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The current “owner” can go to http://www.geocaching.com/adopt and transfer them to you.
Congratulations on the milestone. 3000 x 😀
I have the eTrex Legend with a free topomap. It does give me elevation readings, but not based on a true altimeter. The elevation reading is based on the map data at the location I’m currently at. Not perfectly exact but it does work OK for most of these EC’s.
Mine (neither GPS nor phone) doesn’t but I use the elevation from maps every time I do one like this.
GC1364Z – Still there and well maintained by the friend that got me started. I didn’t own a GPS at the time and there aren’t street level maps here which means I got my start “Muggle B” style.
Becca can buy it, places some caches, and then rent it back to MGT. Problem solved. Everybody wins. 😆
NO. I’ll lose one of my finds from yesterday.
@huffinpuffin2 wrote:
That one’s a great-great-grandpa by now! 😀
Not likely. He is dead-dead-dead though. 😀 😆
@zuma wrote:
I just think that if Groundspeak is going to be charging us to use content provided by others for free, they need to a better job of getting user input before they make changes.
Just a different view from a techie / cacher perspective. I agree with many of Zuma’s points (i.e. our reviewers do A LOT for free, GS doesn’t always appear to appeal to the masses, etc.) These are just points to consider.
1) Does GS “charge”? They don’t “charge” unless you’re a premium member at which point you’re “buying” a stated service for a specific cost.
2) Why do they need to charge? They’re in the information business (or should be). They manage all the information which requires a ton of computing hardware. That’s the costs they need to cover.
3) Do they solicit user input? Absolutely, but at times they just need to make good business decisions. Google Maps was an obvious business decision that needed to be made quickly and primarily without much user input. Perhaps they could offer multiple pricing schemes in the future to address certain options like maps, amount of downloads, etc. Or maybe a micro-payment scheme where you pay some fractional amount for every log entered, file downloaded, page looked at, etc. (imagine google or wikipedia doing this?????)I have some serious questions about the latest changes to challenges though. It appears they want to make it attainable for everyone so nobody gets excluded. I think this was actually them caving into the opinion of other cachers who demanded it. Examples: Some people aren’t capable (or are unwilling) to do 5/5 type caches. These people can choose to put them on their ignore list if they don’t want to see them. If I try to publish a challenge cache that requires the finder to have 25% of their finds be puzzles that’s not allowed because it excludes some users.
My opinion is so what. If they can’t (i.e. they don’t meet the requirements) or they are unwilling to meet the requirements then put it on the ignore list and move on.
I think this really speaks to something Groundspeak eluded to a while ago in a Podcacher Podcast that these aren’t really “Challenges”, but really “Achievements”. There’s a very subtle difference in my opinion, but I think that’s where they’re going with these changes. Achievement means reaching the goal. Challenge means are you willing to try it. (IMHO)
I love puzzles and WSQ’s also and agree it’s extremely frustrating to get there and not be able to make the find (for a variety of reasons).
Maybe I shouldn’t say this, but what the heck. One of my “puzzling” bag of tricks is to use the various online cemetery resources. I’m going to refrain from listing the the actual websites I use though. Even though most of these are managed by volunteer efforts they include things like names, dates, photos, etc. I use these to do the “field” work ahead of time when possible. Then when I’m in the field I visit the actual marker to confirm the information I found online. I also visit the actual marker to experience the cache as intended (my personal thing).
This whole process does the following:
1) Minimizes my time at any one particular marker
2) Helps ensure dates are accurate (for those hard to read markers)
3) Allows me to get an initial read on GZ.
4) Allows me to spend more time caching and less time doing math when I’m out of town for the day.It does require some “desk” time though, but I’ve actually found this to be fun also as I can read more information about the cemetery and it’s residents.
So it does appear to be all about the numbers.
A couple of caches late last night and the weather was perfect. Slipped these in during the long work weekend but couldn’t pass up the perfect evening with the moon shining.
Here’s a bookmark list to get you started. More than just WI, but easily filtered if you’re using GSAK already.
http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=a9cbc2c6-0d34-4e99-b112-ca51819e2ef6
@BigJim60 wrote:
That’s crazy 😯
I think this belongs in the “How far would you go for a FTF” thread.
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