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I would be happy to beta test anything you throw at me

On 05/09/2011 05:38 PM, Wes Hardaker AKA Yamar wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 09 May 2011 15:22:05 +0200, Paul van Noort <dsp...@gm...> said:
> PvN> I cannot access the wiki on the website.
>
> Yeah...  Long story, but I need to go reupdate the wiki software because
> tool versions broke things.
>
> PvN> But i don't seem to get past the dbd::sqlite installer
>
> I'd suggest doing a 'force install' instead of trying to make the test
> suites work.
>
> PvN> I would like to get things going
>
> Try this:
>
>    sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
>
>    cpan> force install DBD::SQLite2
>
> I really really want to rewrite geoqo in Qt so it'll run natively and
> not require perl.  I actually think the architecture of geoqo is
> excellent and transfering it to Qt C++ classes wouldn't be that hard
> (well, 95% of it).

>>>>> On Mon, 09 May 2011 15:22:05 +0200, Paul van Noort <dsp...@gm...> said:

PvN> I cannot access the wiki on the website.

Yeah...  Long story, but I need to go reupdate the wiki software because
tool versions broke things.

PvN> But i don't seem to get past the dbd::sqlite installer

I'd suggest doing a 'force install' instead of trying to make the test
suites work.

PvN> I would like to get things going

Try this:

   sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell

   cpan> force install DBD::SQLite2

I really really want to rewrite geoqo in Qt so it'll run natively and
not require perl.  I actually think the architecture of geoqo is
excellent and transfering it to Qt C++ classes wouldn't be that hard
(well, 95% of it).
-- 
Wes Hardaker                                     
My Pictures:  http://capturedonearth.com/
My Thoughts:  http://pontifications.hardakers.net/

Hi All,

I cannot access the wiki on the website.


I would like to install geoqo on my new opensuse box and try to see if
1.11  can give me the incentive to pick geocaching again.
But i don't seem to get past the dbd::sqlite installer

/usr/bin/make -- OK
'YAML' not installed, will not store persistent state
Running make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e"
"test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/00basic.t ............. ok  
t/01logon.t ............. ok  
t/02cr_table.t .......... ok  
t/03insert.t ............ ok  
t/04select.t ............ ok  
t/05tran.t .............. ok  
t/06error.t ............. ok  
t/08create_function.t ... ok    
t/09create_aggregate.t .. ok    
t/10dsnlist.t ........... ok  
t/20createdrop.t ........ ok  
t/30insertfetch.t ....... ok    
t/40bindparam.t ......... ok    
t/40blobs.t ............. ok    
t/40listfields.t ........ ok    
t/40nulls.t ............. ok    
t/40numrows.t ........... ok    
t/50chopblanks.t ........ ok    
t/50commit.t ............ ok    
t/60metadata.t .......... ok    
t/90cppcomments.t ....... ok    
t/99cleanup.t ........... ok  
t/ak-dbd.t .............. Failed 38/49 subtests
t/dbdadmin.t ............ ok  

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/ak-dbd.t            (Wstat: 11 Tests: 11 Failed: 0)
  Non-zero wait status: 11
  Parse errors: Bad plan.  You planned 49 tests but ran 11.
Files=24, Tests=310,  6 wallclock secs ( 0.18 usr  0.06 sys +  0.89
cusr  0.16 csys =  1.29 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/24 test programs. 0/310 subtests failed.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
  MSERGEANT/DBD-SQLite2-0.33.tar.gz
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, try:
  reports MSERGEANT/DBD-SQLite2-0.33.tar.gz
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
    Text::Balanced                                        you have it

You need some of the above modules to get GeoQO working
I tried but failed to install them; you'll need to seek
help or correct the problems yourself...



Re-examining installed modules


Checking required modules:
    XML::Parser                                           you have it
    XML::Simple                                           you have it
    DBI                                                   you have it
    DBD::SQLite2                                       ** YOU NEED IT
    Text::Balanced                                        you have it

You need at least the above modules to get GeoQO working
Once you have installed them, you can run this script to list
extra modules you may or may not want as well

Attempt to install the above modules? (Y/N)


----------------

a little system info

opensuse 11.3 64 bits..

I would like to get things going

>>>>> On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:04:40 -0800, Wes Hardaker AKA Yamar <ya...@ge...> said:

WH> It's been a while, but I actually have been working on GeoQO now and
WH> then.

