Project-GC Q&A - Recent questions tagged gpx

GPX of found Adventure Labs

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:59:42 +0000

Hi,
I'm looking for a possibility to create a GPX file containing all Adventure Labs that I have found.
I saw that I can get a list of all Adventure Labs, but I didn't found the possibility to create a GPX file.

With best regards, Uwe

functionality to import gpx file into virtual GPS

Sun, 24 Apr 2022 19:12:49 +0000

In the Virtual GPS it would be nice to have an 'import' button to be able to upload an external gpx file with corrected coordinates just like we already have the export option

Any experience in importing a PGC GPX file into GSAK so I get the user data in GSAK ?

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 20:30:53 +0000

When I create a VGPS collection for export to GPX file I can enter value for userdata like user3.

Now I want those to show up in my GSAK database, but I dont think GSAK by default handle those fields....

Any good ideas

-steen

Is there a way to get the finds of another user as gpx?

Sat, 22 May 2021 18:58:06 +0000

I'm able to get my own find list as gpx. But is there a chance to get the finds of another user?

Missing waypoints in virtual GPS export

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 06:08:19 +0000

when I export GPX from virtual GPS and then import it to the app in my phone, caches are imported but they do miss all waypoints like stages, parking etc. I face this issue for many months but thought it is related to the app c:geo I was using exclusively. Now I started using Locus and noticed the same problem.

How I import on the phone: I tap on the downloaded ZIP file and chose the app I want to use to open the ZIP file (either c:geo or Locus).

I also tried to extract the ZIP file and import the main GPX file first, and then the second GPX with waypoints. This works for Locus but c:geo is still not able to import any waypoints (I get a info message Result 0 caches imported).

Considering both apps are able to open ZIP file, I would expect that both GPX in this ZIP file are imported at once.

Is anybody else facing this problem? What can I do to be able to import caches with waypoints in single step?

Thanks.

Does PGC support importing a .csv or .gpx to the VGPS?

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:48:19 +0000

I'm missing the feature if is available.

gpx export of VGPS waypoints with import issue in locus,gdak,cgeo

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:25:37 +0000

Regularily I'm using 'create gpx' from a VGPS which issues a job finalized into a downloadable zip file.

Further I use pocket queries from groundspeak too.

While the latter manually or the right way (cgeo) imported into above mentioned tools also import and show waypoints (from caches which have some), importing vgps created zip files import the caches and try to start the waypoint import (from wpts file), but finishes very fast and without any of the available waypoints.

Locus e.g. show final result with ### caches , 0 waypoints imported. In cgeo a refresh of e.g. a cache having a parking location before show 0 waypoints, after the refresh 1 waypoint.

I'm pretty sure that this worked before,but I don't since when its not working anymore...

Route via GPX Import

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:30:31 +0000

Hello all!

I'm curious if you can build a route from a GPX (or another file type) or any other way to view caches near a particular route.

What I'm trying to do:

The community is going to be building a power hiking trail along 47 miles of trail surrounding our city. Most of this trail is hiking and not accessible by car. Therefore, I would like to import a custom route in project-gc to see all caches in our area that intersect with the route (come in contact by radius). I've exported the GPX route from Garmin BaseCamp, so it could also be a GDB, CSV, KML, TCX, or Tabbed Text file. As I've solved most the mysteries/multis in town, I'm trying to think of a way I can view final GZ of non traditional caches to warn section owners (adopters/volunteers) of potential placement conflicts--without giving them the GZ coords of a nearby non-traditional caches.

I did look at the GPX tagged topics and searched for the answer previously. I don't think this has been asked before. Apologies if I missed this question.

GPX on Garmin 750t

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 05:11:41 +0000

I have a Garmin 750t. I downloaded a GPX file from Project-GC and added it to the Garmin. After starting up the Garmin it crashes. What is the cause of this and can it be resolved? GPX files from Geocaching.com are working perfectly.

Thanks!

Marcel

Feature Request: Possibility to automate periodic GPX-Exports (over Statistics and Virtual GPS)

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:03:15 +0000

Currently I periodic generate the same type of GPX export file manually every one or two month. I would love to automate this one day and save much time.

What I currently have to do manually:

Open a Statisics page like Top favourites (%)
Filter the results, amongst others with a custom filter like "Fav>80%,min25votes"
(here I have to wait half a minute until the add filter menu and the custom filter menu are both select-able)
"Wait for Data" to see the results (wait around 10 seconds)
Watch the sum of results on the last results page (click through the result pages until I see the number of the last result)
Add Results 1-[sum of results, for example 2421] to a new virtual GPS list, exclude archived
Open the virtual GPS Page
(here I have to wait up to a minute for the active virtual GPS list to be loaded)
Export the List to a GPX File, refresh corrected coordinates
Wait around 5 hours for the file to be generated and then download it

Do you know an easier and quicker way to create this kind of files? I think it would be very helpfull to create the possibility of automate things like this.

Vpgs compatible with GPX-file in geocaching.com?

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 22:03:17 +0000

Maybe I did it wrong, but today I couldn't find the waypoints of a multi (https://coord.info/GC7X4Z1) on my GPS Garmin GPSMAP 64s. That happened during a walk and of course I had no internet connection at that time :-((

I guess that managing the waypoints in geocaching.com and in vgps of Project-GC is different: Using Project-GC I have to transfer both files to my GPS device that are created during exporting a GPX file - ....gpx and ...-wpts.gpx, too.

Using geocaching.com I click on the button "GPX file", save it on my GPS device and receive the complete infos on that device.

If that difference exists, it should be corrected. It's more difficult to handle TWO files (instead of only one) and the users (like me) could be somewhat confused when they miss main infos like waypoint infos in the field.

