Difference between revisions of "Uploading logs"

Revision as of 10:07, 23 January 2006

This page contains information specific to Geocaching Australia.

Sometimes your logs on another site do not get mirrored on Geocaching Australia. If that is the case, use the

• • to be completed **

You will require a valid GPX file in order to use the tool. You can create a complete GPX file for all of your cache logs from GSAK as one of the easiest methods.

• Start GSAK
• Create a filtered list containing only those caches that you wish to create a log for. It is not strictly necessary to do this, you can create a file for all of your logs. The updater should be clever enough to work out which ones need adding and ignore the others.
  • File | Export | GPX/LOC File
  • Ctrl+G does the same thing.
• File type to generate:
  • Tick GPX file
• Waypoint name
  •  %code (Do NOT create a GPX file with smart names)
• File name to create
  • Should be any valid file system and name
• Logs
  • Limit number of logs to export: Set this to 0
  • Always include by logs: Tick this box
• Click the Generate button.

You should now have a file containing only your logs for the filtered list your selected.

You can now load that GPX file to Geocaching Australia by going to the following page: http://geocaching.com.au/my/import

• The importer reads all the caches and logs and updates the database as appropriate:
  • if it's a new cache or log, it adds it to the database
  • if it's a different cache or log, it checks the cache or log in the database and if the text or date is blank or the date is 1/1/1970, it corrects it with the information from the gpx file.
• Click on the Browse button to find the file that you just created.
• Click on the Import button to improt your logs.

That's it. You should receive a notification of how many logs were imported.