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Nic Hubbard

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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from HikingSeal in Who is using "Logs"?   
    I will say that we have a very open line of communication and that HQ is extremely helpful, kind and great people to work with. They really get a bad rap which frustrates me.
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    Nic Hubbard reacted to Ketil in Date localization   
    Hi Nic,
    A quick update on this ticket: With the Norwegian translation of Cachly, the dates now appear as expected. Just wanted to let you know so this issue can be closed.
    Kind regards,
    Ketil
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from barefootguru in PQs now pausing in 4.3   
    PQs are now fetched 50 caches at a time rather than 200 since 200 was causing server timeouts for some users. 
    Moving to the new PQ API will also require a max of 50 so the move was inevitable even though we are not using that method yet.  
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from Petwiz in Caches not working   
    They emailed me. It ended up being a Search Options issue. 
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    Nic Hubbard reacted to rragan in Wiki Feedback   
    I cleaned up the specific areas he expanded on but, as you say, we need to be on the lookout for use of a term/topic that is not on the page and is not linked.
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    Nic Hubbard reacted to GeoKen in Field Note Feature & GPX Export   
    My main goal is to get a field notes, not a log entry into GSAK.  I do all of my caching offline and I prefer  to write my log entries when I get home where I have a big screen and keyboard on my desktop computer and I and don't have to deal with the sun glare on my phone screen and I can use the publish logs features in GSAK.  I will publish a FTF log entry on my phone on FTFs as we have a lot of competition in my area for FTFs to alert other cachers that it was found.  This log entry will be something like "FTF more later" where I can generate a more appropriate log entry at home.
    I also use field notes for creating notes on virtual & earthcaches as most of these requires one to gather information to be submitted later.
    My workflow is as follows:
    When I find a cache I make a field note about the cache that will remind me later on what it was.  A typical field not would be "Ammo can behind large boulder 10 feet off trail" or "HIde a Key in third Guard rail post, log sheet was saturated so I replaced it with a new one", etc. Also the date  and time is included in this field note.  These notes are not something I want to publish as log entries.
    When I get home I upload all these field notes (one GPX export transfers all these notes to the GSAK user note section of each cache plus marks the cache as either found or DNF in my GSAK data base) and then I can use the publish logs function in GSAK to log all the caches.  I'll generate a template for the logs in GSAK and I can customize the log entry as these field note information is visible on the same screen to help jar my memory about the specifics of each cache.
    After publishing the log entries to GC.com using GSAK I then transfer all my found cache from this database to a GSAK "Found" data base where I currently have a record of all the caches I have found.  I run another macro that transfer this information automatically to another program on my phone.  Now when I get the "Phone a Friend" call for help in locating a cache all I have to do is enter a GC code or a partial name of the cache they are looking for and I instantly get the date I found it, the time I found it, and the field note cache details on the specific cache they are looking for.  I have the process of getting this information into my phone automated as long as I have my field note in the GSAK user note section.
    I find this process works very well for multi day trips where cache logging can not take place every day.  I just do a field note GPX file export at the end of each day to my drop box account and now I have one GPX file for each day of caching that I will load in GSAK database files I call day1, day2, etc.  The advantage of using GPX files over text files is I don't have to have any prior cache information in the specific GSAK database file as all information about the cache is embedded in the GPX fie.
    Sorry for the long answer to your question but I thought it might help to understand my workflow as to why I am looking for this feature.
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from ChrisDen in Field Note Feature & GPX Export   
    Field Notes was the old name for geocaching.co Drafts. Are you meaning the same thing?
    Regardless of the method, is your main goal to get your finds into GSAK? Are you not wanting to submit these logs using Cachly and then just update GSAK so it pulls down your finds?
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from barefootguru in Not all cache types transfer   
    Thanks, will fix.
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from rragan in Specify Live Load Number   
    Hoping to address this soon.
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    Nic Hubbard reacted to rragan in Just a quick question on searching for caches   
    Trad would be fine too. Just a field that could be defaulted because most don't care. 
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from ChrisDen in Regional offline map   
    Will add this to my to-do-list.
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    Nic Hubbard reacted to ferda-mravenec in Themes for offline maps; Move filtered caches; POI support   
    Ah, ok. so still have to fill it up. Will try it with my scenario.
      Finger crossed for future, future, future release
    Thank for reply.
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from barefootguru in Themes for offline maps; Move filtered caches; POI support   
    Well, since we already have Saved Locations and creatable offline geocaches, I don't see an additional POI option being created. If anything we would enhance the create geocache option to include images. 
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    Nic Hubbard reacted to ChrisDen in Heading (direction)   
    It seems as if Apple has sorted this one. On the iPhone 7 the heading is all over the place until you hit about 20km per hour and then it points straight forward. Looks like the 7 uses the GPS heading once you get some speed. Does not work on my wife's iPhone 6 so it must be hardware related
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from Bolling in Navigating to waypoint - others visible   
    I will add this feature hopefully in the next beta.
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from rragan in Navigating to waypoint - others visible   
    I will add this feature hopefully in the next beta.
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from ChrisDen in Navigating to waypoint - others visible   
    I will add this feature hopefully in the next beta.
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from Bumble in Purge Logs   
    Excellent idea. Would love to get this added. 
    So are you thinking that having a date selector to choose the date to purge after? Or that we should just have some pre-defined options?
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from ACME WildCachers in Navigating to waypoint - others visible   
    I will add this feature hopefully in the next beta.
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    Nic Hubbard got a reaction from barefootguru in Crash when trying to delete offline ilst.   
    Yes, this exact issue was fixed yesterday and will be in our 4.3 release.
    Some boring background info on the issue: The crash was being caused when images for those caches were being gathered for deletion. This process was using too much memory and would cause Cachly to crash.
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    Nic Hubbard reacted to TheWinterTrio in Crash when trying to delete offline ilst.   
    Thanks Nic!
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    Nic Hubbard reacted to eM-Burr in Adopting Previously found caches--a problem?   
    Just updated and that did the trick. All are stars as should be for me.
     
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    Nic Hubbard reacted to rragan in coord.info handlng   
    LOUIS not used in GC codes but acceptable for a royal name. LOL. 
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    Nic Hubbard reacted to ChrisDen in Logging trackables   
    When logging a trackable from the cache details screen you can only log one at a time. 
    Of wood be great if you could visit all or drop all like when logging a cache
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    Nic Hubbard reacted to rragan in Logic around DNFs   
    Not having CCs on geocaching.com has been my bugaboo lately. Several of us are planning a road trip around the Giga and various people are doing different parts. I end up getting an exported GPX to merge with the larger plan. Typically it has CCs with GSAK style representation. They look correct when imported but if I ever forget and do an update, they vanish. Having them on geocaching.com in my account means they don't vanish accidentally and they are accessible to other tools like cachetur.no. A cachly option to push GSAK style CCs from an offline list to geocaching.com would make this much easier. Tthere are other ways to do this: run GSAK (not a great option for Mac users but now run Mac + PC as a consequence), put CCs in cache note and have cachetur.no parse cache notes for coordinates and it can push them to geocaching.com. Doing this from Cachly would reduce the tool surfaces one needs to pull this off. 
    I guess the priority is lower as the majority of Cachly users probably don't do the multi-person road trip but the heavy hitters do.
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