Thanks Thanks:  0
Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Geocaches Near Me.

  1. #1
    jones_uk_hunters Guest

    Default Geocaches Near Me.

    Got an iPhone/iPod touch?

    Want a low cost app, to find "Geoaches Near Me"?

    Have a look at my £0.59 app, that does just that.

    Its way cheaper than the offical £5.99 Groundspeak offical application.


    Type "geocaches near me" in app store search or goto this website

    appshopper.com/navigation/geocaches-near-me

  2. #2
    sTeamTraen Guest

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by jones_uk_hunters View Post
    Its way cheaper than the offical £5.99 Groundspeak offical application.
    Well, that's true, in the same way that my bicycle cost me less than my car.
    If I've read your page right, your app takes your current coordinates, say N52.3 W1.2, and opens a browser window at this URL:
    Code:
    https://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?origin_lat=52.3&origin_long=-1.2
    Is that all? If so, I'm guessing it's about 5 lines of code, excluding the UI.

    Groundspeak's app does a little more than that, I believe.
    Last edited by sTeamTraen; 27th August 2009 at 11:16 PM.

  3. #3

    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    261

    Default

    Sounds like it does "what it says on the tin".

    So how about extending it so you can select your geocaching listing service of choice? Such as GC, Opencaching, Terracaching, Navicache etc.? That's something the Groundspeak application certainly DOESN'T do.

  4. #4
    jones_uk_hunters Guest

    Default What a cool idea

    I'll make it so you can choose from those different lists...

    Another 5 more lines of code to write then :-)

  5. #5
    jones_uk_hunters Guest

    Default

    I've been trying to find the search pages for various different geocaching sites, that I can expand the 'Geacaches Near Me' application to use.

    I've look at -
    Open Caching
    Terra Caching
    Navicache

    All of these with the expection of Open Caching don't have a search page.

    So there goes that idea....

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •