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On 3/30/2021 at 2:03 PM, Geocaching HQ said:
Update on Adventure Lab® platform vision - March 30, 2021
We would like to take a few moments to share an update on the Adventure Lab® app and platform vision.
What is the Adventure Lab® app?
Geocaching Adventure Lab® is a new and evolving app and platform from the team at Geocaching HQ. It allows you to create, play, and share location-based experiences and games called Adventures. Adventures guide players to find clues, unlock fun stories, solve puzzles, and explore new places.In contrast to core geocaching, Adventure Lab has more simple guidelines, no distance requirements between geocaches or other Adventures, and does not involve placing physical objects. Adventures can also be private and time-limited.
You can download the Adventure Lab® app here.
What is the future of the Adventure Lab® app and platform?
Our vision is that the Adventure Lab platform will enable anyone to create, share, and play interactive, media-rich, location-based experiences worldwide.To achieve that vision, we have several intentions for Adventure Lab as we continue to experiment and innovate:
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HQ will continue to experiment with the Adventure Lab platform and features to enable more people to discover and explore the world around them. As we experiment and attempt to offer updates quickly, we expect some improvements to happen in steps and perhaps a bit of instability along the way. We are okay with this as it allows us to learn and build better tools faster.
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'An Adventure requires that a player travel to specific locations or perform specific activities in the real world. Players are not allowed to use apps, devices, programs, or any other means to misrepresent their device’s location for any purpose in the Adventure Lab® mobile app. We recognize that despite the efforts we have made and plan to make in the future, there will be some players who find ways to misrepresent their device’s location while playing. We will do our best to address this but understand that we may not be able to completely stop this practice.
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Geocaching HQ intends to expand the Adventure Lab audience and opportunities to explore by welcoming creators and players beyond the current geocaching community. As we work towards this, some of the decisions we make will favor welcoming new audiences, rather than trying to integrate Adventure Lab into the existing geocaching game.
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The Adventure Lab platform includes elements that complement the core geocaching experience but it will continue to be distinct from core geocaching with a limited intersection of features.
- We encourage Adventures to contain compelling narratives, for their stages to share a common theme, or for them to unfold in a sequence defined by the content creators. Adventure Lab aims to provide creators with a broad toolset that allows them to create the type of Adventures that they wish to create and to tell the stories they wish to tell. We believe that providing more choices will ultimately result in a broader and better array of Adventures for people to play. Each Location (or stage) of an Adventure is a component of the story the creator is trying to tell and it is in the spirit of Adventure Lab to protect the Adventure creator’s narrative. For this reason, it is intentional that we are only showing Adventure starting Locations on the app map.
Thank you for helping us innovate, build something new, and create more opportunities for people to explore the world around them. Specific feedback, bug reports, or feature requests are best submitted via the “Feedback” form in the “Profile” tab in the Adventure Lab app itself so that the feedback is available to the entire team.
Interested in creating an Adventure? Learn more.
Product Manager, Erin (Oceansazul), and Lead Adventure Lab developer, Stuart (syntaxerror) are watching this thread to answer questions about high-level product intentions when possible.
How can I edit my existing adventure lab. After 5 hours of following links and repeating the same steps over and over again the front page at the builder does not load up. All I want to do is edit the information on MY existing Adventure.
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HQ will continue to experiment with the Adventure Lab platform and features to enable more people to discover and explore the world around them. As we experiment and attempt to offer updates quickly, we expect some improvements to happen in steps and perhaps a bit of instability along the way. We are okay with this as it allows us to learn and build better tools faster.
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On 5/7/2021 at 1:33 PM, TeamRabbitRun said:
I am bored at work today.
Here is a list of suggestions for new Cache Attributes, based on real-world exposures.
I think you'll find them all to be useful when planning your caching day.
Each is followed by one or more possible images to appear on the cache page.
