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.

Hashes

Display several hashes for an input text.

Word values

Calculate the word values of an input text.

base64 encoding and decoding

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

Ciphers using a key

Encoding and decoding of some ciphers with a key.

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