Geo Bucket5.6 - App Store

Using application is simple, just install the application, login, and press the Live button in top right corner of My Map to populate map with caches and you are ready to go geocaching.

With Geo Bucket you can store geocaches and maps to your iDevice and you dont have to worry about roaming charges.

The application has a My Map view where the downloaded caches are shown. Click a cache and there will be two actions available in the description. The i button on the left shows details of the cache and the > arrow on the right give you menu for different options.

There are multiple ways to get cache descriptions to the application.

-Easy and fast way is press the Live button in top right corner of My Map view.
- You can also download geocache descriptions via pocket queries using PQ button in the top left corner of My Map view or drag and drop Pocket query files from iTunes.
- You can download individual cache descriptions directly from Groundspeak Geocache web site with the Safari web browser or the embedded web browser.
- You can click the pocket query zip file in the mail application and open the zip directly to the application.

Geo Bucket can be used with a free Groundspeak Geocache account or a premium account.
- With Free account you can download 3 full cache descriptions and 10 000 lite descriptions in 24 hours.
-With free account Live button can download only Traditional caches.
- With premium account you can download 6000 full cache descriptions in a day and 10 000 Lite cache descriptions of any cache type.

From the web download the free account you can use only LOC files, which contain only the cache location information.
The Pocket queries and the single cache GXP file contains much more information about the cache, e.g. difficulty, terrain, last logged comments, hint for the cache.

The cache descriptions are stored in the iPad/iPhone flash memory and you can go caching without internet connection.
You can freely use Pocket Queries and Live data to same location without any worries about duplicates.

Detailed instructions are available on the support page at http://www.facebook.com/GeoBucket (Just press the support link)
The Groundspeak Geocache icons and Powered by Live are copyrighted by Groundspeak, Inc. Used with permission.
Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Version History Updated libraries 5.6 04/09/2023 - Added new map Finland
- Added ability to show road type (tarmac / gravel) for Finland
- Added ability to show Finland municipal borders
- Crash bug fixes 5.5 11/25/2020 -Fixed crash on start
-Support for sending own coordinates
-Cache icon shows note if cache has own notes 5.4 09/18/2020 -Support for sending own coordinates
-Cache icon shows note if cache has own notes 5.3 09/17/2020 - Fixed custom maps
- Fixed saving and deleting log drafts 5.2 07/20/2020 - Map has new refresh button
- Automatic cache refresh on map when user press cache icon
- New cache details view
- You can verify mystery cache final location (if cache supports it)
- Fixes to GPX file parsing
- Bug fixes 5.1 07/08/2020 - Updated to use new Geocaching API so now showing caches works again!
- Squashed some bugs 5.0 05/18/2020 - Bug fixes
- Small improvements to Trackable handling 4.11 10/02/2018 Bug fixes 4.10 09/24/2018 - iPad split screen support
- iPhone X support
- Updates to libraries 4.9 02/07/2018 -Deleting caches works
-iPad wifi support fixed
-Distance to cache is shown correctly 4.8 08/19/2015 -Native screen resolution to iPhone6 and iPhone6+
-Custom map system updated
-Fixed Token expired bug 4.7 08/04/2015 4.5
Fixed crash issue with iOS5 and iOS6 devices.
4.4
Geo Bucket 4.4 changes

NOTE: The database structure has been changed, so first startup might take some time.
Now there should be progress to show that the app is not stuck just converting database :)

- GPS Wifi hotspot fixes
- Added support to take picture when creating log
- Crash fixes
- Loading screen got stuck in some cases is now fixed.
- Pocket query loading is done bit different way
- Support for Loading GPX files from Australian geocaching site
- Pocket query view contains now possibility to change loaded picture sizes
- Application now notifies when selected cache is closing up
- Application can speak the distance to cache 4.5 05/29/2014 NOTE: The database structure has been changed, so first startup might take some time.
Now there should be progress to show that the app is not stuck just converting database :)

- GPS Wifi hotspot fixes
- Added support to take picture when creating log
- Crash fixes
- Loading screen got stuck in some cases is now fixed.
- Pocket query loading is done bit different way
- Support for Loading GPX files from Australian geocaching site
- Pocket query view contains now possibility to change loaded picture sizes
- Application now notifies when selected cache is closing up
- Application can speak the distance to cache 4.4 05/18/2014 - iOS7 support
- Loading more than 50 caches works
- Images are from newest to oldest in Photos
- Favourite points are parsed from GSAK generated GPX files
- Live functions are disabled for caches which are not coming from live
- Experimental support for Wifi hotspot GPS
- Bug fixes 4.3 01/17/2014 Geo Bucket 4.1
- Live fixed
- Coord.info zooms correctly to new coordinates
- Logging trackables fixed
- Caches can be added only to own bookmark list 4.1 08/08/2013 Geo Bucket 4.0
If you find any bug or something is missing please send me mail or message to Facebook page.

