Nic Hubbard

13 minutes ago, barefootguru said:

the downside is they wouldn't be synced across my devices.

I have considered using iCloud for features like this. They would be synced across all devices that use your iCloud account (if you login to iCloud).

However, this would likely be a 2.2 or 3.0 feature.

Will see about getting this added into a future version.

17 hours ago, rragan said:

Where this is not quite enough is having an option to show saved locations on a map. I can see any one but not all at once. Nor can I search saved locations by name, although you would need a bunch before this gets interesting. 

This could be an easy feature to enhance.

It worked correctly for me. Are you using an iPad?

Just now, 45701019 said:

Bums! 

So sorry about that.

Cachly supports background downloading of offline maps. However sometimes iOS will pause a download and there will be missing data when it is resumed. Try downloading it again keeping your phone from locking and it should work.

Cachly is a third-part geocaching.com app and is therefore also bound by the terms and restrictions of the API that geocaching.com provides. This sadly means that they limit what Regular users see, e.g. only Traditional caches, limited searching, etc.

To be clear, this is NOT a limitation of Cachly, but a limitation of the geocahing.com API for Regular users.

** Note: The Classic app used a modified API that we don't have access to.

I wish there was a way to provide a better experience for Regular users.

Are you asking if it is possible to show the radius around all waypoints of a cache?

We don't force your phone to stay awake since as you mentioned, there is an iOS setting for this. 

If we forced the phone not to sleep, user might leave Cachly open expecting iOS to sleep their phone at the chosen interval, but instead it would just waste their battery keeping the screen on.

However, adding this feature to the Navigate screen might be beneficial since this is likely the screen that users would be using a lot.

This is on our feature list, but I don't know if it will make it into 2.1.

2 minutes ago, ShoesBologna said:

Ditto

Did you see the updated screenshot I posted?

Just now, Twinklekitkat said:

Did I mention this already? I love Cachly!

So glad to hear it!

In Settings there is an option to "Rebuild DNF Database". This will gather your DNFs from geocaching.com again and should correct your issue.

6 minutes ago, Team DEMP said:

Or maybe it's less the display area then # of map points/caches.

This is key. It is the amount of caches/pins on the map, and doesn't really matter the map span.

7 minutes ago, Team DEMP said:

Of course if there was 1 solution that covered all, no worries.

Clustering should solve this, as it can be turned on and off based on what zoom level the user is at, which should solve pretty much all the problems, including memory.

16 minutes ago, Team DEMP said:

For me, I'd say a 25x25 square mile area is probably the absolute biggest I'd look at on a cachly screen. Maybe others have a *need* to see all of a country like in the video but I definitely don't. I don't see myself needing to see an entire US state at one time. But if there is a need or a viable solution could allow for it, then great. If not, maybe a smaller coverage area should be the target to come up with the best solution

I think regardless of the viewing size, if it is a full country, state or even just a city that the solution I posted proves to be interesting, but not practical. It was fun to build, but as much as I would like to be able to implement a simple solution like this, I can see how it won't work.

I think that this solution, as pointed out, doesn't solve the problem in a good way. 

Back to the drawing board and working with clustering code...

Playing with an alternative to clustering. This loads x number of caches at a time, and tapping a button allows you to load the next x number of caches.

It is really easy to cycle through 7543 caches in about 10 seconds. This also keeps memory low because all pins are never loaded on the map.

Thoughts on this proof of concept?

Will reply to your email.

3 hours ago, c-ray242 said:

Altough I would prefer the app to store the waypoints on the phone when used offline.

This is the current behavior. Although as others mentioned if it detects a small amount of signal it will try to upload.

When there is no connection it will save the Waypoint offline and then upload that waypoint at a later time (if you return to Cachly later with an internet connection they will be uploaded). 

5 minutes ago, thebruce0 said:

Yeah red seems 'bad'. Archived is more neutral. I'd Archived should be black, and notes grey. Consistency would imply NM would be red or orange for potential problem, and Owner Maintenance perhaps green, good-to-go.

The original colors in Cachly (besides found and DNF) were based off of the geocaching.com icons. The archive icon is red, so that is where the color was sampled from.

3 minutes ago, rragan said:

I like it. What would archived be? Black?

I have not changed it from red yet. Did you think it deserved a different color?

Posting this for more discussion. Thoughts?

P.S., this is starting to grow on me...

Great idea!

5 hours ago, CanUSeeIT said:

I don't know if the Series 2 has a compass, or has to infer direction from movement

The Series 2 doesn't have a compass.

Thanks for reporting this. Will get it added to the bug tracker.