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    Team EvdB got a reaction from Nic Hubbard in Corrected coord icon + "GSAK notes"   
    Thanx so far.
    I send the GPX to the "Contact Support". :-)
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    Team EvdB reacted to Nic Hubbard in Corrected coord icon + "GSAK notes"   
    Would you be able to provide a GPX file from GSAK that has only 1 cache that has GSAK corrected coordinates and note? This would greatly help in adding this feature. 
    You could just email using the "Contact Support" option in Cachly. Thanks!
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    Team EvdB reacted to Team DEMP in Corrected coord icon + "GSAK notes"   
    Here's some snippets from the GSAK FAQ on Facebook related to corrected coordinates. Might just provide some perspective and the sometimes complex options/interactions...

    3.4: What is the easiest way to enter corrected coordinates in GSAK?
    A: There are correct and incorrect ways to enter corrected coordinates in GSAK. I will not point out the incorrect ways.
      1. Open the GSAK database with the cache you want to correct.
      2. Use one of the following methods to open the Corrected Coordinates window:
        a. Double click in the Corrected Coordinates Indicator column for desired cache.
        b. Right click cache and choose the Corrected Coordinates… menu item.
        c. Highlight cache then choose the Waypoint menu then the Corrected Coordinates... menu.
      3. The Corrected Coordinates window will appear with the corrected coordinates currently filled in the Lat/Lon box. If you have not corrected them in the past, the coordinates showing will be the original coordinates entered by the cache owner.
      4. In the Lat/Lon box enter the actual corrected coordinates.
      5. At the bottom of the window check the Force elevation refresh check box.
      6. Click the OK button to save the coordinates.
    If you correct the coordinates with the steps above, those coordinates will NOT be overwritten by a PQ.

    If you correct coordinates in GSAK by using the API to Refresh Cache Data and download corrected coordinates that you have entered on geocaching.com, these corrected coordinates WILL be overwritten by a pocket query and the yellow corrected coordinates indicator will be removed. By using the method above, you are ensuring that a pocket query will not ever overwrite your corrected coordinates. If you did enter your corrected coordinates on geocaching.com and then downloaded them using Refresh Cache Data, the corrected method will be shown in the bottom right corner of the Corrected Coordinates window as “Type: api”. Simply clicking the OK button on this window will now change it to “Type: gui” and protect it from being overwritten. If yours says “Type: api” then the coordinates are susceptible to being overwritten.

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    3.5: What are the issues regarding the use of corrected coordinates from geocaching.com?
    A: There are multiple ways to download caches from gc.com. For this question it is assumed the coordinates on the cache page were changed using the built in capability provided on gc.com for changing coordinates.
    GPX based downloads treat the changed coordinates as the posted coordinates. The 'Refresh Cache Data..." API does recognize the concept of "corrected coordinates" and transfers both original and corrected. This is the case for:
      1) Downloading the GPX file for an individual cache directly using the GPX File button.
      2) Creating a PQ that contains caches with manually, online corrected coordinates.
        a) Downloading the PQ manually
         Downloading the PQ via the API
    If you download a new PQ onto of your existing DB containing corrected coordinates, the corrected coordinates will revert back to posted coordinates. Doing a refresh of cache data will fix everything.
    The short answer is, you can download caches containing corrected coordinates, but you need to run the refresh cache data API to get the corrected coordinates indicator.
    Alternatively, you can just correct the coordinates in GSAK and they will not be overwritten by any download method.
    To learn how to refresh cache data see question 5.1.
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    Team EvdB got a reaction from Nic Hubbard in Cachly vs Geocaching App Online Review   
    No Nic, not a excellent review, a excellent app.
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