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Strewn Garbage at GZ
- A stinking pile of…
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Medical Waste - Stick Hazard
- A hypodermic needle, stuck in a hand
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Vacation Cache
- A palm tree
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Homeless Encampment
- A shopping cart
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Enfuriatiation Cache
- A head, with hands on either side pulling clumps of hair
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Mind-Reading Puzzle
- A head, with floating question marks
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Community Maintenance
- An image of a lined logsheet, with EVERY space filled in
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Water-Permeable / Rustable Container
- An Altoids tin
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Non-Responsive Owner
- A telephone, with ‘ringing’ sound marks around it
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‘Soft’ Coordinates
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Ex-Food Container
- Raccoon eyes
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Bridge Cache
- A troll
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Private Property
- A “Keep Out” sign
- A set of handcuffs
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Post-Review Enhancement
- The letters “ALR”
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Log Deletion Likely
- The letters “NM”, with a red circle and a diagonal line
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Multi-Game Cache – Do Not Remove on Archive
- An image of a QR code
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Hostile Neighbors
- A dog’s snarling head
- A baseball bat
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Bug Infestation Likely
- An ant
- A picnic basket
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Ammo-Can Cache
- Logbook laying out in the open; no container
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Playground
- A trenchcoat
- A police car
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Camo Bison Tube in a Pine Tree
- Taillights
Feel free to enhance the list with new Attribute and Image suggestions.
Love it. Recently 14 foot ladders have been a thing around Alberta. Seems climbing a tree is frowned on as you might actually break off a branch. Save your flames, I am 63 and climbed more trees then I care to remember. A Ladder of course.
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Strewn Garbage at GZ
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9 hours ago, RedCacher87 said:
Hi Community,
I think there should be an option on the Souvenirs page to sort them chronologically by the date they were achieved, instead of just alphabetically, so we can have a timeline of the journey we had to earn those souvenirs. Personally, I think that should be the default way of sorting them, because they are rewards we collect troughout our geocaching journey, so it makes more sense to show the ones we achieved first at the top and the last ones at the end of the list.
Thanks!
I agree 100 % ..Good luck with that.
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How far is ground zero? 20 feet SE , now 50 feet NW, ok ! 11 feet North, okay ..100 feet? maybe I should put the gpsr away. eh?
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Seems like it would've been better to have reversed the souvenir requirements/timeframes to be like this instead:
Souvenir 1 -- attend an event on the 27th or 28th or 29th
Souvenir 2 -- find any cache on the 29th
I agree whole heartedly..for people who DO NOT LIVE in a large enough community,like myself. I would have to drive 3 hours to get a souvenir on MONDAY (normally a working day for most people)and that is insane..but who`s counting anyway.
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I would be interested in adding my name and address to this list.
dronnord@snipercom.net
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Thanks be to all that replied to this query. I am trying to contact the owner to adopt. I do not want to actually place a new cache as the age of the cache is why I want to keep it enabled. I will just remove the ruined container and place an ammo can and go on about my merry way.
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How do I take over a Cache that is active but has no owner any longer?
The owner setup the cache in 2005 and hasn`t been onsite at GC since 2007. The cache needs major maintenance. I would like to take it over.
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I think the two most notable treasures in Canada are the Rocky Mountains (pick any mountain as your favourite. Mine is Mount Robson and Mount Edith Cavell at Sunset. Pyramid Lake. Jasper and Banff National Parks,Vancouver in the rain,Edmonton at sunset in the late summer,Edmonton in the morning sunrise on the North Saskatchewan River Valley. Sylvan Lake in the middle of the summer on the hottest day of the year. CBC. A Hay field at full growth. The badlands. David Suzuki. Rick Mercer. Sechelt BC.Sydney BC. Fishing on the west coast.The suspension bridge in Vancouver.Marineland. My favourites all time is " NOVA SCOTIA" and "BRITSH COLUMBIA" THE ENTIRE PROVINCES.
All the rest are already taken.
Journey to the Centre of Alberta..GC99A1
Canada's First Geocache Nova Scotia..GCBBA
I have way to many favourite caches that are special to me, to pick other than these two.I would be here all night.
dronnord
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Alot of these reviews contain posts from people with either unrealistic expectations, or are overly nit picky. I've got an Oregon 400t and absolutely love the thing - I don't quite understand what some people are complaining about with the screen brightness - I've never had a problem using it here in Sunny San Diego. Even in the desert at high noon I can still make out what the screen shows just fine by tilting the angle of the unit just slightly.
