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Not that I know of. Why would you think it has changed? Did we miss one in the review process?
As far as the DNR lands go, leashed dogs are allowed almost everywhere. Exceptions are most nature trails (I’m not talking about hiking trails here) and nesting areas for certain waterfowl habitats.
This is a known bug that Groundspeak doesn’t seem to be able to fix. I would suggest you send a complaint to [email protected]…..4 times a day…..and get all your friends to do the same…..and for that matter anyone else.
Send them my way, Becky. Looks like a job for USA Photomaps.
I see 4 or 5 on a cursory glance. Just point your search at 44 13.000, 87 30.900 and search away.
Make sure the email you have on the site is correct. When mine was expiring a few months ago, I got at least 3 emails reminding me to sign up.
Ya know, if you really wanted a challenge you could require a find of each cache type for each D/T combination. Now, to find that 5/4 event cache…
Which is probably why they retracted it. That said, retraction is the wrong approach. If it was truly a problem, we can lock the archived cache to prevent future logging.
Why do certain caches get flagged for maintenance issues? Here is what I do: If a cache is hit with a NM or NA log, I look at the prior logs. If there are consecutive logs for more than a month complaining of the same problem, it gets disabled and watched for a month. This means that there are at least 2 months between the first complaint and the cache being archived. Usually it is more like 6 months to a year that people are complaining before someone posts a NM/NA. If there is no action after a month, the cache is archived. If the cache owner posts a note on the cache asking for more time, they get it. If they email me for more time, they get it. If they communicate in any other means, (including US mail for one guy), they get more time. If a cache is archived and then they fix it and want it unarchived, they get it, unless someone puts another cache in the same place right away. If someone else contacts me and says they have maintained the cache, I will enable it for the maintainers (assuming I disabled it in the first place.)
The fact is that wet logs, missing logs, missing containers, pest infestations, etc. are a symptom of owner neglect. As far as I have observed, there are 3 reasons for this happening. 1. The cache owner is no longer active. 2. The cache owner has listed his email as a junk email account and doesn’t watch his logs. or 3. The cache owner has more caches than they can reliably maintain.
In the case of inactive owners, it is just as well that these caches are archived. We cannot rely on “the community” for these types of caches. There are just too many “place it and run away” caches for this to be practical.
In the second case, this is actually a violation of the guidelines. Note that you are not only required to maintain any cache you place; you are also required to monitor the logs of your cache and ensure they are legitimate. Clearly there is no way to enforce this guideline, but not using a legitimate email address for your geocaching account is pretty blatant.
In third case, I have some sympathy, but when all you need to do is post a note to the cache page or send an email, I don’t really understand what the problem is. I would think that people would want their finders to have a good experience finding their cache, but apparently some people don’t agree. Of course, if people used good, waterproof containers, maintenance would not be such an issue.
10/03/2008 at 2:32 am in reply to: Getting a GSAK printout with the Cache Attributes – How To? #1896642Hey, something I actually know off the top of my head. The answer is….
YOU CAN’T!
The problem is that GPX file standard does not include entries for the geocache attributes. Since GSAK only knows what is in the GPX/LOC files that you load, well, you are out of luck.
On the other hand, most people are only interested in one or maybe two attributes. Maybe you want to separate out caches with “Dogs allowed” or “Stroller Accessible? The hot ticket is to create a pocket query which filters to only those caches with the attributes you want, then load the pocket query in a separate database that you can use any time. Then just create your cache list/printout/download for that database and it will, by definition, only contain the caches with the desired attributes.
On the third hand, you could use this same PQ to mark your main database and then add a note to either the user notes or user data field. This is a bit too complex for a forum post, but send me an email if you want me to walk you through the process.
In this situation, I would buy 30 Etrex H units from walmart.com at $90 with free shipping (you do have to pay the sales tax unless you can claim an exemption), plus one or two data cables off of Ebay for around $7. If I was buying only ONE GPS, I think I agree with the Etrex Venture at $130, but for a class of kids, you need don’t need the fancy electronic compass, etc.
I guess they followed my suggestion. I emailed them and suggested they do exactly that. My guess is that it was placed without permission. I suppose that if you are going to place a cache in a national park without permission, you really shouldn’t include “Ask the ranger for directions to the benchmark” in the cache writeup. 😆
I think you will find that certain people just have “addictive” personalities. Whatever they get involved in, the get involved to the hilt. Eventually those people get bored and then move on to something else. On the other hand, we have many members among us who found geocaching to be a helpful substitute for other more serious addictions, and use the game as a more healthy outlet for their need to “obsess”. For this reason, I always get a bit queasy publishing these “Geocacher Anonymous” caches. I have talked about this with a couple of my friends in this very situation, and they indicate they aren’t offended by the concept, but I suspect Groundspeak would archive them at the first sign of a complaint.
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who knew Wikipedia doesn’t always have the right answers?
I have had more than one of my puzzle caches in the past fouled by differing sources of information. In some cases it’s hard to pinpoint which one is wrong if your not super-knowledgable on a particular subject…
Also, please note that Wikipedia also CHANGES OVER TIME! So your prescious source of data today, might be completely different tomorrow. I have seen a whole section dissapear that seldom|seen used as the basis for his captain america cache. There is a way to post a link to a specific point in time version of the Wikipedia article and you might want to look into that if you are using Wiki for your reference for any of these caches… I can help if you need help.
I know it makes for a easier cache, but sometimes it’s just best to post your reference links on the cache page rather than dealing with differing reference sources and cranky puzzle solvers 🙂
Now if I could only find a couple hours to get up there… Marc, please let me know when you might be able to head up there to get another one in the field… Send me an email of some possible times and I will try to make one work on my end. I work Mon – Fri 8 – 5:30 for your FYI.
In case you didn’t know, most of wikipedia is not secure, meaning that any person can go in and “change the facts” to their version. You don’t even need to give an email address to get an account. Of course, usually someone is watching the page and will change the facts back to “correct”. I wouldn’t count on it though.
Unfortunately, this is not supposed to happen. We only retract caches which haven’t been found. The cache should have been archived if there was some kind of issue. If you could email me the GC number of the cache, I will discuss it with Geoaware, and hopefully get it republished and archived.
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