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Hi RedSpawn,
How is this local HTML generated? I guess you need to generate it outside of Locus?
Alfred

Thanks for the information. At least the situation is clear :-)

That's correct. For some reason, attached images in the description are not part of the GPX (except if they are displayed in the description, not just attached).
The link to the original geocaching.com page however is in the GPX, which should allow retrieving the image link when online.
But I agree this requires specific code to get on the geocaching page and retrieving the attached images (which is probably what SpoilerSync does).

Hello,
Caching images can maybe do the trick for the images linked in the pocket query. I let you judge on that. That would be nice (because many geocaches actually rely on images for the description of the cache, or even on actions to perform on the field)
For the spoilers, I guess the software you're referencing is SpoilerSync (or similar) that indeed generates HTML for it. But it's kind of a hassle to always have to generate that on PC.
What I like with Locus is that all I need to do is import the GPX and go. If the spoilers would be imported at the same time, that would really be the perfect solution for a one-stop offline geocaching app with maps.
Keep up the good work!
Alfred

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