How to make a Cryptex for $15. GSAK 8 – New Features Tutorial « GeoCass UK GeoCaching. GSAK 8 is the most recently released version of Geocaching Swiss Army Knife. For those not familiar with the software, it’s basically a Geocaching database that you can use to store, filter and manipulate cache data. It’s an absolutely massive product and since version 8 now connects to the Geocaching.com Live API for better integration with the website. Previous versons of the software relied on you manually loading in your own caches, for example via Pocket Queries. Version 8 is better integrated with the Geocaching.com website and is able to not only automatically retrieve cache data, but also download extra logs for caches, add caches to your favourites, quickly log caches, and log caches using the field notes from your GPS. GSAK8 has been out a fair while now, but I thought I’d use a blog entry to go into some depth as to what the new GSAK 8 features provide and how cachers can benefit from this update as I’ve recently upgraded to it.
Get the latest patch Geocaching.com Access. Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site. Special Tags. Contents - Index Special Tags You can use special tags in waypoint names, descriptions, custom URLs, and custom Programs. These special tags are converted to the corresponding information as described here: Note 1: The tags %name, %by, %con, %typ, %hint, %crypt, %user, %dif, %ter, %status, %state also support the format %tag=nn. Where nn is the number of characters to include. For example %typ=3 would only include the first 3 characters of the cache type, so that a "Multi Cache" would be translated to "Mul" Note 2: %smart=nn is deprecated and supported for backwards compatibility only.
%bug - If Cache contains a travel bug, returns Y, if not found returns N. %con1 - letters used are as follows: R=regular, L=large, M=micro, S=Small, V=Virtual, and U=unknown. %correct - If waypoint has corrected coordinates, returns Y, otherwise returns N. %dnf - DNF logged returns Y, if no DNF returns N. %found - Found returns Y, if not found returns N.
%flag - Checked returns Y, if not checked returns N. Geocacher University | Let's Go Geocaching! Emergency Logbooks One of the resources that seems to get a lot of use here are the little Emergency Logbook pdfs. It’s always very cool for me when I pop open a cache container and find one of these logbooks inside! Recently, JCMTL1 contacted me about translating these into French and bilingual French/English versions. These are now available for download at the link above. Thanks to JCMTL1 for the great work! Geocaching Takes You to the Coolest Places On koneko’s recent visit we knew we wouldn’t have a lot of time to find many caches, so we chose a few that she needed to complete a challenge and threw in some fun ones just for good measure. I’ll admit, I’m one of those people who defines fun caches by the length of the hike and the size of the ammo box.
Just off Interstate 70, as you’re passing through Vandalia, Illinois you’ll come across GCHWFZ and the amazing Great Kaskaskia Dragon. I can’t give too much away, can it? For more info, check out the write up on Roadside America. Link. Geocaching Log Sheets. Download FREE geocaching log sheets for use in a variety of containers – pill tubes, film canisters, magnetic key holders, and whatever else you can fit them into. Log sheets are available with and without FTF blocks and are available with both color and black Geocaching.com logos. Please do not host these geocache log sheets on another site or link directly to them. All of the geocache log sheets are in PDF format.
You can download the free Adobe Reader to view and print the geocache log sheets. 0.5 inches (1.27cm) Geocache Log Sheets with FTF – Color Logo Total spaces for logs: 48 + 1 FTF (front) Log sheets per download: 15 Download: Geocaching-Log-Sheet-0.5-inches-Color-Logo-FTF (PDF) Download: Geocaching-Log-Sheet-0.5-inches-Color-Logo-Refill (PDF) 1.0 inches (2.54cm) Geocache Log Sheets with FTF – Color Logo Total spaces for logs: 43 + 1 FTF (front) Log sheets per download: 8 Download: Geocaching-Log-Sheet-1.0-inches-Color-Logo-FTF (PDF) 1.0 inches (2.54cm) Geocache Log Sheets – Color Logo.
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