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Mobile phone -version | Windows Mobile -version
Geocache Live User Guide: Getting Started
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| 1. Installing the program on mobile |
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Using Geocaching Live requires you to install the client software on your phone. To install the program, enter this URL in your mobile browser:
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Version 0.98.16 (released 10/02/2009 21:42) [Release notes]
If the automatic detection fails, try these downloads (enter the URL in your mobile browser):
1) For phones with the location API (most recent devices):
http://live.geocaching.com/dl/1
2) If the installation fails try the unsigned vesion of 1):
http://live.geocaching.com/dl/3
3) If the application fails to run (missing JSR179, location api), try this URL:
http://live.geocaching.com/dl/2
4) Or the un-signed version of 3), try this URL:
http://live.geocaching.com/dl/4
Tested devices (by the order of popularity)
Nokia: E71, N95, E90, E75,E51, 6110 Navigator, N73, 6120 Classic, E66, E65, NokiaE70,
N96, N82, E50, E61i, E61, N70, N78, 6220 Classic, 6210 Navigator, 5800, 5500, N85, N79, N71, E60, 6630, N93, N92,N80, N76, 6121 Classic, 5320
Sony Ericsson: C702, C905, C760, W760, W715. W890, P11
Samsung: SGH-i900, SGH-G810, i8910 HD
If your device is not listed above, it does not mean it will not work. It does mean however, that you will be amongst the pioneers to try it out. Let us know how it went.
On the other hand, the fact that your device is listed above, does not mean that it will work. There may be issues caused by operator branding or due to old firmware. If your device is listed and it does not work - let us know.
Here is a longer of the potentially compatible devices:
(some devices may be missing)
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| 2. Give more permissions to the program. |
Or: How to get rid of the annoying "Allow this and that" prompts?
Running the application makes often annoying prompts at startup, like
"Allow application to read user data?", "Allow application to use network?".
Because Geocaching Live software is signed by a trusted third-party developer (us :),
it's possible to fully disable these prompts.
For example, for a Nokia device it can be done here:
Phone menu -> Applications -> App.Manager -> GeocachingLive -> Select:Open
| We recommend the following settings: |
| Network access | Ask first time | (For realtime caches, tracking and maps) |
| Read user data | Always allowed | (For offline maps) |
| Positioning | Always allowed | (For getting your GPS position) |
| Multimedia | Always allowed | (For taking pictures) |
Geocaching Live doesn't use any other restricted access.
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| 3. Using the program |
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After installation, just click the Geocaching Live application icon to start up the program
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| Program settings |
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These settings define your username, password and the network connectivity options. See also Tools -> Customize for more options. You are also brought to settings, when you launch the program for the first time
- Username and password Use your geocaching.com username and password
- Network profile
- online
- "fully online"
- chat & location sharing
- maps downloaded online
- presence
- chat & location sharing
- does not download maps online, uses offline maps if available
- if automatic cache download is set to on, receives caches.
- offline
- uses offline maps
- does not make any automatic network requests
- caches downloaded only when requested
Hint: If you wish to ensure the program does not cause any network traffic at all, answer "No" at the program startup for the "Allow networking" prompt.
- Network update interval Defines how often the program connects to network to update your location and to receive chat messages, potential automatic cache downloads, and other updates.
| | Browsing the map - keys |
- 1 - zoom in
- 3 - zoom out
- 5 - switch mode (cursor mode, map, compass, radar)
- 4,6,2,8 - left, right, up, down
- 0 - opens the target details if set (cache or poi)
- key up, key down - select item from list shown below map
- 'fire' - select item from list, or in cursor mode, create a POI in the location of cursor
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| Tools->Customize | customizing program behaviour |
The customization settings define how the program behaves.
- Home latitude and longitude This is the default location where the program will place you when there is no recent GPS fix. Hint: You can also select the home location by browsing the map and clicking a location(hit '5' to enter cursor mode) then select Options -> Set as home coordinates.
- Guided mode When set on, the Signal frog pops up on startup to guide you to the nearest caches or friends. The Signal also pops up again, once you have found a cache and unset the target to look for next geocache.
- Automatic cache download When set on, the program automatically downloads the nearest caches from your current location.
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| Create offline maps for use with Geocaching Live |
Normally, Geocaching Live downloads the maps over the internet. Especially, when travelling abroad this may prove expensive as the foreign network operator can have significantly higher charges for the data access.
To overcome this problem we created a PC version of the Geocaching Live. It can be used to create offline maps - maps that are stored on your memory card instead of downloading them from the internet.
This dramatically reduces the downloaded data amount on your phone.
Creating offline maps is simple. Just start the application by hitting the button below. Enter your GC Live username and password. To start creating maps, hit the red REC button and follow the instructions.
Java Webstart requires at least Java 1.5 installed. Get the latest release here.
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