[TeamLotsacache]

Very nice!!! Now they start getting farther and farther away. (as we know)

[TeamLotsacache]

Nice job!!! Only a few more months until you hit 1000. With all these days off coming up should we plan to celebrate 1000 at the February breakfast?

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[TeamLotsacache]

Nice job!! Do you get a medal from anyone? (you should)

[TeamLotsacache]

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Originally posted by Cathunter:
I have always been curious- From a technical standpoint, can someone tell us where the wi-geocaching.com website is hosted from and who actually performs all the design & maintenance?

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A quick whois reveals:

Alan Fiebig
P.O. Box 44
Darien, Wisconsin 53114
US

Domain Name: WI-GEOCACHING.COM

Administrative Contact
Arlene Fiebig: [email protected]
State Long Distance Telephone
P.O. Box 230 (216 W. Walworth Street)
Elkhorn, Wisconsin 53121
US
Phone 262-741-1151
Fax 262-723-1500
Technical Contact
Alan Fiebig: [email protected]
State Long Distance Telephone
P.O. Box 230
Elkhorn, WI 53121
US
Phone 262-723-1638
Fax 262-723-1500

Record updated date: 2003-01-03 12:05:52
Record created date: 2002-02-08
Record expires on date: 2004-02-08
Database last updated on: 2003-11-10 23:00:32 EST

Domain servers in listed order:

DNS1.ELKNET.NET 64.83.160.45
DNS2.ELKNET.NET 216.114.28.3

[TeamLotsacache]

From a google search, I’m guessing you are talking about this one:

State St Army Store
212 North Henry Street, Madison, WI 53703
(608) 255-7751

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[TeamLotsacache]

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Originally posted by rpaske:
lat=”42.0000″ lon=”-88.0000
now, to change format from above to
N4219.987 etc.

any hints?

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Not sure I really understand what you’re asking. For converting coordinates, here is the site I use:
http://www.cosports.com/tools/gps_coords.htm

[TeamLotsacache]

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Originally posted by kbraband:
You guys have me very interested in using Spinner on my notebook computer. I downloaded the program but I ran into a roadblock caused by my ignorance. After installing Spinner I can’t figure out how to start it. I’m using Windows XP. I go to the Start menu>All programs, but it’s not there. I re-installed it, making sure it’s installing into the Programs directory but no luck. Any suggestions?

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1. There should be an icon on the desktop.
2. Put you GPX file in a directory.
3. Drag your GPX onto the desktop icon.
4. Take a look at spinner.gpx and the index.htm in the cache directory (these are in the directory you created in #2)

There is another thread going on this under the Help topic.

Hope this helps!

-Chad

[TeamLotsacache]

Great job you guys!!! 450 by the breakfast right?

[TeamLotsacache]

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Originally posted by rpaske:
Suppose I want to add my home coordinates to the spinner file automatically. Anyone help with that?

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Modify your gpx_template.gpx in the templates directory to resemble the following:

<gpx
version=”1.0″
creator=”GPX Spinner %version% – http://www.gpxspinner.com&#8221;
xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance&#8221;
xmlns=”http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0&#8243;
xmlns:topografix=”http://www.topografix.com/GPX/Private/TopoGrafix/0/2&#8243;
xsi:schemaLocation=”http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0/gpx.xsd http://www.topografix.com/GPX/Private/TopoGrafix/0/2 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/Private/TopoGrafix/0/2/topografix.xsd”&gt;
Geocache file generated by GPX Spinner
Lil Devil
[email protected]
%current_date_xml%

%hidden_date_xml%
%new_name%
%new_description%
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=%ID%
cache/%ID%.htm
%name% by %placed_by%
%new_symbol%
Geocache

263.347200
2002-12-30T00:53:20Z
HOME
30-DEC-02 0037
Home
House
Home

[TeamLotsacache]

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Originally posted by wzbt03:
Hmmm makes you wonder about those folks in New Berlin .

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Hey now!! We live in New Berlin. I’m sure they weren’t local, as we use the back seat.

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Originally posted by Snoshu:

What do you have setup for yours?

Billy
Team Flushingrouse

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I like the standard prefix codes:

Traditional_Prefix = GC
Multi_Prefix = MC
Virtual_Prefix = VC
Locationless_Prefix = LC
Letterbox_Prefix = LB
Event_Prefix = EVNT
CITO_Event_Prefix = CITO
Webcam_Prefix = WC
Unknown_Prefix = UC

And for the description I use:

Desc_Format = %D %T %N
Desc_Max_Length = 16
Desc_Allowed_Chars = +-s

This setup works nice on our Garmin 76S.

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[TeamLotsacache]

I have to agree with Cathunter. I have found Mobipocket to be worthless for geocaching. It’s search features are terrible and it VERY slow. On the other hand, I have found GPX spinner to be an essential tool for producing mobile pages for my Windows CE PDA. Items are arranged how I want to see them and can be customized to show the items you deem important. We hunted 27 caches and found 26 on Saturday and used the PDA repeatedly. When we tried using Mobipocket it would take us forever to get the information on the cache. With a web browser and the spinner output files, it takes only a few seconds. The hint, nearest caches, etc. are links right on the cache page.

Try it, you’ll like it.

[TeamLotsacache]

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Originally posted by rpaske:
[If you like gpx spinner, take a look at Cachemate 3.0. This is software for a pda. The cost is $7. It is worth the price. http://www.smittyware.com/

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Sounds great for those of you using Palm OS® 3.0 or later!

[TeamLotsacache]

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Originally posted by hermione:
What say some of you to having a Geocaching holiday party just afterward? Maybe someone can recommend somewhere nearby? Bowling alleys often have cheap halls one can rent, and they’re a friendly, inviting kinda place for newbies, not to mention family-friendly while still offering some adult libations. Could that be considered December’s “breakfast”?

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Thanks for your enthusiasm, but I’d rather not try to pack too much into that evening. Maybe another night. Besides the clinic won’t be over until 9ish and most people have to work the next day.

[TeamLotsacache]

For all of you that are planning on attending this event, the date has changed!

It is now being held on Tuesday, December 2nd at 7:00 PM.

See the event cache page at: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=09f01fb8-0367-4f8e-b2aa-6047 19851be1

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