tearmom

Thanks for responding. I think I get it now.

Can someone explain how the "My Friends" feature works? How do you do it? What do you get when you have someone on Your friends list?

Not sure, but this may be what's being shone on TV- http://www.davidliban.com/geofilm/ It is for sale. My local PBS stations don't have it on their play lists. There are several interesting free geocaching videos on YouTube.

Again, not a computer expert, but... If you have the problem, you are probably using IE, XP, and Norton. There also seemed to be a problem with Vista. Norton really seems to be the problem here. Norton 360 is not the only antivirus software suite out there. There seem to be a wide selection of others that do the same job. Norton just seems to come installed or is promoted when we buy new computers, so we go ahead and use it. It's available everywhere software is sold. Think about those piles of Norton boxes at Costco and other stores. Most of you using Norton are probably somewhere within your paid up year's subscription. You will eventually be reminded to renew that subcription. I'm certainly not advocating just deleting it, but when it's time to renew the subscription, do some research on what else is out there. I don't feel that the map problem is neccessarily Groundspeak's problem to fix because it only affects a few of us members that have a particuler software configuration. Just changing browsers to Firefox or Netscape can help if you must keep Norton. Take action. You can't easily change your operating system, but you might be able to change antivirus software or browser.

I have been using Firefox rather than IE. This did fix the map problem. I recently had to load new printer software. I wanted to turn off Norton as I was having problems getting the new software to load. Couldn't figure out how to disable it. I'm not very computer literate. That was the final straw as Norton was causing some other problems.. I got rid of Norton and installed a new anti virus program. Guess what? The Maps on IE work perfectly now. I'm all settled into Firefox now so I'm probably not going to change back. Mary

I've been using a Sony Clie that was laying around unused. I've seen lots of references to Palm PDAs here. It works well with Cachmate. I can use the Sony memory sticks that I use in my camera.

I have one of those. I love it for driving but its not usable for geocaching because I don't think you can't get coordinates entered. You can touch the screen to mark a waypoint but its not very accurate. Like I said, its all you need as a driving GPS. Love it for what it is. It got me all the way across the country through quite a few big cities easily while pulling a small trailer. I always knew which lane to be in. It also finds stuff like food and gas.

Think of it this way. Having the caching pages in their complete form is priceless. You can probably get a used PDA , GSAK ($20) and Cachmate ($8) all for well under $60. A one time expense. How much does a printer cartrage cost? Paper? Your time? Preparing to do a days caching takes time if you're writing out notes. Paperless caching is so much more better. Processing a pocket query to GSAK to Cachmate on the PDA takes only a few minutes. I'm reusing my old forgotten PDA, a Sony Clie. I did buy a 1G memory stick for it. Mary

In Firefox, you can Import your Favorites from I.E. Look under File/Import. Thanks Miragee= I followed your directions and was able to import my "favorites" into Firefox. No more need for I.E. or switching back and forth to use the maps.

I posted really early on this topic. Normally i use I.E. and XP. The maps don't work with this combination. I might add after reading the last posts that I also use Norton. I also have Firefox loaded. When I need a map I bring up Firefox and use that successfully. My computer seems to be able to switch to the the other browser just fine. I would use Firefox if it wern't for the extensive list of Favorites I have on I.E. already. If I could only export them easily...

After I wrote this, I read more of the forums. I had another thought about what could be causing the problem. I normally use Explorer. i decided to try Firefox. The maps work perfectly and the caches load instantly. Guess I'll have to use Firefox for geocaching. Aparently some of the changes to the site are not compatible with Explorer. I also have Windows XP. That may also enter into the cause of the problem.

I have the same problem. It started a couple of days ago. I'm new so I don't have a lot of experience with the site and wasn't sure if it was my computer causing the problem. I know it worked better a few weeks ago. I use the maps a lot. The map moves really fast. The caches won't ever load if I move the map to another area. I'm frustrated because in this condition the maps are useless.