+BuzzKill Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 I offer the suggestion that premium members also have the ability to download waypoints in GPX format in addition to LOC format from the seek results page. Premium members already have the ability to download in GPX format from cache pages and via pocket queries, but cannot do it via the check boxes from a seek result (but they can download in LOC). I don't know if this requires too much processing power to manage, but I was thinking that it might help lessen the pocket query load if people were able to run small-area queries like this on their own. I could be totally wrong on this, though. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Pocket Queries run in batches because it puts too much load on the server. We don't plan to add this feature anytime soon. Link to comment
+BuzzKill Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 Are we talking about the same thing? Let me explain in more detail what I mean. What I mean is when somebody types in a zip code and a distance from the Seek page (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/) and are given results, everyone (regular & premium members) can check a box next to the waypoints they're interested in and then click a link at the bottom to download those waypoints as an LOC file. Would it be possible to have the option added for premium members to also download the selected waypoints as a GPX file instead? Does that require processing by the Pocket Query server(s)? If so, then I totally understand. If not, is it something that could be added? I hope I'm not driving you around in circles. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I understood what you said. GPX files contains the description, logs, whether there are travel bugs in them, etc. It creates a strain on the database and the file size is rather large, which is why they are run in batch processes instead of "on demand." Link to comment
+BuzzKill Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 Makes perfect sense to me. Thanks for taking the time to clarify it for me. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 I think this will work for you though. In the future we do plan to add the ability for people to create lists. When surfing the site and you see a cache, you will be able to add it to your current list. After you're done you can run a pocket query to generate that list and email it to you as a GPX, eBook, etc. Link to comment
+BuzzKill Posted June 17, 2004 Author Share Posted June 17, 2004 (edited) That would work PERFECTLY! I like the idea of being able to pick and choose caches that look interesting from multiple search result pages and then downloading all of them in GPX format at once (or have them emailed to me). Talk about search flexibility! I'd assume that this would count as one of the 5 daily pocket queries that premium members are allowed. At least I'd expect it to be. Edited June 17, 2004 by BuzzKill Link to comment
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