lupixch / gchelper

Helper for some often seen geocaching mystery problems and coordination calculations.

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GcHelper

Simple Electron application that helps to solve geocaching puzzles by offering encoding/decoding help for some typical used methods as well as assistance for simple coordinate calculations.

Positions are shown on a map.

The application has been developed for own usage. Error handling is moderate...
Comments are welcome.

Getting started

  • Install Node LTS
  • Clone this repository
  • cd gchelper
  • npm install to install the application's dependencies
  • npm start to start the application

Functionality

ROT encoding

Show all 26 ROT encodings of an input text.

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Hashes

Display several hashes for an input text.

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Word values

Calculate the word values of an input text.

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base64 encoding and decoding

base64 encoding and (possible) decoding of an input text.

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Ciphers using a key

Encoding and decoding of some ciphers with a key.

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Simple coordinate calculations and conversions

  • Calculations:
    • Projection
    • Distance and bearing between 2 points
    • (not implemented yet) Crosspoint of 2 lines
  • Convert between WGS84 and Swissgrid coordinates
    • WGS84 decimal
    • WGS84 degrees, minutes, seconds
    • WGS84 degrees, decimal minutes (standard geocaching format)
    • Swissgrid 1901

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Helper for some often seen geocaching mystery problems and coordination calculations.


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