It was one of those days where the release had a bug that I found
shortly afterward.  So, I pushed another one.  1.1

Get it from:  https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoqo/files/geoqo/1.11/
-- 
\ Wes Hardaker                           http://pontifications.hardakers.net /
 \_____ "In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than ________/
       \_______ the soap, and much more difficult to find." _______/
               \_________ -- Terry Pratchett ______________/
                         \__________________/

It's been a while, but I actually have been working on GeoQO now and
then.

Recently geocaching.com announced that they're including attributes
(finally!!!) in the pocket query gpx file.  So, it seemed like a good
time to produce a release.  The full list of changes is below.

Get it from:  https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoqo/files/geoqo/1.1/

New in version 1.1:
  - Groundspeak (geocaching) attributes now importable, searchable,
    displayable and exportable
  - You can import directly from mail messages using the base64 import
    plugin (for those of you using procmail: auto database updates!)
  - Waypoint identifier names can be printed on the map output
  - Search the database by identifiers from a file using the 'file' plugin
  - A new 'returnhome' search plugin that extras track and waypoint
    data from your GPS, finds the identifiers you were next to and
  - A new 'gps' search plugin that searches for all the waypoints
    currently loaded in your gps.
    then displays the results.
  - More fixes for internationalization support.
  - Bugs fixed when searching by track data when returning home


-- 
\ Wes Hardaker                           http://pontifications.hardakers.net /
 \_____ "In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than ________/
       \_______ the soap, and much more difficult to find." _______/
               \_________ -- Terry Pratchett ______________/
                         \__________________/

Hi,

I would like to make geoqo the tool of my coice, moving away from my own
collection of scripts, which would mean that I would probably also
contribute patches back. However, that means I also would like geoqo to
be a success and to be used by more than the number of users the mailing
list traffic suggests.

IMHO, the biggest problem of geoqo at the moment is the number of
dependencies on software which is usually not packaged for any given
distribution. I know of the Linux-binary thing and I think it is a nice
and neat way to circumvent that, but only for a short term. In
the end, users might want to change scripts for their own and 'build'
geoqo themselfes and they end up with the dependencies again. Also
running an elf-executable from somewhere on the web does not feel all
that good.
My point is: would it be possible and desired to try to remove some
of the non-essential dependencies, probably by including some of
the code of external modules into geoqo? I know that this basically
mean a code duplication, but in some cases the removed dependency
might be worth it. The ultimate goal would be to have geoqo included in
e.g. Debian. That would require all dependencies to be included as
well, and at the moment quite a few are missing - not packaged yet.

Frank Loeffler

New in version 1.01:
  - Small(ish) bug fixes mostly
  - Remove the black lines from the map
  - Fix the Makefile so it doesn't contain circular references
  - Fix the progress bar

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

I'm happy to announce 1.0 of GeoQO.  It's been a long journey to get to
the 1.0 stage, but I think it's running quite well on linux.  I was
hoping 1.0 would have more windows support, but I think that's coming
soon...  (I really need a dedicated windows developer to help me).

New in version 1.0:
  - Added a density plot option to the open-street-map based mapping feature
  - Internationalization text fixes
    (It should now display caches/waypoints from all languages correctly)
  - The map display now has a 528-foot circle diagram for showing
    cache boundaries for use when placing new caches. 
  - Added a --remember flag to auto-save searches to a specific named-search.
    (Use mem:name to recall it in a future search)

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

I had a sudden burst of getting things done this week and I'm happy to
say that I both have an easy-to-use binary (no installing of anything
else, it just works!) and instructions for installing it (targeted
toward ubuntu, but it should work for any linux).  Here's the NEWS
snippit and a link to the instructions:

(make sure to check out the mapping feature!)

  New in version 0.99:
    - A new map button in the gui to display maps from open street maps
    - Maps now display icons
    - More GUI simplification for people not setting the advanced preference
    - worked through a few chicken-and-egg problems for new users
    - The easy-to-install binary for linux has been tested from scratch
      on ubuntu and now contains icons, gpsbabel and cmconvert embedded
      within it
    - Bunches of other bugs fixed

And the linux installation instructions:

  http://www.geoqo.org/wiki/index.php/Install_from_a_binary_release


-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

So I've been tinkering off and on over time, and I ran across something
that lets me offer a complete single executable for people to use.  IE,
no more installing of a zillion pre-requisites...  You just download and
run.

