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@Jeremy wrote:
@Cheesehead Dave wrote:
Does that mean you passed the DeLorme challenge as well?
Dave, you are evil! 😈 Here I thought I achieved something special and you go and crush my ego. 😉
So I spent this evening running a My Finds Pocket Query and then doing a manual map comparison to check to see if I passed the DeLorme challenge. Well I failed miserably…
I have two embarrassing “bald spots” in the middle of the northern 1/3rd of the state (maps on pg. 72 and 77 in my edition of the Gazetteer). I am also missing Wisconsin finds on 10 border maps: 57, 58, 70, 82, 92, 97, 98, 99, 102, 104. (I do have Michigan and Minnesota finds on some of these maps, but I’m assuming they don’t count… where are the official rules for this contest anyway. :))
On a postive note (for me anyway), I doubt anyone else has completed the challenge. Page 57 is almost all water (it has just a tiny sliver of land north of Kewaunee)… there is no cache on that page now, and there may not even be a place to hide a cache. There is only 1 cache on page 104 (GCG5V5) which may be gone and even if it is there looks pretty challenging.
I’m currently working on a Wisconsin version to fulfill all your DeLorme Challenge needs…
As for peanut butter containers, several of the Clue caches are PB jars. All I did to them was run them through the dishwasher twice. I have yet to have animal problems with them.
I’ve never tried a coffee can. (Although from some caches I’ve found, the plastic Folgers coffee containers seem to hold up in Outdoorland about as well as Gladware…)
A possible solution:
Create a new database in GSAK and copy all the caches you want to do to there. Hit F6 to set the user flags for all the caches.
Create whatever PQs you need to cover the area for all those caches.
Before your trip, run those PQs and import them into the database you created above. There will be a lot of extra caches there now, but since you set all the user flags for the ones you wanted above, you can use that as a criteria to filter away all the extras that you don’t want.
If a cache on DNR land is archived, do we need to contact the manager to let them know they can retire the form?
In general, I’d say it’s bad form if you’re doing it solely for the purpose of boosting your TB count. I cound see doing it if a bug has been languishing in a cache for months, or the bug has a goal that you can help fulfill (i.e. a bug wants to go to France and you have a trip to Europe in your future.)
Generally, a nice article, but this should be in the bylaws somewhere:
“When approached by a reporter, always be sure to emphasize that geocaches aren’t buried. Repeat several times during the interview.”
@marc_54140 wrote:
😕 That website might work for some, but I prefer to receive an e-mail directly. That way I can reply with a hint or suggestion, if the coords the cacher has are wrong. Also, it gives me an idea as to who is working on my puzzles.
I’m always willing to give hints!
I think the point isn’t really to ask for a hint, I think it’s so after figuring out a puzzle, I have a way to instantly check my work without having to wait an unknown amount of time for an email reply.
I wish this had been around for my “?” series. About 75% of my emails were simply “I got Nxxxx Wxxxx for my answer. Is that right?”
Now that’s a cool accomplishment! Congrats!
Does that mean you passed the DeLorme challenge as well?
@BigStick wrote:
I received mine over the weekend as well.
I thought these were being mailed out first come, first served, based on when the requests were received. However, a couple of guys I cache with still have not gotten one and they sent their forms in before me.
No, it was random for determining who would get them. I’m not sure if they tried to pick a certain number from every state, but just because you sent in a form doesn’t necessarily mean you were going to get one.
I didn’t get one, either. 🙁
Congrats to the two of you!
Another good place to upload pictures is your profile page. Go here and scroll down to “Your Photo” and click on the “change/edit” link.
From this page you can upload as many photos as you want, and it keeps all your uploaded pictures together in a little “gallery”.
Remember that no matter where you upload your pictures on GC.com, they will be converted to JPEG format, and if they’re over a certain file size, they will be automatically shrink down, sometimes not for the better. Generally, if I resize my photos to 800×600 and change the JPEG compression to 60% (which usually brings the file size under 100k), GC.com’s photo resizing engine leaves them alone.
You can also change the settings on your GPSr so that coordinates are displayed in DDD.ddddd° format. When you go to enter a coordinate in manually, you will be presented with that format on the entry screen.
Punch it in, then switch your format back to DDD° MM.mmm’ format and you’re good to go!
@tyedyeskyguy wrote:
When putting a URL in a post I know to use () before and aft. But how to you change the link to read what you want instead of http//www.balhblahblah.com ?
Text goes here!@Trudy & the beast wrote:
@Cheese-Wis wrote:
It was determined that no guidelines were violated.
Where do we draw the line. If 100 feet is ok, how about 200 feet? Is within a mile acceptable for not exact? I believe that the guideline was violated when the cache owner did not make an effort to provide coordinates within the limits of acceptable error.
Foul! 😡
“The coordinates are for the parking area. The cache is located somewhere in the ten acre park. Good luck!”
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