Nic Hubbard
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9 hours ago, Bolling said:
I just downloaded a PQ and the images started downloading automatically. That's a nice option. However, even when it's turned on it would be nice to have the option to cancel the image download mid-download. That's my opinion anyway.
We do have a cancel option on our list of features to add. In the meantime will the option to turn those image downloads off work for you? There is a Settings option for that.
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I had someone else report this as well. Is anyone able to find steps to replicate reliably? I have been trying but can't. Want to get this fixed ASAP.
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Well that is good news. Let me know how the additional testing goes. Thanks!
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@AnyMules I just pushed out the 2.0.2 beta that includes this new fix/feature. Let me know if you are able to test this. Thanks!
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Just now, Chris said:
just updated to 2.01 and have seen the map changes. Thank you very much for sorting this, it'll make a massive difference to using the app offline whilst out and about.
In my opinion the app was second to none before version 2, now it's streets ahead of the competition, fantastic job.
Thanks for the compliments.
Let me know if you notice any more map objects that are not showing at certain zoom levels or things you might have input on changing.
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3 hours ago, ciarmer said:
One improvement might be not listing the Offline list you started with since clicking it would only merge a list with itself (also see (2) below).
This is a good idea. Will fix this.
3 hours ago, ciarmer said:2) Another small issue, but this actually happened to me - I had one list left and noticed a bunch of duplicates. I took a chance and decided to merge that list with itself, thinking that might somehow eliminate all of the duplicates. The result was that the app worked for a little while and then ended up deleting the only offline list, leaving me with no offline list at all. Clearly my mistake but it was a bit of an unintended result. Perhaps some warning that you're about to delete the only offline list you have should be displayed?
I think removing the option to merge a list with itself is the clear choice here. I think that should solve the issue you had?
3 hours ago, ciarmer said:3) I had anticipated that Merging two offline lists would result in a single offline list which contains a combination of the caches in the two lists, with no duplicates. Rules would need to be established on the attributes of the single cache that replaces all the duplicates. As it stands, it seems the Copy Caches function does the same thing as the Merge Lists function except the Copy Caches function doesn't delete the resulting empty list, but you still end up with duplicates in the resulting combined list. I think I understand the reason for the different Merge vs. Copy functions (i.e. the preservation of the resulting empty list). In my opinion, the elimination of duplicates, using some logical rules would be very valuable.
In 2.0.1 copying and merging DOES remove duplicates. We do a check between the two lists and if we find a duplicate, we only keep the newest one. Matching is done on the unique GC code.
3 hours ago, ciarmer said:4) I also saw a post or two that referred to the ability to update cache data on a subset of caches in an offline list. I haven't been able to figure out how to do that because I can't seem to find the search functionality that would result in a subset of the offline list.
Yes, this is possible by viewing the offline list, then tapping the ... button and choosing the Update Caches option.
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3 hours ago, Team DEMP said:
It's not an advanced field search as far as I know but a generic keyword search/filter across the offline caches.
Yes, it is just a simple quick search. A more advanced filtering feature will be added in 2.1.
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1 hour ago, Bolling said:
It took me a while to find the Options feature the other day. I knew offline databases could be merged so I kept looking. It's not totally intuitive right now.
One option might be to swap the positions of the Options and Delete boxes.
Simplicity and intuitiveness sometimes go hand and hand, and are sometimes at odds. We have tried to keep both in mind on this screen. There are a lot of controls that a user can invoke, but I think that the screen still works.
We are using the standard iOS swipe to reveal feature, which is used throughout iOS. The iOS Mail app does this exact thing, and this is what Cachly's Offline List swipe feature is modeled after:
Hope this helps explain a bit of our thinking when planning the UI and user experience.
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7 minutes ago, ciarmer said:
I'm just mentioning it because other refugees who don't find the GSAK path or don't use GSAK, may have a problem with it if you decide to remove the find count keyword.
Don't worry. I won't remove it.
7 minutes ago, ciarmer said:I hope you don't mind, but as a refugee, I will probably be asking about things that I've grown accustomed to using Geosphere when I don't find a similar capability within Cachly. I hope you don't take those questions as critical commentary; rather as positive queries meant to potentially improve Cachly. From everything I've seen so far, Cachly is wonderful. The developer of Geosphere seemed to place great emphasis on offline data and GSAK integration - so that's where most of my future questions will probably center. Again, none of it will be or should be interpreted as critical criticism. I hope you understand.
Not a problem. Keep it coming!
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This keyword is proving to be very frustrating. I am almost tempted to remove it since it is such a tricky one to make work correctly.
Thanks for the comments, I will add them to the bug report and work to fix it.
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Thanks, I will look into it as well.
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32 minutes ago, jinta29 said:
Ok, fantastic. How do you do this? I can't for the life of me work out how to merge the pq's. Thanks
You need to be using 2.0. If you are, just swipe the row on one of the PQ's that is in the Offline tab. Then choose "Options". This will give you options to copy, merge etc with another list.
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Welcome to Cachly!
2 minutes ago, DSimm626 said:Friends list: This is a c:geo thing I believe. When you view a cache, you can also see if any of your friends have found the cache. The friends list comes from "Your Friends" list on geocaching.com. A older version of GeoSphere would show your log(if you loaded a cache you found) and the logs of your friends.
This has been requested by other users, but in looking at the various API methods that we have available to them it doesn't seem like an easy thing to do. We are still investigating this.
3 minutes ago, DSimm626 said:Field note templates: GeoSphere lets you create FN templates so when you log a field note you don't have to type the same thing over. This is great for when you are caching with someone you can already have this part in your log. Also great for copy & paste logs on power trails. GeoSphere also lets you add local date/time and find count to your log. I always 'sign' my geonick and where I am from on all my logs.
Cachly has this. Just go to Settings and you will see the log defaults option. You can also insert keywords for various things.
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Is this only happening for field notes? Or also for published logs from Cachly?
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I have been talking with Clyde from GSAK about this issue and seeing how they fixed it. He has some great insight has he has been dealing with this since 2011 or maybe earlier. He provided some links with much more background on this issue:
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Are you force quitting Cachly, or is iOS doing it when it needs memory?
Saving application state is something that is on our list. Working on feature priorities right now for 2.1 so will see where that comes in.
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Having it open in Safari is a quick fix and I think that there are good arguments for this, so I will get it fixed right now. Won't be in 2.0.1 as we have already submitted that, but will be in 2.0.2.
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7 hours ago, jinta29 said:
Is there any way to view multiple PQ's on the offline maps? My current PQ's for the state number 13 and I would like to view more than 1 PQ at a time. Thanks
There isn't currently a way to view more than one PQ at a time, but you can merge lists so that you can create a "master" PQ list.
Just make sure you are using version 2.0.
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1 hour ago, ciarmer said:
Are there plans to include a way to upload in bulk? It doesn't take too long to upload five caches individually, but it might get a bit tedious if one has 20 or 30 finds waiting to be uploaded as field notes.
Yes, this is a feature that we have been planning for a long time, but it just didn't make it into 2.0. It is now planned for 2.1 which is now being worked on. Stay tuned!
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As you mentioned, it is a hard thing to keep track of. Are you using version 2.0?
In 2.0 there was a number of fixes to make this keyword more reliable, but as you have stated there are still issues. I will look into it right away and get it fixed.
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2 minutes ago, AnyMules said:
Again many thanks for your rapid responses and eagerness to make your app more functional and the best caching app out there. I'm loving many of the features of Cachly.
Happy to help!
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46 minutes ago, AnyMules said:
My only hope is that an app like Cachly can be flexible enough to offer the option to correct the logs before they're sent (even if it's something that comes with a big warning message before enabling) for those of us not in the USA and wanting to use a different timezone. Without that option, I, and many others that care about stats and having things logged and shown on their actual found dates across multiple web sites and applications will still have to use other workarounds (logging caches with GSAK, or on the Web Site, or with Geosphere) and won't be able to use Cachly (or some of the other apps) to their full extent.
Yes, I think adding an option with a big warning about this is what we will do. Still working on the specifics, so it might not be for a little while until we release that version.
Thanks for everyone's input.
Offline Sorting by Distance
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Does this happen if you load a list in one location and then travel to a new location and then try the sorting? Or, does this happen if you are stationary (say, at home) and you load the list and then try to sort by distance?