Geocaching with Geosphere
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Geosphere is for those who are familiar with geocaching, know how to create GPX files, are looking for a way to store cache information offline as well as navigate to caches using an iPhone or iTouch. Geosphere utilizes the GPS receiver inside of 3G iPhones to more accurately determine your location.
Geosphere can:
-Import GPX or LOC files
-Import custom GSAK fields like Corrected Coordinate.
-Import ZIP archives containing multiple GPX files.
-Display a simulated compass showing direction to cache.
-Display description, hint, past logs, inventory.
-For a given waypoint, show all other related waypoints.
-Organize caches into the groups of your choosing.
-Filter by group, type, size, difficulty, terrain, found, distance, …
-Sort filtered search results by distance, waypoint, or name.
-Highlight caches so they get your attention.
-Ignore caches that you don’t want to do right now.
-Create field notes which can be uploaded to make log entries.
-Create custom bookmarks for the built-in browser.
-View details of a target cache as well as another cache.
-If you update a coordinate, original location is saved.
-Can manually enter your location to locate nearby caches.
If online, you can:
-View video tutorials.
-Access satellite images showing the cache location.
-View geocaching.com website showing caches nearby.
-Download new or updated information for an individual cache (for example, if you want more log entries).
-Use the browser to generate a “Pocket Query”.
Then load the resulting GPX files via webmail.
All while on the road.
Information is loaded into Geosphere using the build-in browser in the standard GPX (or the more limited LOC) file format from virtually any website which provides the ability to download files.
Including:
-For GPX files sent to you via email, download them by using a webmail interface to many supported email providers.
-For registered users of their website, geocaching.com provides a button for initiating downloads of individual caches.
-Download files from online file storage services.
-Bottom line, if you can access a GPX file via the built-in browser, it can be loaded into Geosphere.
Note: Geosphere is not associated with geocaching.com. If you want to generate GPX files from geocaching.com, they require a PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP.
January 8th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Great tool for offline caching (if you are a premium member).