New Features:
- Updated custom maps
- Updated menus
- Ability to log trackables (Geocoins, travelbugs etc.)
- MotionX GPS HD support
- New Pocket query format
- Bookmark list support
- Ability to filter with bookmarks 4.0 07/17/2013 - New view for showing and managing waypoints
- After adding waypoint Geo Bucket will ask if you want to zoom to location
- New turn by turn navigators: Apple and MotioX GPS
- Button to refresh user data
- Bug fixes 3.3 10/23/2012 3.2
-Fixed the rotation bugs with iOS6
3.1
- Added support for .mbtiles formatted offline maps.
You can make offline maps with MOBAC or TileMill and drag and drop the created .mbtiles file to Geo Bucket from iTunes.

- Favourite points support (Filtering and showing)
- Waypoints shows now type (Trailhead, parking etc.)
- Car marker added, for easy return to car.
- iOS 6.0 support
- iPhone 5 support
- General bug fixes 3.2 09/30/2012 Note: It seems that the iOS6 support got bit haywire.
The screen does not rotate as it should. You can onlynuse potrait mode. New version is already on its way!

- Added support for .mbtiles formatted offline maps.
You can make offline maps with MOBAC or TileMill and drag and drop the created .mbtiles file to Geo Bucket from iTunes.

- Favourite points support (Filtering and showing)
- Waypoints shows now type (Trailhead, parking etc.)
- Car marker added, for easy return to car.
- iOS 6.0 support
- iPhone 5 support
- General bug fixes 3.1 09/28/2012 Note: This version of Geo Bucket will crash in iOS 4.x!

- New offline maps ( MS Virtual Earth, OpenStreetMap, OpenCycleMap, custom maps )
NOTE: Batch downloading map tiles is not yet supported!
- "Access token provided not valid" bug fixed
- XGPS150 support
- New settings page
- New selection to location tracking mode
- Couple bug fixes
- Removed leading line feed from signature in creating field note
- Adding Picture now works better, pictures are downscaled before sending.
- Geocaching Maps are back in Browse 3.0 07/27/2012 - New Pop up for map view.
- When GPS is not available you can set current location manually with track button.
- Ability to check Trackables from cache (Works only with Live)
-Live button for Manage to refresh caches (Max 50)
- Any cache list in Manage can be send as mail.
- Mail contains also geocache_visits.txt attachment, which can be uploaded to geocaching.com as Field Notes.
- Ability to select between mobile and desktop authentication. This can be used if the mobile authentication fails for some reason.
- You can create signature and use that in Field Notes.
- Creating field note with found status marks cache automatically found.
- Browse contains direct link to Geo Bucket Facebook page.
- Maximum amount of cache logs downloaded from Live upgraded to 25. 2.3 06/15/2012 -GPX file support fixed
-Attribute filtering enabled
-Premium members can download now also Lite caches (much faster than getting all data for caches)
-Date can be changed when writing field notes
-Field notes have more log types available 2.2 03/11/2012 2.1

- Fix for the problem with LOC files
- Fix for crashing problem at start up.
- Log cache button fixed
- Problem opening cache in web fixed
- Cache name has now same format in caches from Pocket Queries and Live

- Added ruler functionality to measure distances in map.

2.0

- Initial Powered by Live support!
- Live button refresh caches directly from geocaching.com
- Get pocket queries directly from Map view (Geocaching.com Premium members only)
- Ability to create field notes (Geocaching.com Premium members only)
-Support to load pocket queries from Documents Directory. You can drag and drop Pocket query zip files from iTunes to Geo Bucket and files are loaded in next start-up of Geo Bucket.
- Ability to Download spoiler pictures to phone, so you can check those also offline. (Premium only)
- Live can parse custom waypoints which are created in geocaching.com
- Personal Cache Notes can be edited and uploaded from Geo Bucket to geocaching.com
- Ability to remove compass from map view
- Map zoom out bug fixed
- Map has new blue user created waypoint flag icon and yellow cache creators waypoint flag icon to separate waypoints from main cache coordinates.
- User statistics are available directly from Geo Bucket, also while offline.
- New blue background for own caches.
- Map filtering is much faster
- New filtering for Map and Manage views
- Manage can be sorted by distance from current location.
- Problem adding Waypoint near 0 mediators fixed.
- GPS Signal accuracy is now visible with distance to cache in Map View. 2.1 02/27/2012 - Initial Powered by Live support!
- Live button refresh caches directly from geocaching.com
- Get pocket queries directly from Map view (Geocaching.com Premium members only)
- Ability to create field notes (Geocaching.com Premium members only)
-Support to load pocket queries from Documents Directory. You can drag and drop Pocket query zip files from iTunes to Geo Bucket and files are loaded in next start-up of Geo Bucket.
- Ability to Download spoiler pictures to phone, so you can check those also offline. (Premium only)
- Live can parse custom waypoints which are created in geocaching.com
- Personal Cache Notes can be edited and uploaded from Geo Bucket to geocaching.com
- Ability to remove compass from map view
- Map zoom out bug fixed
- Map has new blue user created waypoint flag icon and yellow cache creators waypoint flag icon to separate waypoints from main cache coordinates.
- User statistics are available directly from Geo Bucket, also while offline.
- New blue background for own caches.
- Map filtering is much faster
- New filtering for Map and Manage views
- Manage can be sorted by distance from current location.
- Problem adding Waypoint near 0 mediators fixed.
- GPS Signal accuracy is now visible with distance to cache in Map View. 2.0 02/17/2012