[Version 1.4]
'GPXSonar' is a program designed for geocachers who need to take
GPX files obtained from Pocket Queries with them in the field. Its ultimate
goal is to allow for 'zero-paper' geocaching.
The software allows the user to:
You can find a detailed User's Guide for GPXSonar at gpxsonar.homeip.net
What's new in
the 1.4 release?
New Feature: Integration with Spoiler
Sync (http://www.anode.plus.com/spoilersync/). When properly configured using
the ‘File\App Config’ menu, GpxSonar will add a ‘Show Spoiler
Pics’ link to any cache page which has spoiler pictures associated with
it.
What's new in
the 1.3 release?
Bug Fix: The “Last Found” column is now
correctly labeled “Last Log”.
New Feature: In field notes reports and
cache page details, the cache waypoint now links back to the corresponding cache
page on GC.com
New Feature: Added support for the new
Earthcache type on GC.com
New Feature: Added an option to
automatically name exported files after the name of the GPX file currently
loaded.
New Feature: Added the ability to
export waypoints in CSV format (“Name”, “Lat”,
“Lon”)
New Feature: Added a “Total Field
Notes” counter in the GPX File Info report to show how many field notes
are currently in memory.
New Feature: Added the “Field
Notes Cleaner” option under the Tools menu. This option
will permanently purge the memory from all field notes. Use it CAREFULLY!
Change: renamed the “Field Notes” counter
in the GPX File Info report to “Visible Field Notes”. This count
refers to the count of field notes matching a cache listed in the GPX file
currently opened.
Change: Travel Bug serial numbers can now be
alphanumerical and as long as 15 characters. This is intended to support Jeep
TBs.
Change: GC.com has changed the spelling of
“Multi-Cache” to “Multi-cache” causing GpxSonar to not represent
multi-cache icons properly in the main cache list. This is resolved.
Change: Removed “Surprise_Cache.gif” file
from the WptTypes directory. This cache type never existed.
Change: Added “Unknown_(Mystery)_Cache.gif”
file. Some older GPX files still seem to reference this cache type and cache
pages were showing a missing icon when referencing it.
What's new in
the 1.2.2 release?
Bug Fix: Field notes were not saved when the 'Notes'
column was hidden in the main cache list. This issue is now resolved.
New Feature: Added ability to
auto-launch MSFT Pocket Street & Trips after exporting to a push-pins file
if a S&T map exists with the same name.
New Feature: Added cache type, owner
and ratings to S&T push-pin tags.
New Feature: S&T push-pin icons now
represent the various cache types.
New Feature: Added the ability to
categorize caches in the cache manager, making cache list more manageable.
New Feature: Added field notes deletion
warning in field notes report filter dialog.
New Feature: Added support for
exporting waypoints in MapTech MXF format.
Change: The 'Return' key on the keyboard is disabled
in the text search dialog. The only way to close the dialog is through the
‘x’ in the right corner.
Change: Removed field notes report cancellation
dialog.
Change: Changed "To Magellan Meridian" to
"Magellan SD File" in the waypoint export menu.
Changes in 1.2.0:
Bug Fix: the ‘Today’ screen is now
accessible.
Bug Fix: removed cache types and cache containers from
the filters that weren't valid GC.com types.
Bug Fix: the ‘Hide Found Caches’ bit was always checked even if
the 'Cache Attributes' filter was disabled in the Active Filters dialog. This would cause
caches to disappear from the main list when logging a find in the field notes. Also,
the ‘Hide Found Caches’ bit is no longer on by default.
New Feature: cache page details are
accessible with a single click on the main cache list.
New Feature: a ‘Dismiss
Menu’ item has been added to the cache options menu accessible via a
‘tap & hold’ gesture.
New Feature: a ‘Ignore All Caches
By This Owner’ item has been added to the cache options menu.
New Feature: a ‘Un-Ignore
All’ button has been added to the dialog controlling
‘ignored’ caches under the ‘Cache Attributes’ filter.
