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CacheVisualizer - A tool to visualize the density of geocaches in different areas
Changelog / News
22.05.2006: First official beta version
Description
CacheVisualizer is a tool that visualizes the density of geocaches in different areas. Geocaches can be loaded as a GPX-file or as a .db file as it can be downloaded from here. You can use CacheVisualizer while planning your next tour, to see where many geocaches are located.
Screenshots
Features
- Open .db or .gpx files and visualize geocache density
- Open exlude-list to exclude caches found by you
- Drag mouse to zoom to a certain area
- Press right mouse button to zoom back to last zoom area
- Display name of caches in map
- Select three different visualization modes (prefer easy, prefer hard, normal)
- Filter caches by type, size, difficulty or terrain
- Change rendering resolution for faster redraw on older computers
- Click on a cache to show cache page in default browser
- Different cache types are indicated by different colors
- Move the cursor over a geocache to see its details in the menu bar
- CacheVisualizer can be integrated into GSAK using a little script
Download
The software is provided without any warranty or support.
The software is still in beta-status and can contain many software bugs.
You can download the CacheVisualizer here:
CacheVisualizer.zip
The java source code is included for the technical interested.
Installing and using CacheVisualizer
- You need a Java runtime environment to use CacheVisualizer. Usually, a Java runtime environment is pre-installed on your computer and there is nothing to do in this aspect. If you don not have a Java runtime environment installed, you can download it from here.
- After downloading the Zip-file, extract it anywhere on your harddrive.
- Start the included "start.bat" by double-clicking it.
- Play around with CacheVisualizer.
- If rendering performance is too slow, try decreasing the rendering resolution, e.g. select "5x5".
Contact and support
Check the "Impressum" of my homepage to find out how to contact me if you have comments or suggestions. I do not provide phone or mail support for this software.