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 7/3/2008 10:04:54 AM
Gerrits
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All the features I would ever want!
I have been using Geocache Navigator on my N95 for 6 months or 171 finds depending on how you measure it. 
 
In use I have had few major problems other than stability, it often causes the phone to crash causing a pain-full minute or 2 wait till it finds itself again. This is particularly noticeable when caching in areas of poor phone reception.
 
My list of suggestions as to what can be improved is:
 
  1. Produce a list as to what numerical key do which:
    I know there are functions there I just don’t know what they are! This one I guess should be easy to do.
  2. More Stability Particularly in areas with poor phone reception.
  3. Caching Information in the phone/ data storage device memory so when out of phone range you can still cache.
  4. Better readability of multi’s
    I still print out multi as I find them to hard to do on Geocache Navigator. When I cannot print them and try using a note pad, often it is hard to understand what is written, the GC mobile site provides a more readable format.
  5. Change Caches:
    Making it possible to quickly switch between two waypoints/ Multi and manually entered waypoint to get to parking, the clues and descriptions etc. Can you let us go straight to additional cache waypoints where set and give the GC code number?
  6. Caching along a route:
    To be able to set up a notification of Caches passing within set radius. I have driven past new caches in happy ignorance and have missed several FTF’s! Or new caches in a set distance.
  7. Time stamp:
    Is a nice idea please though make sure we can turn it off as some of us are caching at times we would rather others did not know about  : 0  Consideration will also need to be give to time zones, I guess local “phone time” would be best.
  8. Search options:
    For Cache’s by name and better cache filtering would be a great idea.
  9. Backlight:
    Better control over the backlight would be nice, so you can manually turn it on and off or even dim it.
  10. Showing more than 1 cache/ waypoint on the map/ radar would be nice although then we would want to be able to identify them as well and the screen is only small!
  11. Projected waypoint, this you rarely need, but is essential when you need to.
  12. TB Inventory:
    The ability to read there missions then log that you have retrieved them as you pick them up.
  13. Better Maps, I already have 3 types of maps on my phone can I not Cache on those. Can you project the data on to those? I know it’s possible with Nokia maps what about Google earth etc. For those Brits here can we even manage to get it form the Ordinance Survey website?
  14. Track history recording times distances speeds? It’s always nice to see how far you have walked, presently I run Nokia Sports Tracker to do this but could you not include a similar function?
  15. The ability to save additional Waypoints and label them for future use.
  16. Use Two GPS’s at once, I am sure I am not the only one with a Bluetooth GPS and N95 or even 2 Bluetooth GPS’s. I know there is some pretty top spec software that takes the positions from 2 positioning systems to create a “best fit” I bet this one is beyond the abilities of the phone! At least let us plot both positions on the screen and make our own judgment.
 
As a note I have found a free piece of software that allows you to project onto Nokia Map’s Caches and allows you more search options. Yesterday I found 2 caches using this when I was waiting for my GPS to wake up after another crash. I am not mentioning the name here as this forum is for Trimble’s software…
 
I still would not be without Geocache Navigator but this should keep your programmers busy for a couple of days!
 8/14/2008 9:37:09 AM
LStrike
6 posts


Re: All the features I would ever want!
I'll quote the suggestions I'd like to have too:

 Gerrits wrote

  1. Produce a list as to what numerical key do which:
    I know there are functions there I just don’t know what they are! This one I guess should be easy to do.
  2. Better readability of multi’s
    I still print out multi as I find them to hard to do on Geocache Navigator. When I cannot print them and try using a note pad, often it is hard to understand what is written, the GC mobile site provides a more readable format.
  3. Caching along a route:
    To be able to set up a notification of Caches passing within set radius. I have driven past new caches in happy ignorance and have missed several FTF’s! Or new caches in a set distance.
  4. Search options:
    For Cache’s by name and better cache filtering would be a great idea.
  5. Backlight:
    Better control over the backlight would be nice, so you can manually turn it on and off or even dim it.
  6. Showing more than 1 cache/ waypoint on the map/ radar would be nice although then we would want to be able to identify them as well and the screen is only small!
  7. Projected waypoint, this you rarely need, but is essential when you need to.
  8. TB Inventory:
    The ability to read there missions then log that you have retrieved them as you pick them up.
  9. Track history recording times distances speeds? It’s always nice to see how far you have walked, presently I run Nokia Sports Tracker to do this but could you not include a similar function?
  10. The ability to save additional Waypoints and label them for future use.
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