no way to undo it.

The first 2 suggestions would also make viewing longer notes easier.

Cheers

Thanks guys, things to think about 

Hi, I like to keep areas around home in offline lists and up to date, so they're always available for unplanned caching where there's no cell coverage.  I currently have 6 PQs with around 800 caches each, covering different geographic areas (some overlap).  Every week I delete the 6 old offline lists and download the new PQs.

Wondering if a better workflow would be a one of combining of the offline lists into a single list, then weekly using Cachly's Update Caches function on all 5,000 caches.  Plus importing a single PQ into that list to pick up any new caches placed.

Thinking this would save quite a bit of time, plus allow me to view all the offline caches at once.

I guess I'd have to keep the original PQs around in case I needed to start again in Cachly.

Interested in thoughts.

Yep

Hi, when looking at an offline list, Cachly normally centres the maps on the caches.

But if the caches are spread around the world — so they can't all be shown at once — the default starting position on the map seems random.  Would be good if the map could start at the current location, or maybe where the most caches are.

e.g. An imported My Finds is centered on the other side of the world from me, not my current location or where the most finds are.

2 hours ago, Nic Hubbard said:

The API doesn't provide a way to bring the my finds PQ into Cachly, but you can import the GPX from geocaching.com then use the Update caches option to download more info including the personal note.

Oh that's nice… thanks!

OK, fair enough 

iPhone SE and iPad.  From a rough measurement it's 10% of the map space gone 

Thanks guys.  @Nic I'm always careful with the cloud, and GS slightly more than the others   So I'm wanting a way to backup the Personal Cache Notes I've created — whether they were created within Cachly or on the site.

I do download PQs from within Cachly, so thanks for confirming that will backup my notes for unfound caches, as they're covered in my existing PQs.

Sounds like I can't use the builtin My Finds PQ GPX download to backup notes for caches I've found though… I'll have to write my own PQs?

Hi, I've been reluctant to use the personal cache notes on geocaching.com because there doesn't seem to be a way to back them up… but it looks like I can utilise Cachly for that 

If I examine a PQ or My Finds by hand, the cache note doesn't appear to be present in the file.

But when I import a PQ or My Finds into Cachly, the note appears to be saved in the offline database.

When importing, is Cachly making an extra query to geocaching.com to pick up the cache note?

Hi, there's some bugs when changing filters:

1. Start off with no filters
2. Add Filter
3. Has Cache Note=Yes
4. Done
5. Now tap on the new filter to edit it
6. Change to Cache Note
7. Leave String to match empty and Logic=contains
8. Tap Done
9. The list screen still shows Has Cache Note=Yes, but tapping through reveals Cache Note contains

Maybe because an empty search string shouldn't be allowed?

1. Start off with no filters
2. Add Filter
3. Cache Type
4. Leave 2nd Type line empty
5. Tap done
6. An error will correctly be displayed
7. Tap OK
8. Tap Done a 2nd time
9. Cachly will crash

Similarly:

1. Start off with no filters
2. Add Filter
3. Cache Type
4. Leave 2nd Type line empty
5. Tap done
6. An error will correctly be displayed
7. Tap OK
8. Change the 1st Type line to Cache Note
9. The screen will now show every available test:  Yes/No, Matching, Logic, Number, etc.

Cachly 3.0.3, iOS 10.3.3

Hi, I've been experimenting with filters recently… seems like a useful & powerful feature.

1. I don't like losing the extra screen real estate when a filter is active… maybe instead of the additional 'Showing x of y' line, it could be 'x/y' and replace the filter icon in the line above?
2. it look me a while to find Has Cache Note… searches in other applications would instead combine this under Cache Note to be Logic=Contains, Begins with, Present, Not Present, etc.

Currently Cachly only supports 180° screen rotation — the 2 portrait variations.

On 26/09/2017 at 10:29 AM, MrGigabyte said:

Base 31.   These letters were left out to prevent certain offensive words from ever appearing in the GC code

 

U might be for that reason, L O I S are easily confused with other letters.

p.s. Interesting thread here https://forums.geocaching.com/GC/index.php?/topic/341449-3-million/

As above it's because Cachly doesn't 'save state' (where it's up to).  The more things you do while switched away from Cachly, the greater chance iOS will decide Cachly's memory is needed for something else.

Turning off the phone will definitely do it… and not sure why you would.  Apart from the odd buggy app (cough Facebook cough), phone battery usage while asleep is minimal.  Check Settings > Battery to see the stats.

You may find it's better after rebooting the phone, as that can clear out memory.

This happened again today, even without using the bulk upload.  As I've been the only person to report, I've just deleted and reinstalled Cachly.

That would suit me… at least until I age a few more years   And it's a 'minimum offline map font size=x' I'm after.

In Settings > Display & Brightness > Text Size you can bump up the slider to make the street names on Apple's map more legible (both the Maps app and Apple Maps option within Cachly).  Unfortunately iOS increases the font size everywhere… I'd rather it only increased the tiny fonts.

Yeah, Cachly's map and Apple Maps are the 2 worst places for small text for me 

It's a workaround, but iOS can show a magnifying glass on the screen:

http://www.wikihow.com/Magnify-Your-iOS-Device-with-Accessibility-Zooming

I've installed GSAK inside Virtual Box (free) as I have a Mac — it's a powerful program, but you do need a reasonable level of geekiness to use it.  It runs fine in trial mode if you want/can take that path.

For 300 caches it's probably just as quick to do them manually, though I've found GSAK invaluable for checking the odd challenge cache.

On 8/13/2017 at 1:52 AM, rragan said:

You could probably work around this by doing a 2.5 km radius search on the web site and save all the results to a list and then import the list to Cachly. 

Nice idea, but it's 3.2 kilometres (2 miles), and that rule's only been in place since around 2006… so earlier original vs. corrected coords could have a much larger gap.

Hi, if you edit the name of a photo, that photo overwrites the first photo…

1. log a cache
2. in the message, add a photo from your library, give it a name, hit save
3. ditto for a 2nd photo
4. now go back into the 2nd photo and edit the name
5. the first photo + name will be overwritten by the 2nd photo

Cachly 3.0.3, iOS 10.3.3

Something to keep in mind is the iPhone uses Assisted GPS:  if you have a network connection it can take up to 30 seconds to download satellite data before your location can be calculated.  Without a network connection this maximum increases to 10+ minutes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS

10 hours ago, rragan said:

Ah, would not have guessed that. Does it also apply to live search results?

Don't rely on live mode if you're going off the grid:  if Cachly is restarted for any reason, maybe iOS decides it's short of memory, you will lose the live data.