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New waypoints supported

Thanks to Peter from Romania, GeoKrety are now fully supporting waypoints from geocaching.plus.ro (Romanian database) and www.rejtekhely.ro (a local Hungarian language website for caches only from Transylvania (Romania)). Waypoints are updated daily (nightly, to be precise).

US OPEN :)

Welcome another regional opencaching base: www.opencaching.us. Of course, fully supported by geokrety :)

important: GK labels

Holidays are a time of moving around for many GeoKrets. A lot of them will visit other countries and caches registered on different geocaching systems. Please remember, that there are still geocachers (hard to imagine, though), who haven't seen a GeoKret before and have no idea, what to do when they find it. That's why we are encouraging you to always provide your GKs with instructions what to do with the mole after someone discovers it in a cache. These should always be written at least in English but prefferably in 2-3 other languages.
Happy holidays!
GK Team :)

wakacje to czas wyjazdów, nie tylko dla ludzi, ale i dla kretów. Wiele z nich przekroczy granicę naszego kraju, a niektóre nawet kontynentu :) Choć trudno w to uwierzyć, ciągle zdarzają się ludzie, którzy nie wiedzą, co to są geokrety i do czego służą. Pamiętajcie zatem, by swoje krety opatrywać w stosowną etykietkę, gdzie oprócz informacji niezbędnych do zalogowania była by też instrukcja, co zrobić z napotkanym kretem. Niestety, również znajomość języka polskiego poza granicami naszego kraju nie jest zbyt powszechna, więc dbajcie, żeby informacja ta była dostępna również po angielsku. Wszystko to razem pomoże Waszym kretom w szczęśliwej podróży. Czego sobie i państwu życzę :)
z wakacyjnym pozdrowieniem,
GK team :)

Keep rocking

Just to let you know, that we are still alive:
1) some stats of GK added (eg http://geokrety.org/gk_stat.php?id=8318 - avaliable at the GK's page
2) fixed opencaching.se waipoints retrivement

Nový český překlad

Díky Ladislav Boháč máme nový český překlad. Mimochodem: máme také nové bannery vzory.

Thanks to Ladislav Boháč we have new czech translation. BTW: we also have new banners patterns:

Sweedish translation, GK hotels

Hi,
1) Thanks to fredrik we have new swedish translation. Thanks! Tack vare Fredrik har vi ny svensk översättning. Tack!
2) The GK hotels/motels has been updated. Den GK hotell / motell har uppdaterats

Prima Aprilis

Of course the news about rebranding GK to GeoŻaby was a joke :)

Rebranding

Hi All,
We've decided to rebrand the GeoKrety to GeoŻaby (polish: żaba = frog). We also recommend you to change all labels of GeoKrety to the new name.

GeoKrety Toolbox for Google Chrome

GeoKrety Toolbox is now compatible with Google Chrome browser. You can get it from here.

Opencaching Sweden

As some of you probably noted, we have new opencaching server in Europe: Opencaching Sweden. Welcome and happy hunting! And, of course, those waypoints (OS) are supported by GeoKrety.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the GK staff!

GeoKrety online again! :)

Hi All!
We had some serious server problems (hardware + software + internet provider). Fortunatelly we managed to deal with it and now GeoKrety are online again! No data loss!
Sorry for inconvenience and many thanks for help offers!

Logging page fix

All the scripts working behind the logging page, which provide automatic tracking code verification and waypoint database lookups, should be working once again.

GeoKret tours: dipping

We have added a new log type: dip. Now you can easily mark places your geokrets have visited while keeping them all the time in your inventory. So instead of two operations: drop & grab, you can now simply dip them :)
We've also updates all recent logs/moves pages and the inventory page to use the new layouts.

GK Toolbox: drop geokrets into GC caches - easy

No more copying/pasting waypoint names and coordinates. Simply pick the geokret you wish to drop in that particular cache and you will be redirected to the standard logging page with all data already filled in. Check the date, add comment and hit the button. Easy, right? ;) Get the new version here.

Avatars, photo gallery and more

Hello everyone :) It's time for a little update. As you might have noticed we are refreshing some parts of the site and adding new features here and there. It started with more detailed "My geokrets" and "Watched geokrets" pages, a completely new "Photo gallery" for each geokret and new features like: renaming photo descriptions and setting avatars for your geokrets. In the mean time I've released a new version of GeoKrety Toolbox which uses a new, tailored search engine on the site. It runs faster here, transmits way less data and displays results faster in your browser, no buts! Hope you like these changes, more are coming soon but now, enjoy your weekend!

Translations updated

Thanks to grimpel, the german translation is updated and thanks to mediamasterLV the latvian one is created. Thank you!

New developer

Please welcome Szymon, known also as 1/2 of BeautyAndBeast, to the GK development community :) We are very pleased to have you onboard!

GK are celebrating second birthday!

Today we are celebrating the second birthday of GeoKrety! Thank you - users - for two years of moving geokrets and for many ideas making our site work better. Also thank you - programmers and translators for making GK more international.

Some site stats

Not connected with GK, but quite interesting -- some site stats:
On average, we have ~8000 unique visitors / month, mainly from Poland, Germany, Estronia and Czech Republic. They are mainly Windows users (91.2 %, while Linux 4.9 % and Mac 2.3 %). This month we had also one CP/M user :)
FireFox browser is a clear winner (53.8 %) while MS Internet Explorer has only 27.8 % (Opera 6.5 %).

GK listed on geocaching.com pages?

simor (also known as BeautyAndBeast) wrote an usefull script for web browsers:
"script was written to build a bridge between the most popular geocaching site and a relatively new site that offers a free tracking service - geokrety.org. Right now the script has only one function. Once you enter a particular cache page on geocaching.com it will automatically check if there are any geokrets (items tracked on geokrety.org) inside that cache and show the result in the inventory section on the right side of the screen (below the existing list of Travelbugs and Geocoins)."
Great job!

Read more and get the script: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/59670.

Registering new users problem -- solved

Problem with creating new accounts was (I hope) solved.

GC.com users may use GK ;)

According to the groundspeak, geocaching.com users may use and log geokrety ;):
I have checked with Brian, and his definitive answer is that these 'rogue' TBs are not of concern to us - reviewers and GS staff. We cannot govern their usage, and Geocachers are allowed to give out GC codes.
Thanks! ;)))

Updated translations

I've updated some translations using google translator. I hope it makes sense :)

Waypoint Resolver

The new side-product is now avaliable - the waypoint resolver. Just type the geocaching waypoint and you will be redirected to the apropriate page. Waypoints from 11 geocaching databases are recognized as well as other GPS games and trackable items. Try it here!. More about use and supported waypoints can be found here. Have fun!

Map of lost geokrets

The list of probably lost geokrets (ie geokrets, which had been dropped into a cache, which was later archived) was enhanced by adding a map of their last location.

Refreshed layout, new stats

As probably some of you noted, the layout had been refreshed. The main reason for that was the fact, that we wanted to add few new links and functions, and in the old menu, there was no place for it...

New functions:

• List of probably lost geokrets - ie geokrets, which had been dropped into a cache, which was later archived. You can find the list under the "Stats" tab, or here is the direct link


• Statistics of GK in countries. Did you know, that there are geoKrety in United Arab Emirates, Jordan or even on the Isle of Man? Check out the rest

Improved map

Thanks to moose we have improved map of geokrety. To test it just click on "Where are my geokrets?" link on left. Enjoy!

OC in UK is OK!

Yes! We have a new member in OC family! The www.opencaching.org.uk site was launched recently, with OK waypoints prefix. And, of course, is fully supported by GeoKrety. Welcome and have fun!

Tiny improvements

Tiny improvements before holidays:
1) It is possible to use <br /> and <img /> tags in the GK description edited before printing. This way you can easily add a small picture to the GK label (to the description).
2) When logging GK you can use the calendar to enter the date. Just click on the icon near the "date" field ()

Updated estonian translation

Thanks to BeautyAndBeast the estonian translation is updated.

New geocacher!

I'm proud to announce that since wednesday we have a new geocacher in our family! Konstancja weights 3950 g and is 55 cm tall. And - of course - I'm the proud father!

WaypointGame on the map

[PL] Nasza mapka keszy (dla garminów) - zawiera również współrzędne waypointów z WaypointGame -- http://wpg.alleycat.pl/ To takie jakby kesze wirtualne na czas :) Co prawda geokretów nie można tam wsadzić, ale może przy okazji szukania keszy tradycyjnych znajdziemy i jakiegoś waypointa. Punkty te mają prefix WPG. Na zdrowie!

[EN] The map of caches (for garmin unit) include now the waypoints from the polish site WaypointGame - a kind of wirtual caches. http://wpg.alleycat.pl/
Enjoy!

General map of caches

As we have been collecting waypoints of significant number of caches (about 43000 caches around the world - click here for a list of supported services) we decided to generate a transparent map of those caches for garmin units (img format). Now you can have all those caches on one map (actually: mapset).
The map is avaliable as a MapSource installer and as zip archive for self installation or other purposes. The map is generated every day (at 3AM CET/CEST).

The map was tested on Garmin Vista HCx, but on other recivers should also work fine (If you have a nice screenshot from your receiver, please send us. We would like to see the map in action!).

There is also a map of confluence points, for those who are fans of intiger lat/lons.

With best wishes of happy caching and geokreting!

And I would have forgotten... here it is!

Hungarian waypoints

... as well as hungarian waypoints from www.geocaching.hu. Enjoy!

Romanian caches avaliable!

We've added support for Romanian caches from service geocaching.plus.ro. Enjoy!

More flexible way of entering coordinates

1) Thanks to Yergo (who wrote the function), we can enter coordinates in a more flexible way. First of all we can enter the strong in "one portion", just copied from MapSource, gpx file or geocaching.com page. Eg: just enter N 52° 10.369' E 021° 01.542'. Moreover the system accepts more formats. For list of examples click here.
I hope there is no bugs, but if you find any, let me know.

