CacheStrati

On the "home" page of each cache on iPhone app, the words "Photos" is highlighted (as if there are photos to be viewed) even when no photos exist. The message comes up, "Cannot View Photos. There are no photos associated with this geocache." In the case of "Hint" and "Attributes", the words are only highlighted when there are indeed hints or attributes to view. Why not treat photos the same way? It may seem small, but it is a waste of time to wait for a function that will yield no results. Advocating for simply unhighlighting the word "Photos" until at least one photo exists for the cache. Also, loading the photos takes a long time on iPhone and seems to burn battery quickly. But at least there is something to see.

Can't agree more about the sad downgrade of the maps. I never adopted the previous map "improvement" but this stuff makes that look like a million bucks. I don't know the politics or economics behind this decision, but the poor quality of the aerials doesn't bode well for my caching future. A bad move, and just at the time when the sport is booming. (Did you see the national car commercial featuring geocaching? Way cool!)I hope geo...com can come up with a better solution in time. There are so many tiles missing in the close zooms that it is disheartening. Please, geopeople, sell your souls to the Devil, but get us back our Google Maps. We deserve them.