Geocaching Notes

GPX creation procedure

  1. Create and download .zip file from project-gc.com
  2. Unzip
  3. Open .gpx file in BBEdit
  4. Rename *.gpx to caches.place.month.day.gpx
  5. Rename *-wpts.gpx to caches.place.month.day-wpts.gpx
  6. Search for <sym>Geocache Found</sym> and replace with <sym>Geocache</sym>
  7. Save file
  8. Using Path Finder (and not Mac compress menu item), select the 2 .gpx files
  9. Path Finder menu item Commands -> Compress with format -> Zip
  10. Rename archive.zip to caches.place.month.day.zip