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Implemented / Offline pictures for GPX / GC
April 25, 2011, 16:40:32
Hi Menion,

First of all congrats for this app. I'm using this only for a few weeks, but I've just purchased the pro version (not that I need PRO functions, but it's just a correct reward for your work).
I use Locus mainly for offline geocaching. And while I've been using c:geo for some time as well, c:geo lacks several important things like... well the offline maps (which are the main reason I came to Locus in the first place) but also the handling of offline geocaches for which I really like the easy GPX import and category handling of Locus that allows me to easily manage and filter caches on the go (and selectively remove the ones I don't want to see).

There is however one thing that is really missing in Locus for offline geocaching, is the handling of pictures.
There are two things to consider:
- GPX files include image links. But once offline, Locus can't see the images anymore, which is a pity
- geocaches also often include "spoiler" picture (you already heard of in other topics I think) that are often useful (sometimes even mandatory) - these picture are not even part of the GPX file of pocket queries
In both cases, it would really be nice to be able to download the pictures into some folder, and to make them visible offline:
- within the cache description for the GPX links (for instance by pointing to the downloaded picture rather than the online link)
- adding a spoiler picture menu for the spoiler pictures downloaded directly from geocaching.com

If that would be in Locus, it would be a really premium app for Geocaching, and I'd probably stop using c:geo...

In all cases, keep up the great work. This is really one of the most useful apps I've used so far!

Regards from Belgium.
Alfred