Sourceforge has, um, messed a few things up with some of the online web
pages so they're still out of date till I fix them.

Installation instructions for using a linux binary release (easy!)

  http://www.geoqo.org/wiki/index.php/Install_from_a_binary_release

Let me know how it works for you.  The first run will be a bit slow
in starting as it extracts a bunch of files (to /tmp).


New in version 0.98:
  - New export module: 'map' for creating a png map based on openStreetMaps
  - New display module: bounds for displaying lat/lon boundaries of a set
  - Many of the more complex gui options hidden unless you have the
    advanced preference set.
  - New ability to compile completely self-contained binaries
  - Bunches of bugs fixed


-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

>>>>> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:22:23 -0700 (PDT), Fred Felter <fe...@ya...> said:

FF> I am new to Linux and am starting to use Ubuntu. Geoqo looks like a
FF> great app to continue my hobby of geocaching with.

I got further yesterday in my hopefully last efforts to get a completely
compiled binary ready to go.  It's almost working, but I'm testing some
last glitches I found.

(for anyone interested, I've been playing with the PAR::Packer module
that builds complete self-contained perl "thingies"; the trick is
loading all the optional modules ahead of time).
-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

>>>>> On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:04:03 -0700 (PDT), Fred Felter <fe...@ya...> said:

FF> I am a registered user (fred felter) so I believe I can post a
FF> question however I don't see any way to input my password for
FF> permission.

Fred,

You shouldn't need to be a registered user to post a message.  *If*
you're subscribed to the mailing list, however, it'll automatically
accept messages from you.  You sent another message in the past that got
caught in the moderator queue because you weren't subscribed to the
list.  I normally look at the queue regularly and approve real messages
(it's normally mostly spam) but in this case I've been away for 2 weeks
on a work/vacation trip....  So, sorry for the delay!

FF> I am also a new Linux user and am having a great deal of difficulty
FF> installing GeoQO.  I've managed to get GeoQO and Perl 5.10.0 on my
FF> desktop but when I do a Perl /check I get no such file response. I
FF> also have no idea of what to do with the GeoQo folder which contains
FF> various files, now of which seems to open a useable GUI to input
FF> data.

Can you tell me what linux distribution you're using?  Is it ubuntu or
fedora or ...?
-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

I am a registered user (fred felter) so I believe I can post a question however I don't see any way to input my password for permission.

I am also a new Linux user and am having a great deal of difficulty installing GeoQO.  I've managed to get GeoQO and Perl 5.10.0 on my desktop but when I do a Perl /check I get no such file response. I also have no idea of what to do with the GeoQo folder which contains various files, now of which seems to open a useable GUI to input data.

Help please and thanks in advance.

I am new to Linux and am starting to use Ubuntu. Geoqo looks like a great app to continue my hobby of geocaching with.

I think I managed to install the perl, sqlite and CPAN elements simply by copying and pasting the terminal commands  for the Debian distro from the web site. Now I come to "unpack" Geoqo but the subsequent lines starting with the .tar.gz in Terminal result in a Not Found response. I also managed to download the 0.97 tar.gz version to my desktop but when I open it I see no folders suggesting I could open the program itself.  I'm stuck!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

>>>>> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:45:41 -0500, "David W. Herod" <glasscat@argontech.
net> said:

[FYI, the correct address for this list is
"geo...@li..." not
"geo...@li..."]

DWH> I was excited when I saw your GeoQo "Cache Density Plot" overlay to
DWH> Google Earth.

Glad you liked them!

DWH> Since my application does not seem to be related to the use of
DWH> GeoQo as presented on the GeoQo Home Page, would it be possible for
DWH> you to help me get started by telling me where I could find
DWH> information as to how I might link my Excel Data to GeoQo to
DWH> display the information?

The easiest thing to do would probably be to convert the information to
to a loc format and load it into geoqo if you want to use it's GE
output.

The easiest way, probably, to do that is export the data into a CSV
format that looks like this:

  38.75705, -120.52890, A name for the point
  38.55778, -121.67105, A name for this other point

(the names can be anything).

