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@jenhen1 wrote:
If a regular geocache is allowed, I say place a regular geocache and give a really nice writeup on why it’s a unique and special location, or make it into a cool multi. Save the earthcaches for places off limits to geocaching. I would even support earthcaches abiding by the .10 mile limits.
The counterpoint I would offer here is that people don’t take the time to digest cache pages for interesting and important info. In fact, in the culture of number runs and power caching you’re lucky if they read pages, period. It’s just a waypoint on the screen and off to the next one. An earthcache, even a simple, plain, basic one, at least requires the finder to stop and take notice and actually do something.
@jenhen1 wrote:
Logging an earthcache has lost a bit of it’s luster because there are so many of them and many deal with common geology. To me, earthcaches are more about quality than quantity, and believe the more difficult the requirements and more unique the phenomena, the more special they are and will be.
I would only say that my guess is that most geocachers do not have a deep geological background. So, having earthcaches deal with common geology is good for the community as a whole. There are probably many earthcaches with redundant phenomena among them, but the average cacher is unlikely to run into too many, I would think. If it gets (or stays) too specific, it’s really just a type of cache that is serving a very limited constituency.
Our kids also like finding the answers to basic geology questions, so that’s another aspect.
On the Left Side of the Road...WAP=wireless application protocol. The WAP site is for the palm or I assume a palm type device. I did not know this existed so I was trying to use the regular gc site thru the palm WebPro broswer which was a bit clunky to say the least.
The WAP site is perfect. The main benefit is that if you are w/in range of a hotspot you can quick check on cache updates. Very helpful if you are running on a pq that is a few days (or weeks 😳 ) old only to find out the cache is disabled or coords have been updated.
Of course, you have to find a hotspot, but those are easier and easier to come by. Heck, most people that put in wireless networking in their homes don’t use wep keys so you can just borrow a connection for a bit… 😈
On the Left Side of the Road...Oooh! That solves the Palm clunky-browser problem too. I am forever grateful….
On the Left Side of the Road...Has anyone had luck getting the site to work in a Palm-based browser? I’m using WebPro on a Zire 72 but the log-in screen doesn’t actually log me in, which makes it pretty useless. I’m guessing it’s because the log in feature is looking to put a cookie on the device that the Palm can’t handle.
On the Left Side of the Road...@-cheeto- wrote:
I don’t envy the folks that maintain that site….
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Could be worse…they could have tried to do a logo change too….
On the Left Side of the Road...@LDove wrote:
😕 With gas prices so high, it sure would help if folks put the trail head/parking coordinates on their listings. ❗ Caching out of town a few weeks ago, this drove me nuts trying to figure out where to get to the cache without cutting through someone’s back yard, etc.
How about a related grumble? When you put the parking and/or trailhead coordinates in there but people just ignore them anyway because boy it sure looks closer if I just drive/park HERE instead?
I don’t know if this is a phenomenon of number running/power caching, but we’ve had several instances of logs, on different caches, that made it clear they took a “shortcut” to the cache (either explicitly in the posting, or implicitly since there’s no way they could have done it otherwise), when there is no shortcut to the cache other than to trespass…
On the Left Side of the Road...Bump…
On the Left Side of the Road...Oh, duh. I was looking through the “bookmark lists” link on the left and didn’t see it…
On the Left Side of the Road...For whatever reason, I can’t find this list. Is there a way to put a link here, or on the bookmark list page of WGA, or is it already on the bookmark list page and I am blind?
On the Left Side of the Road...I’m still waiting for the ice age that, in the 1970s, there was a “consensus” was imminent…
On the Left Side of the Road...I am absolutely convinced that we are all going to die…
On the Left Side of the Road...We would be willing to help with this…
It sounds like the association has an idea of what it wants to do and is looking for warm bodies to do some field work? In other words, they are heading it up?
On the Left Side of the Road...So I guess I’m safe until some wacko files a complaint with groundspeak and “Thank our veterans” is the next phrase groundspeak censors…
On the Left Side of the Road...@stokstad wrote:
I recently tried to make a cache in support of our troops and was denied it all falls under this:
Caches that Solicit.
Hmmmmm…the specifics of this would seem to be the untold story. We have our GC1CA2G and I’m sure I could think of other troop/USA/mom-and-apple-pie-supporting caches out there.
On the Left Side of the Road...@djwini wrote:
but really, how many people look at the difficulty and terrain ratings of a cache? i download the PQ, install it to the GPS and go. paperless means i don’t always check it out ahead of time so i am not knowing if it is a 1/4 or a 3.5/2
We do…the DT ratings are part of the waypoint info popup on the GPS screen, along with cache name, type, and size. So we know most of what we need to know about the size, difficulty, and terrain before we decide to hunt it.
And then, for a final check before we head out, we look at cachemate on the Palm for all the details, which for us is also part of paperless caching.
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