20 GIS & Geocaching Must Have Software Applications

22 July, 2010 19:45

[GPX Downloader] Firefox addon to save information such as coordinates, description, hints and logs into a GPX file that can be sent to your GPS unit.

[Minimap Sidebar] Firefox Addon: The Minimap Addon gives you a suite of built-in maps and mapping tools for your web browser. Drag and Drop addresses or address links you find on web pages to view their location in the Map Sidebar, or by manually adding locations. Preview addresses from within any webpage using the Map Panel and get larger scale maps with the Map Tab. Import/Export KML, GPX, minimap xml file, CSV (export only). View traffic Info, drag and drop KML files, local search, Google, Yahoo! and Live Local directions, view in Google Earth, Tagzania, Platial, Geourl and many more. Address/Location points are stored locally for later use. Geodiscovery reveals geoURLís or geotags as you browse, with microformat support available in Firefox 3 (Adr and Geo).

[CacheMate] CacheMate™ is a database for tracking GPS cache hunts. You can store information about caches or benchmarks, decode hints, and transfer data to and from other software and devices. - Palm OS, Pocket PC, Windows Smartphone, Google Android

[Cache Stats] If you like to keep tabs on your geocaching statistics, you'll love CacheStats. How has your find rate been holding up over the years? What are your longest streaks? Want to see what it will take to reach your end-of-year goal? CacheStats analyzes your "My Finds" pocket query to find out all this and more.

[BASICgps] Free Geocaching application for Windows Mobile.

[CacheBerry] CacheBerry (GPX) – Geocaching Specific - BlackBerry Shareware: View, search & manage Pocket Queries/GPX files.

[Plucker] Plucker is an offline Web and free eBook reader for Palm OS® based handheld devices, Windows Mobile (PocketPC) devices and other handheld PDAs. Plucker contains POSIX tools, scripts and "conduits" which work on UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X. These let you decide exactly what part of the World Wide Web you'd like to convert for reading on your PDA. These web pages are then processed, compressed, and transferred to the PDA for viewing by the Plucker viewer.

[iSilo] iSilo™ is a highly versatile document / ebook reader available on more platforms than any other reader. The supported platforms include iPhone/iPod touch, Android™, BlackBerry® Touch, BlackBerry®, Palm OS®, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone, Symbian S60 3rd Edition, Symbian Series 60, Symbian UIQ 3, Symbian UIQ, Symbian Series 80, and Windows® CE Handheld PC handhelds, as well as for Windows® and Mac OS X computers. You can find thousands of ready-made documents downloadable immediately for reading with iSilo™ or you can create your own documents from HTML content using iSiloX.

[Cetus GPS] (LOC) - Free PalmOS application that interfaces with your GPS through a serial port (or connected GPS). It can read waypoint files in LOC format.

[GPXView] (GPX) - Donateware application for managing GPX files on PocketPC 2002 or later.

[Geocache Navigator] Geocache GPS software by Trimble

[Viking] (GPX) - A free/open source program to manage GPS data. You can import and plot tracks and waypoints, show Terraserver maps under it, add coordinate lines, make new tracks, waypoints, and more.

[GPS Manager] (GPX) - A graphical manager of GPS data that makes possible the preparation, inspection and manipulation of GPS data in a friendly environment. GPSMan supports communication and real-time logging with Garmin, Lowrance and Magellan receivers and accepts real-time logging information in NMEA 0183 from any GPS receiver. GPSMan can also be used in command mode (with no graphical interface)

[MapSend Lite] (GPX/LOC) is a free application from Magellan that now has built-in geocaching functionality.

[GSAK] (GPX/LOC) - All in one application that allows you to manage GPX/LOC files, upload to your GPS, and convert to various other formats. Uses GPSBabel as the back end.

[GPSBabel] (GPX/LOC/KML) - A free console-based application for converting LOC and GPX to various other formats. Source code available.

[GPX Spinner] (GPX) - Geocaching Specific - Shareware application that can convert GPX files to iSilo and Plucker format.

[Google Earth] (GPX/KML) - Google Earth can overlay the travels of trackable items on geocaching.com. Google Earth also uses GPS Babel to allow Premium Members the ability to drag a Pocket Query GPX file on to the application to overlay geocaches.

[EasyGPS] (GPX/LOC) - A free application for managing both LOC and GPX file types

[ClayJar Watcher] (GPX) - Geocaching Specific - Freeware application that helps you manage your Pocket Query GPX files

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It is squirrel Thursday! - Squirrel Decoy

22 July, 2010 18:09

Our only hope to warm up to these evil squirrels and communicate our intentions for negotiation has failed.  We will be at war for many years, us two legged humans and these evil furs among us.

 

 

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SpamAssassin Rules Emporium (SARE) Unavailable & OpenProtect's SpamAssassin sa-update channel Possible Discontinuation

15 July, 2010 22:15

"IMPORTANT: Due to Ninjas being busy with lives, wives & hockey matches, SARE rules aren't being updated."

"There is no need to run automated update tools as all they will produce is useless load on everybody's servers."

Source: [SARE]

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SARE was used to provide Spamassassin rules for filtering spam e-mail messages using various MTAs (Message Transport Applications).  These rules were an addition to the official Apache rules and its updates.

This affects [OpenProtect's SpamAssassin sa-update channel] in addition to the discontinuation of SARE.  This update channel was used to comb out the most relevant and efficient rules and distribute the filtered SARE rules through OpenProtect's sa-update channel.

I am unsure of the status of OpenProtect.  I will hope that they manage to pull together enough support and resources to continue to add 3rd party dependable Spamassassin rules.

If your mail systems have the resources to use external checks to be performed by Spamassassin to filter out incoming junk mail, you may want to look into [Razor2]or [Pyzor]to dependably check these message statuses.

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LifeType Cross-Site Vulnerability: SA40514

13 July, 2010 20:24

A vulnerability has been discovered in LifeType, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site request forgery attacks.

The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to verify the requests. This can be exploited to e.g. add an administrative user by tricking a logged in administrator into visiting a malicious website.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.2.10. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
Do not browse untrusted web sites or follow untrusted links while being logged-in to the application.

Provided and/or discovered by
John Leitch

Original Advisory
http://cross-site-scripting.blogspot.com/2010/07/lifetype-1210-cross-site-request.html

If you have a multi-user system, or if you are trigger happy, you may want to consider taking your hosted Blogs off-line until a remedy is available.  Jon, the primary developer of Lifetype, I am certain is working on a solid fix.

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LG Rumor (LX260) Reviewed - is this device worth holding on to?

08 July, 2010 12:03

I will be renewing my Sprint contract in October.  I plan on taking advantage of the phone upgrade credit but find myself thinking that I may hold off until sometime after tax season.  The reason is that I have a fully functional phone that does most of the tasks I need performed.

Out of the box, I have to announce that the device is crippled.  It takes a bit of time and trouble to get your MSL code (root access ID) to enable the ability to install 3rd party Java midlet applications.  If you need to have file-system access, you will need a data cable and BitPIM to access the Java policy file.

After the above is accomplished, the phone performs amazingly proficient with most anything you may push to the LG Rumor core to do.  I use Opera Mini 5 successfully with dozens of open web page tabs.  I have Skype installed for instant messaging.  Mobile GMAPS is a wonderful tool for GPS navigation with routing and multiple street and land views.  I take great advantage of an application called MTvIRC for IRC communications.  All these applications are available free once the initial pain of rooting your phone wears off.

My cons at this time:

1. The location API is GPSONE and is A-GPS.  Note that you are able to use Qualcomm's location services.
2. Yes, you can put your running Java midlets in the background for multitasking.  The bad news is that I do not know how.  While randomly swiping the QWERTY keypad in and out a couple times, it will perform this operation.  Both Sprint and LG claim that this is not possible.  Shame on you both.
3. I use a Windows Mobile smart-phone for several purposes.  I would like a one do-it-all device.
4. It feels as though all the new and cool applications being developed are for the Android.

My solution to the above cons is enough incentive to buy a full fledged smartphone when my contract is up and after I receive my tax returns.

I would absolutely - surely tell anyone interested in the LG Rumor (LX260) or Rumor 2 to not waste your time and money.  The cons are greater than my list and span multiple phone specific utilities.  However, if you find one on e-bay for 10 dollars and 20 shipping, it may be worth the purchase price for a young text messaging friend of yours.  Believe me, it will not make them popular however.

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