2) Happy Easter!

GK mole-holes and GK motels

Grimpel wrote: "We might set up a Warszawa-Berlin-Express, creating a wormhole by using parcel-post!". More on the idea of teleporting GK and about setting up GK moleholes and hotels/motels: here and on the forum.

Translations updated

Thanks to M Ernő (Magyar), BeautyAndBeast (Eesti) and Ilpo Kantonen (Suomi) we have new, corrected and updated translations. Thanks! Enjoy!

New languages supported

Hi,
thanks to google translator and PHP I've translated our site to some other languages. Now GK are avaliable in:
English, Polski, Deutsch, Česky, Slovenčina, Français, Русский, Português, Italiano, Chinese, Română, Español, Dansk, Català, Eesti, Magyar, Latviešu, Українська, Svenska, Suomi, Български, Shqip, Ελληνικά.
Automatic translations are - of course - not perfect, but can give the user an idea how to use our service.

If you would like to improve this translations, just download and edit the appropriate file from http://geokrety.org/download.php.

Estonian caches supported

By now we support estonian caches from http://www.geopeitus.ee/.

Welcome!

Improved label templates

Some improvements in generating labels:
- Medium and Normal size templates are scalable -- they contains the SVG vector graphics so you can adjust a bit the size of the label by changing the size of the page (eg Ctrl+/Ctrl- in firefox) or in other way before printing.
- Medium and Normal size templates are now multilanguage (as QR-code template before). Help languages avaliable here are: english (default), polish, czech, german and romanian.

Updated translation

Thanks to Grimpel, the german translation and help page is updated.

Updated translations

Thanks to Schiopu Claudiu and Niels Langkilde the romanian and danish translations are updated.

Such a cute geokret

Browsing new geokrets I've noted a particularly cute one:

Registered by by renia team (see details and larger photos) Cool!

QR Code on the labels

For easy logging dropping or grabbing during your trip, I've added the possibility of attaching QR code on the GK label. QR Code is a kind of bar code, which can be "scanned" by your mobile phone, which will redirect you to the proper page at geokrety.org; you will not have to enter the tracking code, everything will be encrypted in the QR.

An example of QR code with encrypted address of our page.

Learn more at help page

You have a choice!

It is possible to choose the background of your statpic. By now, four designs are avaliable. If you have an idea for a new one - feel free to send it us (png/svg, 220x50px).

Changed logo in GK stat banner

I've decided to change a bit baner with users stats and replaced the old (but good) logo with new one designed by tatanka. What do you think about it?

Scrolling on logs pages

Now it is possible to "scroll" logs (My recent logs, Recent logs of my geokrets etc) to see the previous ones.

Scrolling of GK moves

If the number of logs exceeds 70, the table of moves is then divided into pages.

New GK logo

Thanks to tatanka, we have new - quite simple but nice GK logo:

All logos are avaliable to download in section "download" ;)

Printing label ver. 2

Now you can edit a description of the geokret before printing the label.

To the Moon and back

All geokrets travelled 767695 km, it means they travelled to the Moon and back! Cool!

GeoKrets are not a trade item!

Please remember: GeoKrets are not a trade item, you do not have to put something in the cache to take a GK, and you should not take something from a cache in trade for a GK. If you should take something from a cache, you should make a trade, and you can place the GK.

Przypominamy: GeoKrety nie są fantami na wymianę - można je wkładać i wyciągać z keszy niezależnie, czy wkładamy/wyjmujemy inne fanty. Nie przeprowadzamy natomiast transakcji typu: IN: geokret OUT: jakieś fanty. KPW? ;)

GK first birthday!

Today we are celebrating the first birthday of GeoKrety!

By now we have 1746 registered GeoKrets, 938 GeoKrets are hidden in the caches; all GeoKrets done 677210 km - it is 16,9x the earth equatorial circumference and is almost 2x distance from the Earth to the Moon - cool! And we have 1653 registered users. Thanks!

Danish localization

Thanks to Niels Langkilde / oz9els, Geokrety are now avaliable in Danish. Enjoy!

GK map improved (a bit)

Now GK map centers at your home coordinates (you can edit it in your profile). If you hadn't defined it, the map centers on the Most Przyjaźni in Zgorzelec/Gorlitz.

Spanish localization

Thanks to Zugzwangy, the geokrety site is now avaliable in Spanish. Divertidse! (?)

Some news

There are some minor changes and updates:
+ Thanks to Grimpel we have new german help file as well as improved translation. Thanks!
+ Email notification will be send - as usual - every 24 hours but not necesary at midnight (we don't want to load our smtp too much at 0:00).
+ First birthday is coming up... :)

GeoKrety.org are back!

During last days we had had some problems with our domains (we didn't get the invoice on time); but now everything should be ok, and we do our best to keep geokrety.org running 24h/day.

During those days we get a lot of emails with a support offers - thanks a lot for it, it was very nice :)

So, keep geokreting!

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