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Important News

  • Version 3.14.9 marks the last release in the 3.14 series. Development will continue in the 3.15 series only.
  • Looking for testers of the development version (enhancements, additions, more bug fixes)!
  • There's direct support for Debian/Ubuntu APT (see below) for both "stable" and "development" versions.

What is it?

GeoToad is a tool for serious geocachers. It lets you make advanced queries to find the perfect caches to hit on your day out, and export them to any imaginable format. Here is what it can do:

  • On-demand queries for geocaches based on 15 different constraints: query type, distance, difficulty, terrain, fun factor, size, type, unfound, trackables, cache age, last found date, title, description, found by, cache creator.
  • Outputs cache listing and details to HTML, GPX, CSV, VCF, Text, Ozi, MXF, Tiger, GPSPoint, etc.
  • Integrated with GPSBabel to output to Google Earth (KML), and dozens of other formats.
  • Optional automatic waypoint names like "TheBookOfMozilla" instead of "GCABE4"
  • Runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other UNIX flavors!
  • It's Opensource!

GeoToad has been around since 2002, and is written using the Ruby Programming Language. We're looking for new people to join in and help develop, debug, and maintain the code. Patches welcome!

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News

2012-03-14 - GeoToad release 3.14.9 / 3.15.5

  • This is a feature enhancement/bugfix release (the previous versions are still working). In addition to minor tweaks it adds attribute filtering ( issue 218 ) and guid queries (issue 228).

2012-02-16 - GeoToad hotfix release 3.14.8 / 3.15.4

  • After the 2012-02-14 GC site update, search result parsing choked at text strings erroneously interpreted as "last found" dates ( issue 230 ). This has been fixed.
  • It's now possible to output multiple formats in a single GeoToad run, e.g. "-x html:gpx:list" will produce three output files all based on the same input data, in less time.

2012-01-24 - GeoToad development release 3.15.3

2011-12-22 - GeoToad release 3.14.7 / 3.15.2

  •  Issue 183 : early filtering by d/t/size restored (broken by 2010-12-22 site update)
  •  Issue 183 : added -X option to restore "old" behaviour (in case of code changes)
  •  Issue 204 : queries by "country" or "state" possible again (syntax changed!)
  •  Issue 224 : fixed time format precision (c:geo compatibility)
  •  Issue 225 : fixed non-printable characters in GPX
  • Long options now documented in man page

2011-11-14 - GeoToad development branch (version 3.15.1)

  • For a while, there has been a development branch which is being used to collect new ideas, fixes for open bugs, and enhancements. (If you find an issue in "Started" state, there's very likely a corresponding patch incorporated into the devel branch.)
  • You may track the current development version via the CurrentDevelVersion wiki page. It will not be shown by the update checker built into the "official" GeoToad release.
  • New development versions are currently released in parallel to official versions (3.15.0 was derived from 3.14.5; 3.15.1 from 3.14.6), but this may change some day.
  • Last version is 3.15.1, but there are a few additional fixes and improvements in SVN.
  • Instructions how to get the latest SVN revision are on the CurrentDevelVersion page. There's a set of packages in the Download area which is a bit outdated... if you cannot use SVN please check the latest Source Changes whether they'd affect you. There may also be a recent build on the "Work in Progress" page (linked on the start page).
  • Since the plan is to release 3.15.x (x>=2) as "official", please help us testing. Be aware though that you won't be notified of any new 3.14.x series updates anymore!
  • Important: Feedback is to be directed to Steve8x8 directly - please do not open issue tickets concerning stuff that's not in the officially released version!

2011-10-26 - Support for Debian/Ubuntu APT

  • Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list, run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install geotoad to automatically resolve all dependencies: 
    • deb http://geotoad.googlecode.com/ svn/trunk/data/
  • Likewise, if you want to use the development series, use 
    • deb http://geotoad.googlecode.com/ svn/branches/steve8x8/data/

2011-10-12 - GeoToad 3.14.6 was released:

  • Fix for login issue (219) after gc.com site update of 2011-10-06
  • Better text and HTML output
  • Attempt to fix encoding issue (214) with ruby 1.9
  • Minor changes
  • Unfortunately, no MacOS X package available yet - please get the source tarball instead

2011-09-11 - GeoToad 3.14.5 was released:

  • Fixes for 10 issues
  • Feature additions: cache types, attributes, "owner" search, "wp2guid" output template
  • Lots of minor enhancements and corrections
  • New Windows packaging (using Ocra gem and InnoSetup installer)

2011-05-07 - GeoToad 3.14.4 was released:

  • Fixes for geocaching.com's 2011-05-04 changes
  • cache size sorting (virtual, not chosen < other < micro)
  • "not_chosen" for list output (allows consistent parsing)

2011-01-12 - GeoToad 3.14.3 was released:

  • Fixes for geocaching.com 2010-12-22 changes
  • difficulty/terrain/size parsing
  • Ruby 1.8/1.9 compatibility fixes
  • Coordinate parsing fixed (affected W longitude only)
  • New output formats for feeding Garmins: gclist and gcvisits
  • Separate output of caches and additional waypoints for GSAK: gpx-gsak, gpx-wpts
  • Other minor bugfixes and enhancements

2010-12-04 - GeoToad 3.14.1 was released:

  • Support for distances in km
  • Support for travelbug details in GPX
  • New output formats for statistics: myfindgpx and myfindlist
  • Improved EasyName generation
  • Improved coordinate parsing
  • Other minor bugfixes and enhancements

2010-11-10 - GeoToad 3.13.0 was released:

  • New "list" output template, for simple ASCII output
  • Now uses GPX 1.0.1 for output, with attributes
  • Added support for outputting additional waypoints
  • Better support for Cash In Trash Out and Lost & Found caches
  • Proper generation of numeric cache ID's
  • Many other minor improvements and bug fixes

Special thanks to Steffen Grunewald for contributing all of the above improvements!

2010-10-18 - GeoToad 3.12.1 was released:

  • Updated to latest GC.com changes
  • Username and Password is now saved to configuration file after first use, no longer required on the command-line
  • Improved HTML output and offline mode
  • New automatic funfactor adjustment (English only)
  • SMS template added

2010-08-07 - New discussion mailing list

A discussion mailing list has been added: geotoad on Google Groups

2010-08-07 - GeoToad 3.12.0 was released with the following changes:

  • Update to the latest geocaching.com layout changes
  • HTML output now includes more detailed address location (including address)
  • Improved GPX output (available, archived, version tags)
  • Comment logs now include 10 comments (up from 5)
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