New Feature: the cache list represents
disabled caches and archived caches with a yellow or a red triangular icon
respectively.
New Feature: the cache page details now
shows in red if the cache is available or not.
New Feature: the GPX file report shows the
count of archived / disabled caches.
New Feature: the ‘Cache
Attributes’ offers the ability to hide archived/disabled caches.
New Feature: added icon for
‘archived’ vs 'needs archiving' in cache logs.
New Feature: added a menu system to the
interface.
New Feature: added an
‘Exit’ item to the File menu.
New Feature: added a ‘minimum
column width’ enforcement point (to prevent columns from being collapsed
down to nothing)
New Feature: added a
‘Filter’ button which becomes enabled when there’s at least
one active filters. The button also provides a quick
access to the filters.
New Feature: The on-screen keyboard
pops up automatically when appropriate.
New Feature: Field notes are saved
automatically when they’re closed. The ‘Save’ button has been
removed.
New Feature: A ‘Timestamp’
button has been added to the field note dialog allowing to
track revisions to a note.
New Feature: sorting is
case-insensitive on the waypoint, cache name and owner columns.
New Feature: the application automatically
reloads the last GPX file that was opened.
New Feature: a ‘Text
Search’ button has been added to quickly access the search function.
New Feature: added a ‘Cache
Ratings’ filter.
New Feature: added a ‘Cache With TB’ filter.
New Feature: added the ability to
export the field notes to GSAK.
New Feature: added the ability to
export cache waypoints as
New Feature: added the ability to
export cache waypoints as Pharos OSTIA 6 waypoints.
New Feature: the location of the
waypoint files and notes exported by GPXSonar is now user-definable. By
default, all files are now exported to the \My Documents folder.
New Feature: the main cache list
displays characters like
ÖÄÅöäåûüÜ correctly.
New Feature: the field notes report now
includes the date & the time when the note was created.
What's new in
the 1.1 release?
New Feature: it is now possible to
bookmark ‘center’ coordinates.
New Feature: the application can now be
installed on to a memory card.
New Feature: the GPX file statistics
now include the count of found caches and field notes.
New Feature: it is now possible to export the cache data
to a .loc file. GPS Tuner users will appreciate this one ;-).
New Feature: a new menu called
‘My Stuff’ has been added which groups the following options:
‘Travel Bugs’, ‘Caches’ (new), ‘GC.com User
ID’ (new).
New Feature: ‘My Stuff\GC.com User ID’ : this new option allows you to provide the user ID
that you use on www.geocaching.com so that GpxSonar can identify the caches
that belong to you. This information is used some of the other new features.
New Feature: ‘My Stuff\Caches’
: this option opens up a ‘Cache Manager’: you can use it to
manage the caches that you haved placed and you can use it to make permanent
copies of cache pages showing in the main cache list so that they can be
available even if you don’t have the GPX file where they originally came
from loaded in the application. In either case, all the properties of the
caches are editable. If a cache has multiple waypoints, they can also be
tracked individually. The management of the waypoints is eased with the ability
to import a GPX file generated by EasyGPS so that you don’t have to enter
them manually. If you don’t know about EasyGPS, you can find more
information at http://www.easygps.com
New Feature: the caches that you own are
now tagged with a ‘red arrow’ icon
in the main cache listing. This features requires you
to provide the user ID that you use on geocaching.com.
New Feature: the statistics report
about the content of the GPX file (accessible from “Reports\GPX File
Info”) has been improved to include icons.
New Feature: the ‘Field Notes’ report has been enhanced with a filter allowing you to report on and delete field notes selectively.
New Feature: the dialog used to enter coordinates has been enhanced with a waypoint projection feature. The projection distance can be expressed in ‘Meters’, ‘Feet’ or ‘Paces’. Angles can be expressed in degrees or in terms of a direction (N, S, E, W, NE, …).
