[Az-Geocaching] XML Tool

Brian LaFrance listserv@azgeocaching.com
Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:52:04 -0700


Guess that kind of makes my work last night pointless...at least I had fun
doing it.  Now if we could just figure out an efficient way of pulling data
for all caches found rather than just Arizona.

Any ideas from the Snaptek guys...or anyone else???  Or is this a futile
effort to get more data.

Brian


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Jason
Poulter
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] XML Tool


if you download the EASYGPS data format of the file it is allready in
gpx format

jason


Team Cache-Quest wrote:

>Brian,
>
>This looks good and seems to work for me.  This opens up some interesting
>possibilities for putting together some XSL to transform it into any format
>anyone wants.
>
>One drawback is that it is based on AZGeocaching data, so it doesn't
include
>out of state finds (at least I didn't see any after a quick scan). That is
>one of my most important requirements.  The AZGeocaching site is wonderful
>from an AZ perspective, but is an incomplete picture from an individual
>perspective.
>
>The other thing I noticed is that the schema differs from the one used by
>geocaching.com.  Using a schema consistent with geocaching.com, would allow
>any transformations to be used against either source.
>
>Please don't take these as critical comments.  This is nice work.
>
>Thanks,
>Jerry (Cache-Quest)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian LaFrance" <brian@brianlafrance.com>
>To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:53 PM
>Subject: [Az-Geocaching] XML Tool
>
>
>
>
>>So anyway...I got bored tonight.  If any of you want to play with a tool
>>
>>
>I'm
>
>
>>working on for generating an XML found list, follow this link:
>>
>>http://www.twogun.com/geocaching/
>>
>>It's still a beta version, but I figured some of you who would be
>>
>>
>interested
>
>
>>in using it could give me some input on it.  I am yet to find an efficient
>>way of collecting dates for the finds, so that is currently missing.
>>
>>
>Maybe
>
>
>>the Snaptek gods could give me some hints/ideas on how to handle getting
>>dates included...
>>
>>Brian
>>Team AZEvil
>>
>>
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