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  1. I ran Cachly in Airplane mode on a small plane flight from Victoria to Seattle and used the GPS to track the flight path and ground features all the way. I'm sure there were no cell towers much of the way and airplane mode disabled the cell radio anyway. Other than a slight lag discrepancy between what the the position on the offline map showed and what was right under the plane, I never saw any problem. 

  2. This is not specifically Cachly's problem but it confused me greatly. Here is the story. 

    Geosphere shows corrected coordinates but never uploaded them to the website because the API likely didn't support it then. I'm trying to move my solved puzzles with CCs to Cachly and then push the CC to the website for more permanence. 

    I do the export/ import and Cachly shows the CC icon and the corrected coordinate value. The only Waypoints shown is one for the original location and nothing for the CC. Updating from the site changes nothing. If I add a Waypoint for CC, then the website gets the data finally 

    As best I can see from the GPX the wpt tag has the CC value and the gsak:LatBeforeCorrect tag has the original Lat  coordinate and similarly for Longitude  I think these "Before" tags populate the Original Coordinate Waypoint in Cachly. I guess the prescence of these also trigger the red triangle display even though there is no CC Waypoint explicitly. 

    <wpt lat="37.553917" lon="-122.094833">
    <time>2011-01-08T08:00:00Z</time>
    <name>GC2M72Q</name>
    <desc>Programming Challenge Puzzle Series: Level 4 by mokelly, Unknown Cache (3/3)</desc>
    <url>http://coord.info/GC2M72Q</url>
    <urlname>Programming Challenge Puzzle Series: Level 4</urlname>
    <sym>Geocache Found</sym>
    <type>Geocache|Unknown Cache</type>
    <gsak:wptExtension xmlns:gsak="http://www.gsak.net/xmlv1/5">
    <gsak:UserFlag>true</gsak:UserFlag>
    <gsak:DNF>false</gsak:DNF>
    <gsak:LatBeforeCorrect>37.55365</gsak:LatBeforeCorrect>
    <gsak:LonBeforeCorrect>-122.080566</gsak:LonBeforeCorrect>
    <gsak:LastGpxDate>2017-08-04</gsak:LastGpxDate>
    <gsak:Code>GC2M72Q</gsak:Code>
    <gsak:IsPremium>false</gsak:IsPremium>
    <gsak:FavPoints>9</gsak:FavPoints>
    <gsak:GcNote>N 37 33.235 W 122 05.69

    Having the CC data only local to the Cachly DB propagates the failings of Geosphere and retains the risk of losing puzzle solutions if the local DB gets lost. It's not really Cachly's problem and I'm willing to plow through all 300+ solved puzzles and make them have true corrected coords on the website. Just wondering how many others may have this issue and not realize it and whether there is any easy fix to make the website reflect what Cachly shows? The little red triangle makes you think all is well when it may not be. 

  3. 2 hours ago, Team DEMP said:

    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. 

    I sometimes take this route when other tools like Map Compare need to be employed. 

  4. Re DT looping. Here is what I do.

    Generally, I know I'm not going to find much locally as I've consumed the hard to get ones already in an earlier loop. Therefore, I only worry about this when I go travelling. So if I'm off to Oregon and working on loop 3, I'll make a list of all DT combos showing a 2. Then I use the geocaching.com search filter for Oregon for only that combo. Using the map view, I  inspect those candidates near where I will go and add them to a list named OregonDT3. Rinse and Repeat for other needed DT combos. In the end, I have a bookmark list for all the needed DT combos I might try for on the trip. Import into Cachly and off I go. 

    I could use Project-GC but I prefer to cherry pick as part of trip planning -- the same reason I don't use Caches Along A Route PQ. 

  5. Glad my stats could be of assistance. Yes loop 3 is on my task list and I have an offline list to work from. I can't say I ever would look 2 or 3 loops ahead except for Jasmer which is more opportunistic grabbing rather than planned trips for just that purpose. Cachly should aid in the execution of plans and cache finding but most planning belongs to other tools. 

  6. How did you add the GPX file? Cachly needs to run its import process to put the GPX info into its database. GPX files can be imported from email. Dropbox, bookmark lists, inter-app transfer using the Send icon (rectangle with arrow exiting the top), AirDrop from another phone/pad or Mac and probably some other ways I forgot.  I don't think you can drop them in via iTunes to Cachly's file space. 

    If you are migrating from Geosphere, it supported importing a GPX file via iTunes. To my knowledge, Cachly does not yet have such a mechanism but it should probably go on the wanted feature list  

    Also, the screen capture shows the Live view and would not reflect your GPX import. That would be chosen from a named list on the Offline tab.  The appearance of only 3 caches makes me suspect you are not a premium member. Geocaching.com restricts non-premium members to 3 caches per day via the Live mechanism. I recreated your map view and hit the refresh arrow and got 50 caches. See screen capture. 

     

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  7. You can use Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Text Replacement to create text presets so "paf" followed by a space would instantly expand to your Phone A Friend message. I used to use "sl" for SL TFTC until I decided that was a poor log to reward someone's hard work to create it. Just choose your abbreviation so it is not a word you would ever type normally or you will get surprised. 

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