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I need some help with Multi-caches with multiple waypoints

Hi Geooh,

I suspect it me, not the app, but I'm struggling a bit using Geooh for Multi-caches with multiple waypoints.

If I'm in the live view, I can click on a multi and I get little flag points for each one.
When I click on the flag I can see which one it is
when I click on the description for the flag, I can get a compass.

Where I'm getting stuck is that when I'm part way through a multi, I

tap the cache
choose show more
choose description to find out what's required for the next waypoint
choose waypoints to find out where the next waypoint is

Then, I'm stuck. I get a choice of `show details` `navigate to` `add waypoint` or `set waypoint colour`

Navigate to opens google maps, which I rarely want - I want the map and the compass, cos it's probably just a short walk away, but I want to see where it is before I commit to how I'm going to get there.

So, then, I go `Back`, then `Back` again to the live view.

And, I see all of the waypoints - I can't tell which is the one I'm interested in now until I click them all.

It would be nice if they were coloured to the colour set in the waypoints page, or greyed out if could mark them off as done.

What am I missing here? ( let me know if screenshots would help to clarify anything I haven't been clear about)

Thanks, I love using Geooh, and working this out will stop a small headache.
Bestchicken.

Re: I need some help with Multi-caches with multiple waypoints

Reply #1 –
The best way to use Geooh is creating offline lists to work from. The Live map provides current views around you, but to effectively use the caches there for more advanced features, it's better to put them in an offline list.

From a cache list you can open the cache, select waypoints, then from that list show the waypoints on a map for the compass. Also color them as you wish for things like completion as you indicated. The Live map is temporary and modifying colors is not a Groundspeak thing that is retained... only in Geooh offline lists.

Once a map is opened... just in Live caches for example... you can't open the map for other item types like waypoints until the opened map is closed. That's why you go from offline list to cache to waypoints... then to the map showing just waypoints as primary markers to work from.

Hope this helps.

Re: I need some help with Multi-caches with multiple waypoints

Reply #2 –
Thank you, that did help. I read your message a couple of times, then jumped into the app to experiment.

It was when I noticed the difference in the options for each waypoint that it twigged for me - as per my screenshots if this helps anyone else - waypoints accessed from live don't have the "Show on Map" option which is what makes it possible (and very easy) to target individual waypoints.