Bug Fix: under HPC, Pocket Internet Explorer has trouble with filenames containing spaces. GPXSonar no longer uses spaces in bitmap filenames to work around this issue.
Bug Fix: the ‘Distance Units’ were not set properly by default. They are now set to ‘Statute Miles’ by default.
Bug Fix: In the ‘Travel Bugs’ properties dialog, the maximum length for the name of a travel bug has been extended to 100 characters from 30.
Bug Fix: In cache log entries, any coordinates provided by a cacher would not be displayed. This has been fixed.
Note: because of the changes
affecting the naming of some of the files used in previous versions of
GPXSonar, you should uninstall the application from you Pocket PC before
installing version 1.1. Before you uninstall it, please make sure to make a
backup of the GPXSonar.dat file located under \Program Files\GPXSonar\Config or
you may lose the custom data that you may have entered in the application
(field notes, etc.).
What's new in the 1.0 release?
New Feature:Smileys
in log entries are now represented as bitmaps.
Bug Fix:It
was possible to export more than 500 waypoints to the Magellan Meridian. This is
now limited to 500 which is the GPSr's limit.
Bug Fix:Invalid
characters are properly filtered out when exporting waypoints to the Magellan
Meridian.
Bug Fix:When
showing 'Found Caches Only', the caches marked with a green checkmark are now
also included in the result set.
Bug Fix:Caches
without hints would still look like they had hints in the generated HTML page.
This is now resolved.
Bug Fix:Hints
formatted with HTML breaks are now properly displayed in the hints viewer and
the ROT13 converter.
Bug Fix:Actual
coordinates in Field Notes reports are properly formatted.
Bug Fix:Log
entries containing breaks are now properly formatted.
Bug Fix:Cache
pages containing UTF-8 escape characters are now properly displayed.
Bug Fix:The
'Bearing' column is now accurate.
Bug Fix:In
case of an XML parser failure, the offending line # is properly calculated.
Bug Fix:In
BETA 2, bad characters in GPX files could still cause the XML parser to fail in
some specific cases.
BETA 2 Changes
Bug Fix: In BETA 1, some GPX files containing cache pages with
very large description would crash GPXSonar and/or cause a hard reset of the
device. This problem has been resolved.
New Feature: A 'Search' filter has been added allowing exact
or partial text searches on cache waypoints, names and owners. The search on
these three columns is done automatically.
New Feature: It is now possible to view unencrypted hints
directly on the cache page. However, the hints are only visible when they are
highlighted by the user.
New Feature: It is now possible to generate a report on the
caches bearing a field note. After a report is generated, GPXSonar also offers
the option to delete the field notes.
New Feature: GPXSonar now automatically re-sorts the cache
list when the center coordinates are altered either by making the selected
cache the center or by manually entering coordinates for the current location.
New Feature: A green checkmark appears in front of the name of
every cache that has already been found.
Bug Fix: GC.com has added 2 new cache log types. One of them being a 'camera' type of log. The other one is
still being investigated.
Bug Fix: GC.com sometimes produces Pocket Queries containing
invalid characters which cause the parser attempting to read them to fail.
GPXSonar tries to filter such characters out as the GPX file is being read.
New Feature: GPXSonar automatically saves the configuration of
the application and any user-supplied data automatically every 30 seconds if
alterations have been made.
Bug Fix: In some instances, the code generating the caches
pages would produce malformed HTML.
Bug Fix: A new 'Performance Management' option has been added
which allows the user to control how GPXSonar utilizes memory. By default, the
performance option is set to 'Use More Memory' in order to be faster. The other
option makes the program consume less memory but is slower to load GPX files.
New Feature: A 'Preference' option has been included which
allows to eliminate columns from the display. Also,
the width of the columns is now preserved between runs.
Bug Fix: Once again, the icons representing the caches have
changed on the geocaching.com web site. GPXSonar has been updated accordingly
to provide the same look and feel.
New Feature: It is now possible to search on cache 'Owners'.
This is a side effect of the 'Search' filter.