Geocaching in Locus Map

• Locus Map handles geocaches as a category of points - each has its name, coordinates, description, plus further specific parameters like cache code, difficulty, terrain, size, etc.
  
• Geocaches can use all the features related to points - you can manage them (store them in folders, sort them, filter, copy…), you can share them, you can navigate to them, guide to them on the map or by the compass, or include them in your planned routes
• Then there is a wide range of tools and functions for geocachers and makes hunting for geocaches easier and more fun.

• Before you can display the geocaches on the map, you have to import them to the app. The import is processed by the app, by Locus add-ons or cooperating applications. See more details in Import of Geocaches >>.

The imported geocaches are stored in a selected folder of the Library or displayed on the map. After tapping a geocache in both a panel with its detailed info slides up.
The panel is similar to that of a common point, but there is quite a lot of additional information and tool buttons:

• Difficulty- 5-star scale of difficulty to find the geocache
• Terrain - 5-star scale of terrain difficulty
• Quality/GCVote - user rating of the geocache. Tap to refresh the rating.
• Logs - icons of the last five geocache logs - the category can be maximized to a detached box with details
• Favorites - number of users who marked the geocache as their favorite
• Size - a 5-grade scale of the geocache box size
• Trackables - number of trackables dropped here (displayed only to Premium members; others see TR 0) - the category can be maximized to a detached box with details
• Waypoints - number of waypoints connected to the geocache - the category can be maximized to a detached box with details and the option to display the WPT on the map.

You can maximize logs into a dialog with a list of logs divided into two categories - All and From friends.
To update the logs, tap :

When you see there are trackables in a cache,
tap to see the name
and detail:
. Tap LOG to open the logging form and log the trackable directly:

The box indicates the number of waypoints for the cache (displayed/available):

Tap the arrow to open the waypoints list:

1. tapping opens the waypoint detail panel
2. show-all-on-map button
3. single waypoint displaying buttons
4. tap to open the add waypoint menu:
   

The new waypoint can be added in a few ways:

• general - adding a new WP without any relations to the cache or other WPTs
• clipboard - adds a WPT with coordinates copied into the phone's clipboard
• projection - from the cache and from adjoining WPTs. The WPT is created based on defined distance and azimuth:
  

When you scroll the panel up, more information appears:

• Attributes - various preferences of the geocache according to Geocaching.com.
• Listing - an excerpt of the geocache listing that can be displayed as a whole. Listing is visible only to Geocaching Premium members
• Code - a unique GC code of the geocache. Tapping it displays a couple possible actions:
  
• Type - type according to GC categories - traditional, multi, mystery…

Another scroll up…

• Hidden - the date when the cache was installed
• Updated - the date of the last cache web update
• Owner - the name of the cache owner - by tapping it you can display the profile or send a message:
  
• Country - the state or local region of origin
• Folder - selected folder of the Library with the cache. Tapping opens the folder detail.
• Downloaded - date of the cache download to Locus
• ** Last updated** - date of the last info update within the app
• Coordinates - geocache lat/lon coords. Long-press copies them into the clipboard.

The bottom bar of the geocache detail panel contains tools common for all other points - navigation, sharing, info editing, and management tools. But also geocache-specific menus:

• Hint - decrypted hint with tools:
  
  You can encrypt/decrypt the hint, copy it to the clipboard, or let it translate by any installed translating app/service
• Log visit - opens the logging menu (details below)
• Log trackable - opens tracking code insert dialog
• Notes - opens the notes dialog - to add notes, load them from the web, etc.
• Update geocache - reloads fresh data about the geocache from Geocaching.com.
• GC Offlinizer - downloads the geocache's associated images, spoilers, etc. for later offline use. Available only with Premium
  More info >>
• Load all waypoints - appears only when the cache contains waypoints - it displays them all on the map
• Computed - marks a mystery or multi-cache as computed
• Images - this item only emerges when the geocache listing contains images, and/or there are spoilers available. When images are downloaded with the GC offlinizer, the images are also available offline.

This menu is only available when geocaching add-ons are installed:

Geocaches can be logged in online or offline. You can trigger both from the geocache context menu:

There are two possibilities:

• Log your visit - logs your find directly at the Geocaching.com website
• Upload draft - you fill in the logging form, but the log isn't listed among your finds. It is still available for editing.

• Log visit offline - logs your find within the app for a future upload on the Geocaching web

All the options above use a unified logging screen:
Here you define the type of the log:
Then you can add a comment, define the log time and date (it is pre-filled with the actual date), add images and log trackables (only when logging online)

If you tap SAVE on the “Log online” or “Upload draft”, the log is stored offline on the device for later use. All offline logs are listed in the Logs manager accessible from the app main menu > All features > Geocaching tools.

Geocaches are managed the same way as other user points with a few specifics.

A Library folder with geocaches looks and offers the same controls as an ordinary point folder, except a few more options:

Contains a wide choice of geocache parameters to sort by:

On the basic level, you can filter geocaches by name, GC code, date, and distance, see point filtering >>.

Special filtering offers setting of the type, difficulty, terrain, and a lot of other parameters and attributes:


You can display the filtered results on the map from the topbar menu. There you can also save filters for future use in the filter manager:

Available only with Premium

The tool menu emerges when you turn the folder into the select mode. Besides common functions like Copy/Move/Export/Delete or Update elevation, the menu contains several GC-specific features:

• Update geocaches - updates downloaded caches' listings, logs, etc.
• GC Offlinizer - downloads geocaches' associated images, spoilers, etc. for later offline use. More on how to use GC Offlinizer >>
• Load GCVote - downloads geocache rating