Then use gpsbabel to convert them to a .loc file:

  gpsbabel -i csv -f INPUT_FILE.csv -o geo -F OUTPUT_FILE.loc

Then you should be able to get geoqo to load them:

  geoqo -i OUTPUT_FILE.loc

And finally plot the results:

  geoqo -s any: -e for_google_earth.kml
--
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

It's been quite a while since I've made a geoqo release.  A few new
things and a number of bug fixes have been put in place.  I'm trying to
work to a real 1.0 release, but I haven't had the time lately to sink
into the tasks I want to complete to make that happen.  Here's the NEWS
about 0.97:

New in version 0.97:
  - A new import plugin "dir" for importing an entire directory of files
  - Database searching using a track can now use data beyond a given date/time
  - A number of small bug fixes.  In particular parts of the GUI were broken.

--

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

New in version 0.96:
  - New %{tags:}, %{attributes:}, %{ratings:} tags that can be used in
    the modify/rewrite and display/list plugins
  - Allow for cache descriptions to be put in put in Google Earth files
  - A number of bug fixes

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

GeoQO 0.95 is available.  This release is code named "4Zemmy".  Zemmy
wanted improved GoogleEarth output and this release has it!

Here are some new GE output screen shots:

  http://www.geoqo.org/images/newearth1.jpg
  http://www.geoqo.org/images/newearth2.jpg

New in version 0.95:
  - Greatly improved Google Earth (KML) output
    - Cache Icons are done with the same icons used by the tomtom output
    - GUI option screen is much more usable
    - Now includes the ability to draw 528 foot circles around a cache
  - Little Bug fixes

Download the new version of GeoQO:
  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=177773

Instructions for installing GeoQO on your Linux, Windows or Mac:
  http://www.geoqo.org/wiki/index.php/Installation_Help



-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

New in version 0.94:
  - Export to anything using gpsbabel
  - An improved puzzle solving screen (and fixed some puzzle and attribute bugs)
  - The dropexisting modify plugin can replace prefixes
  - per-screen configurable defaults can be set
  - Online tutorials greatly expanded: http://www.geoqo.org/wiki/

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

New in version 0.93:
  - A new modify plugin ("dropexisting") for imports that let you only
    import data that isn't in the current database.
  - fix tagging and rating GUI screens so they actually apply the changes
  - a database statistics GUI screen
  - export to a plucker document
  - various bug fixes

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

New in version 0.92:
  - Export to many different output types (requires gpsbabel)
  - TomTom support for really pretty maps
  - More GUI improvements and cleanups in general 
  - Miscellaneous bug fixes.
  - New script command: %foreach
    - syntax may change a bit in the future to incorporate dynamic data.

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

 in version 0.91:
  - A new puzzle equation extractor that automatically extracts
    equations from puzzles and puts them into attributes for later
    coordinate replacement.  This has been integrated into the puzzle
    solving GUI as well.
  - More bug fixes in many things, including the windows installer
  - Graphical (Gtk2) based progress bars
  - Other forgotten changes.

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

Well, 0.9 has a completely new GUI system so if you were disappointed by
the lack of functionality in the last one, definitely check out the 0.9
release.

Also, the windows install script has been extensively tested works
well.  (in fact, previous versions in general likely barely worked at
all under windows...  This one has been tested and improved quite a bit
under windows and should be fully functional now).

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

There is a new geoqo version (0.8) available from the download site.
It's been a few months since the last release.  A number of big
improvements have been made in a few areas, though the GUI is still
lacking the most.  (the command line interface is much more powerful).
There is a new windows installation script which should help the windows
users tremendously.

The new windows install instructions can be found here:

   http://geoqo.org/wiki/index.php/Windows_Install

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

I just published 0.7, which is been due for too long...

The most interesting new feature is the ability to rate caches (and
upload your ratings to a server, as well as download and view the
average of other people's ratings)

New in version 0.7:
  - a cache rating system
    (and publication)
  - embedded perl sections can be placed directly into scripts
  - the top10 display module can calculate an average as well.
  - the top10 display module can run a separate script on every result
  - yet more gui support
    - in particular, check out the cache tagging and rating screen
  - installation paths are configurable thanks to lairsdragon
    (installed scripts, for example)
  - a usable preferences screen

-- 
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap,
 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett