GSAK Version 8 Released

A major upgrade of GSAK was released this past week, and includes many new features as it now takes advantage of the geocaching.com API. This allows the user to load cache data into their GSAK databases directly from geocaching.com. No more dowloading pocket queries to you hard-drive and then loading them into GSAK. Other new features in the version 8 release include support for custom data (virtually unlimited number of fields) and a newer, more modern look and feel. The full list of new features can be found here.


Since this is a significant upgrade, it does come with a cost:

• Brand new users (those that have never owned a previous version of GSAK) - $30
• If purchased V7 after 10/01/11 - Free
• If purchased V7 between July 1st and September 30th - $5 for the upgrade
• If purchased V7  between February 1st and June 30th  - $10 for the upgrade
• If purchased V7  between 10/01/09 and 01/31/11  - $15 for the upgrade
• If purchased V7 before 10/01/09 - $20 for the upgrade
• Version 6 users can get a token discount of $5, so $25 for the upgrade to V8

On a completely unrelated note, I hope everyone had an enjoyable 11/11/11 and was able to attend a cache event somewhere honoring our veterans. I attended a flash mob event in the tiny town of American Canyon (appropriately named), where a good, but brief, time was had by all.

Cache On!