Can you help?

Thanx in advance!

The Build GPX queue is long due to GC API issue... how to build GPX now?

Tue, 22 May 2018 17:31:02 +0000

Project-GC.com is having trouble with the groundspeak API and is showing a banner:

"We are currently experiencing issues with connecting to the Gecocaching.com LIVE api. This potentially affects both our authentication system and how we retrieve data."

I'm planning my trip and need to generate GPX files from the Virtual-GPS, but they build queue is really deep and it seems no GPX files are being generated.

I don't need the latest data, but need to get my GPX generated. What can I do?

Make option available to include list name in GPX file generated by Virtual GPS

Sun, 07 Jan 2018 14:36:03 +0000

When generating Pocket Queries on geocaching.com, I get to check a box that says "Include Pocket Query name in download file name". This feature is somewhat useful when trying to determine which GPX files on your GPS file system you would like to delete and/or transfer.

Could a similar feature be added to the "Virtual GPS" -> "Export" -> "Build GPX" feature ?

What I am asking is to include the list name inside the zip file in the names of the actual GPX files as well instead of just in the name of the zip file containing them.

Matirx D/T Download GPX

Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:30:55 +0000

Is there a way that you can download caches related to your missing D/T Matrix?

I didn't see this in the Member subscription details, and I cannot seem to download the caches from the D/T Matrix section.

Thanks!

Chris

Upload GPX into virtual GPS

Tue, 30 May 2017 12:15:22 +0000

It would be great, if it would be possible to upload a GPX file into the virtual GPS.

Now you can only import from a bookmark list. But what shall i do if I have a GPX file someone shared and I want to see and edit it?

So it would be very useful, if I could import those data into the virtual GPS.

Virtual GPS: Import gpx-file?

Mon, 13 Feb 2017 18:16:40 +0000

With the virtual GPS it's possible to import a bookmark list. Is there also a way to import a gpx-file?

At least I haven't found a way. If this feature does not exist - are there more geocachers interested in this?

Thanks already for your input on this.

county names in virtual GPS GPX files disagree with GSAK conventions

Wed, 25 May 2016 00:49:30 +0000

Howdy,

The virtual gps feature on project-gc.com exports GPX files that introduce atleast one quirk into my gsak databases. This post is to ask for the best way to fix it and if there are any others.

The one oddity that I noticed was the county field gets filled out with odd content. For locations in the US, instead of the County name it is "Countyname County (State Abbreviation)" As an example, "Orange" becomes "Orange County (NY)". Similiar things appear to happen in other countries as well. "Hobart" in Australia becomes "Hobart ©(6)". While fine for human consumption it is causing counties to be miscounted in challenge macros.

Is there a way to align the GSAK names with the project-gc names for the counties inside project-gc.com? (Related question is what does gc.com use?)

Import VGPS from GPX file

Tue, 24 May 2016 13:57:21 +0000

I seem to have lost my "Proposed caches" bookmark list on GC - I can only assume I've deleted it by mistake.

However, I do have a recent GPX file of these generated from a PQ. Would it be possible to import this to a VGPS, which I can then export back to a new bookmark list?

auto GPX export to dropbox

Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:59:58 +0000

I would like to make a request for a new Feature. Why not automticaly export an GPX from the virtual GPS to dropbox when ready? So much mobile-apps can work with Dropbox it would be a very nice feature when a GPX will be exportet to an Folder on an private Dropbox when it is ready to download.

VGPS : Import via GPX

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 10:38:48 +0000

Hello,

It would be interesting to add caches to a VGPS via importing GPX file.

Thanks :-)

GPX of recently archived caches (for GSAK)

Thu, 26 Nov 2015 18:33:32 +0000

Hi!

Would it be possible to create GPX files of archived Caches (Filter criteria should include a date range for the archive log, or something like "archived during the past 3 months")?

It would be helpful to get these caches in an GPX, as they are not included in Groundspeak PQs, and archived caches stay in my GSAK until I find them with some filter, refresh them, and delete them.

If I had a GPX file with archived caches, then I would import the GPX into GSAK, and as a result GSAK would have the update.

A wonderful extra feature would be, if I would get an archived GPX on all PQs that I receive regulary from Groundspeak. All I would have to enter is the time frame (e.g. caches that have been archived during the past 3 months). So the filter of my PQ would be read, and from that filter I would get caches that have been archived in the past 3 months. That would make it really simple to update GSAK!

GPX error when import to Phone with C:Geo

Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:44:27 +0000

i get error when i try to open GPX files made from virtual gps.

Waypoints can i open .

i can export GPX to GPS but not to Phone anymore i did it a week ago with C:Geo

anyone else have problem ?

Using project-gc.com lists in official Geocaching app?

Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:46:30 +0000

This might be a question for the official Geocaching app rather than for project-gc.com.

But has anyone found a way to import a project-gc.com-list or -gpx-file into the official Geocaching app for e.g. iOS?

This can be either directly to the app or through migrating a list from project-gc.com to geocaching.com?

My 'My Finds GPXs' file is out of date

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:26:11 +0000

On the 'My Finds GPXs' section of the 'Job Queue' page it says "A 'My Finds' GPX is generated for you automatically once per week.", but the GPX file on my page is dated 2015-01-07 - almost three weeks old.

GPX all caches zone

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:42:48 +0000

Hello,

I want to download a GPX file on my GPS containing all caches not found within a radius of 50 km around my home (representing about 2800 caches). The pocket query is limited to 1000, I can not use it.

Before I could use GSAK to meet that need. But now being on Mac OS, I can not.

Is it possible to integrate this functionality on Project-GC?

In advance thank you.