Delta68

I can still see our past Lab Cache finds

It's ancient. It used to be linked from HERE but that link has been replaced now with the new search

CITO Calendar doesn't show all CITOs https://www.geocaching.com/cito/calendar.aspx For example, https://coord.info/GC834DT is on the 16th of March, doesn't show on the CITO calendar page but does show on the Event Calendar page

The Event Calender page is virtually unusable anyway as there are far too many events listed. I created this Tamper Monkey script which I have been using for a while which allows me to filter out countries/states I'm not interested in It would be handy if this sort of thing could be added to the website officially. https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/19388-gc-event-calendar-filter

It's not possible to have notifications set up for the whole world, so instead, I have a weekly PQ listing all caches of one particular type published in the previous month I have a PQ to alert me of any GPS Adventures and I was a bit surprised that the Texas one didn't appear in it. Further investigation showed that this was because I had the PQ set up with all the countries selected and United States isn't one of them. If I select States/Provinces instead, countries like Denmark, Slovenia, Israel etc get missed off becasue they are not listed with states/provinces Obviously this is not a major issue for GPS Adventures but I do actually have a PQ for a different specific cache type and it means that I have to have two overlapping PQs instead Thanks

I was trying to do bitwise ORs so the player had to talk to three characters before proceeding. Returning to a character a second time would be ignored So, talking to the charaters would OR 1, 2 , 4 Probably a bit excessive for this project so I've used three flags instead now Thanks

How do I do this Javascript in lua in Urwigo? Obviously var v will be declared as a global variable. I can't see how to write a function and pass it parameter n Thanks var v=0; function checkV(n) { v = v | n; return(v==7); }

I don't think that's it. I've given up and switched to using Urwigo instead. Thanks anyway

I know that I really ought to just give up with the Groundspeak builder but it's what I'm used to. I have recently got the builder running on a Windows 10 laptop having only used it on old XP laptops before. I started making a new cartridge with this sequence of events Enter zone, message appears, click OK, second message appears, click OK zone 1 set to not visible or active, zone 2 set to active and visible Yeah, simple stuff. However, whenever I close and reopen the cartridge in the builder, the code for the second message onwards gets removed. The whole 'action group' has gone. I've had all sorts of issues with the builder in the past eg incorrect 'if' nesting which I've been able to work around but never had it dropping chucks of code in this way Anyone else had this occur? Should I just give up and use a different builder? Thanks

I never use that search page but it seems like it might suffice as a workaround. Thanks

At the moment Event Cache includes: Geocaching Block Party, Groundspeak Lost and Found Celebration, Giga-Event Cache, Lost and Found Event Cache, Cache In Trash Out Event, Mega-Event Cache It would be really handy if this could be subdivided into sub types or at least three groups: eg: Events Cache In Trash Out Event All other event types Why? I'd like to run a weekly PQ for Mega and Giga events so I can see when new ones appear. Notifications aren't suitable for this because the search radius is only about 50 miles whereas a single PQ can search the whole world. Relying on the Groundspeak Mega Event bookmark list isn't ideal because not all Mega events get added to it. Thanks

Someone on Facebook found it here. https://www.apkmonk.com/app/menion.android.whereyougo/ It's the same version number that I currently have on my phone

Well, I'd made up my mind to print and laminate a Zapcode and fix it at the starting location.... ...then I remembered that a Zapcode would probably be classed as a physical stage and it would then fall foul of proximity rules. Enthusiasm drifting away.... M

I can't see where it says this limit. If the limit is scans of the Zapcode it might be a problem as I can imagine people just playing with it to see what happens. If it's actual target scans, then the limit won't be a problem because I only anticipate about a dozen finders in total... M

Looks like it has some issues Zappar with a 'deeplink' link in the cache page seems the way forward for now

The app would suggest that that's possible as it has a menu with 'Recents' but when I select one it just starts scanning for a zapcode again Testing on Andoid app on Samsung Galaxy S4 I might have to go with Zappar for now as it seems best of a bad bunch closest to what I want

Partial success with YouAugment just now after creating a new login The page loaded and overlay showed but it was very jumpy whereas when I test ROAR for real, the overly 'locked' in place as intended

My first AR attempt is to just go to a noticeboard, scan it and an overlay of final co-ordinates appear. So far I have not achieved this successfully Metaverse Does not seem possible to do what I want HP Reveal (Aurasma) Worst one so far - phone app won't find anything ROAR This works well but the 200 free scan limit means it's a no-no TaleBlazer Have yet to try this Zappar Works well but use of marker code makes it unsuitable The cacher would have to open app , scan marker code then scan target. It is not even possible to scan marker at home, close app, arrive at gz, open app and scan target object. YouAugment I like this one becasue no app download or scanning of marker code is required However, I did a test just overlaying text on a calling card and it was fine but when I tried the target image and overlay I have used in the other tests, it just wouldn't load Any other suggestions?

Anyone had any luck with HP Reveal? I've created the 'Aura', downloaded app to my phone and tried to test it. The app doesn't recognise the trigger image. I thought that perhaps I had to log in to my account on the phone (I had to do this with ROAR prior to making it public) but the HPReveal app just keeps erroring M

OK, so the ROAR 'free plan' is 200 scans in total just to test the platform. Back to the drawing-board again

My ROAR based cache got thrown back not becasue there is anything wrong with using it but just because the reviewer wanted clarification about the 'Free plan' I was using. It says it allows 200 'recognitions' but it's not clear if it's 200 in total or 200 per month. Out of desperation, I had a quick look at Metaverse again but it just doesn't seem to do what I want. I don't want characters and questions. Is it possible just to do a simple image overlay with Metaverse? M

This one is very much a proof of concept. The next one will be more like this: (possibly)

Thanks for finding that! I've just knocked up a test and it works very well. It's a pity the app doesn't scan automatically but I think I can live with that for now M

The AR_ is just for ease of identifying them So was I for about 24 hours then I realised there aren't actually any tool-sets available yet which do what I want I have a container placed and draft cache page but I suspect I will retrieve the container and archive the cache page before long ... I see absolutely no point in using AR for something which could be done better as a Wherigo. M

I had a quick look at MetaVerse and it doesn't seem to do what I want. I don't want characters or questions! I was trying to do a simple 'extra information appears when phone is pointed at the correct object' style thing. I did a quick test using YouAugment just overlaying text and it worked fine. When I tried to make a second one it won't load on my phone. Are there any other options available available which work the same as YouAugment or the GeoWoodstock Lab caches? For simplicity, I'd rather the end user just have a url rather than having to install an app etc. Thanks M