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Have you ever wanted to draw a line connecting your caches in the order you found them? Well using Cache Path that’s now possible!

Cache Path creates a Google Earth kml file that displays each cache you’ve found and then connects a line between them. Cache Path also takes advantage of the Google Earth time line feature that allows your cache path to be drawn in day by day. Once you load your kml file into Google Earth click on the play button near the time line in the upper right of the screen and watch your caching history unfold. After watching your history you’re able to pause the time line view and display your entire history by pulling the time line bar to the far right, using this same idea you can narrow in on a specific day and see your trail.

Download

Latest version: Cache Path (1.0)

Usage

Place the downloaded jar file into the same directory as your “My Finds” pocket query zip file and then double click it. After a
second or two a “trail.kml” file will appear. Double click on that to load it into Google Earth and you’re all set.

Alternatively you can run it by executing this command on the command line:

java -jar CachePath.jar path/to/your/myfinds.zip

FAQ

When I click play on the Google Earth time line it only plays one day at a time, how can I start at my first cache and play until my most recent find?

- Right click on the clock to the left of the time line and check the box for “Clamp beginning of time window”.

Can I slow down the speed my cache path is drawn?

- Yup, right click on the clock to the left of the time line and move the “Animation Speed” slider.

I can’t select just a single day on the time line.

- Right click on the clock to the left of the time line and uncheck the box for “Clamp beginning of time window”.

Help! I keep getting an error!

- Feel free to contact me and I’ll help you out.

Screen Shots

Todo

• Add a directional indicator for the path lines
• Add configurable file out path
• In time line play mode have more distinction between caches found on the same day

Change Log

1.1.0 (11/28/07)

• Made the jar runnable by double clicking on it, CLI usage not required
• Added more error checking
• Made the GC number in the KML bubble clickable, it will link you to the cache page on geocaching.com
• Added “Found Date” to the KML bubble.

1.0.0 (11/19/07)

• Original Release