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Re: Letterbox Type

Post by NativTxn » Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:12 pm

Yee-ha! I went to add another letterbox today and I see there's a type for it now. S-Weet!
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Re: Letterbox Type

Post by Coffee Peddlers » Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:32 pm

NativTxn wrote:Yee-ha! I went to add another letterbox today and I see there's a type for it now. S-Weet!
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Re: Letterbox Type

Post by NativTxn » Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:43 am

Any ideas on this? Queries uploaded to GSAK still show Letterboxes as Unknown types.
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Re: Letterbox Type

Post by DudleyGrunt » Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:12 am

I don't know. George?

We may need to contact GSAK.
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Re: Letterbox Type

Post by NativTxn » Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:46 pm

I noticed today that the GPX file says <type>Geocache|Unknown Cache</type> on Letterboxes. That might be the problem. It should probably say Geocache|Letterbox Hybrid so that it matches in GSAK.
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Re: Letterbox Type

Post by DudleyGrunt » Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:39 am

Hopefully, this is something that Mr.Yuck will be able to resolve, now that he is on board.
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Re: Letterbox Type

Post by Mr.Yuck » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:56 pm

NativTxn wrote:I noticed today that the GPX file says <type>Geocache|Unknown Cache</type> on Letterboxes. That might be the problem. It should probably say Geocache|Letterbox Hybrid so that it matches in GSAK.
Not only that, BIT caches and Guestbook caches show up as <type>Geocache|Unknown Cache</type> in a .gpx file. I simply downloaded some, and viewed them as text in Microsoft word. Nothing in our database suggests these should be called anything but what they are:

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What I think needs to be done is post in the topografix.com forums. They actually invented the .GPX format, not GSAK. Wish me luck. I didn't have much luck getting a problem solved with this forum software in the phpbb forum. :P
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Re: Letterbox Type

Post by DudleyGrunt » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:47 pm

Mr.Yuck wrote:Wish me luck.
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Re: Letterbox Type

Post by Mr.Yuck » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:23 pm

DudleyGrunt wrote:
Mr.Yuck wrote:Wish me luck.
Good luck!
Bad luck, actually. But I didn't forget this one, and have hopes for it. No response in the Topografix forums, even though it's pretty much shown itself to be people asking questions, and the Topografix admin himself (and no one else) answering them. :mrgreen: However, I've since learned that .gpx files are always generated from .xml web pages, and I've found the two .xml pages which I believe to generate all our .gpx files on the server. I actually went in and did some edits I was pretty confident were going to work, but nope, no dice. However, I haven't tried the gpsbabel forums, and I'm guessing I can get some help there. Don't wish me luck this time though, didn't work the first time!
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Re: Letterbox Type

Post by NativTxn » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:34 pm

Thanks for keeping plugging away at this little problem.
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