Options: Method for Matching Placed Caches

GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife)

Method for Matching Placed and Found Caches (Tools=>Options=>General)

Use these radio buttons to define the way of identifying you as the person who placed a cache. This same method is used when interrogating logs to adjust your found count and other information. See also user name and owner ID

You have three options:

Exact Match: GSAK compares the "Geocaching name" to what you enter here. If the two match exactly, then GSAK recognises this as a placed cache. (Case is not significant!)

Allow wild card match: Case is not significant; GSAK applies wild card matching. Wild cards supported are as follows:

* matches any substring (including null)
? matches any single character
# matches any numeric character (0..9)
@ matches any alphabetic character (A..Z, a..z)
$ matches any alphanumeric character
~ matches any non-alphanumeric, non-space character

Owner ID#: When you create your user ID and password at www.geocaching.com you are allocated a unique Owner ID. If you are using the GPX files provided by www.geocaching.com (premium membership), this Owner ID is included in the owner and log sections. You can find your unique number by opening up a GPX file in any text editor, and searching for a cache you have logged. First search for a cache you know that you have logged, or just search for your geocaching.com name. Now look for the string that is something like " <Groundspeak:finder id="42571">Your geo name</Groundspeak:finder>". The number surrounded by double quotes after finder id= is your Owner ID. This method takes care of instances where you have changed your user name (your Owner ID always remains the same). See also user name and owner ID

Another method that you may find easier to get your ID can be found here

GSAK also allows for multiple owner ID's. If you want GSAK to recognize more than one ID then separate them with a ; (semi colon) for example 12345;12346

RegEx - Use a regular expression to match the name of person.