[aprssig] APRS geocaching ?

[Randy Love]

If one wanted, and they could maintain a local info kiosk of
Geocaches. Again, the problems there are maintenance ( caches come and
go and are 'muggled' on a regular basis ) and accuracy issues. I guess
that you could make a script to autoupdate the files for the info
kiosk. Another issue would be multi-part caches that require a
combination of finding the first location and hints/clues from the
cache's page. Most times, that is much more than you'd want to put
across an APRS channel. But, multi-part caches are in the minority.

Just a little out loud thinking here.

Randy
WF5X

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh
(Mr)<ldeffenb at homeside.to> wrote:
> Phillip, (Same answer I just sent to the APRS Yahoo group w/PS added)
>
> I've considered a geocaching query server, bur the issue I keep running into
> in my mental planning is getting access to the original cache data.
>  Geocaching.com has severe restrictions on what you're allowed to do with
> their GPX and LOC files.  Also, coordinates only down to the hundredths of
> minutes (instead of thousandths) (unless you add the |DAO| APRS extension),
> you're going to have a much broader search area than you're used to.
>
> I was thinking of an APRS query service where you ask for the closest N
> geocaches and it would send them back as Item in Message format, but then
> I've learned that not a single known client implements that feature, so
> they'd have to be normal objects.  But normal objects don't gate from -IS
> back to RF without a local IGate operator knowing in advance.
>
> APRS can provide the starting piece of the puzzle, getting your coordinates
> to a query server, but getting the caches, and getting the coordinates back
> to you in a digitally usable form with high enough accuracy are the two
> issues I haven't overcome yet.
>
> Instead, I'm hoping to add GPX/LOC support directly in my APRSISCE client
> for Windows Mobile.  You drop your own GPX/LOC onto your phone and the local
> client will put them on the screen as clickable objects for your personal
> use.  You get the GPX/LOC using your own geocaching.com logon and put it on
> your own device for use, no license issues there.
>
> I'll entertain any other ideas if you've got them.  I've got the development
> capability on this end as well as access to APRS-IS.
>
> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile
>
> PS.  The geocaching.com Waypoint License Agreement is at
> http://www.geocaching.com/waypoints/agreement.aspx and states (in part)
>
> "Licensee shall not sell, rent, lease, sublicense, lend, assign, time-share,
> or transfer, in whole or in part, or provide access to the Data, Related
> Materials, any updates, or Licensee's rights under this Agreement to any
> third party whatsoever."
>
> Phillip wrote:
>>
>>  Has anyone given this any thought,  we here in NZ are looking at ways to
>> use APRS for other things than track
>>  this track that beacon this and that see where jo blow went etc ..  ..
>>  How about an addon for Geocaching for Ui-View 32 or AGWPE etc ..
>>  Lets put some fun back into APRS on a local and country wide ..
>>  I can't write software other wise I would give it ago it only needs to be
>> a simple program etc there is so much info on the net
>> about geocaching I would have thought that this combined with APRS would
>> be a flier    73 Phillip
>> ZL2TZE
>>
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