The trick is to get 2900 mAh rechargeable batteries and set the screen backlight to "always on". Doing this I can see the screen just fine and the batteries last a full day - never turning off the unit. I guess some people are too busy complaining instead of figuring out a way around the problem...
I agree with this person to the tenth. I have used them all. Being a field surveyor for 30 years I started using Garmins back in 1992 when they cost $1000.00 and they had a removable antenna.I have flown with helicopter pilots that have several different models and brands and know a " LOT " of geocachers etc...
Buy what you want and get used to the quirks and as you get used to them..then decide which one is the best. I suggest you buy a cheaper model, I like a GPX60 which is still my favourite Bush Model
and if it is strictly a geocaching model..a Dakota will serve you very well without breaking your bank book. I have used Magellans and one other model brand but I love the garmin since 92 and still do...look I`m a Poet and I know it..hope that helps....dronnord 
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Hi
I am a premium Geocache member and after getting the results of a cache search revelaing (for example) multiple searches I am unable to transfer them straight to my GPS Garmin Oregon 550. However, when I transfer them individually straight to my GPS no problems are encountered. My probelms are restricted to an extensive list and when I press 'download waypoints' my system has a revolt!
It is a long process to explain why this happens but if you go get Easygps..It is free and use it you will be happy.
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Do you guys even go out to hunt caches in deep snow? I'm trying to figure a way to sort the caches so I can go after appropriate caches. Any suggestions on how to do this?
In Alberta I do a Pocket Query with the snow flake(winter friendly) in my attributes.Lets face it if it is on the ground or in a log under 16 inches of snow ....you do not want to be in there ..now do you.?
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It happens all the time. I have found caches that way on more than one occasion myself. I even have an FTF on a new cache I found while looking for a place to hide one. It had not been published yet.
Twice it has happened to me...once I was placeing a cache in a tree and spotted a camo`d Lock N Lock..opened it up signed it and realized it was a new one from a guy I worked with..LOL..waited until it came out and logged about one minute after it hit the internet..the other one was in a museum back yard.The funny thing is I took my wife to the museum because we were on holiday and she was " P O`d' at me for geocaching when we were 3000 km`s from home...really !...CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? so I am walking around this Acadian museum and I decide I like the looks of the apples..lean in to scoop one and see a lunchbox hanging off a branch..
..geosense tingling,hands shaking, I signed the log and got the heck out of there before the wife caught me..LOL...she`s my partner but my obsession isn`t hers..u No...so that`s my story..all true and blue -
A new cache just went active in our area (S.W. Virginia) and the driving dirictions showed it to be on the roadside near a public cemetary but when I got to the cache site it was inside the cemetary. (Placed with permission of the grounds keeper) I knew that the cache was hard to find according to other logs and the bush that it is in looked like it had been muggled. I thought it was inconsiderate and disrespectful to place a cache inside a cemetary so I did not attempt to find it but I did post a note stateing that I thought it was a poor place for a geocache. I have found/logged geocaches near cemetarys, along the fences & ect. but I don't know of any that are inside of a cemetary. Then I got some emails (not from the cache owner) suggesting that I delete my note, which I did. I would like to hear input from fellow geocachers on this matter, thanks.
I have placed caches just outside of cementarys "because" I love the calm and serenity and the sheer beauty of the places I have picked.
Tomato..tomatto....to each their own..
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First Time I have been Here in about 2 years...Lurking..no...Looking...yes
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Thanks for the link on your site.I used to live near Chatham and have always wanted to go back to Eastern Canada.Now with geocaching I have another reason...
road trip
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30 Ammo Cans within 30 kms of Slave Lake and no further than 300m from a driveable road.
Sounds easy right. You would be mistaken.Slave Lake area is a mix of muskeg rolling hills old and new fire burned areas,oil and gas roads that dead end and great bush.Spruce poplar pine balsam and willow.
This is a beautiful area in Alberta and we have an event coming up on August 01 2008 long weekend.
Come one come all we have a huge campsite arranged and a bathrooms in a hall with running water.Fire pits and a town of 7000 people right here.Not to mention nearly 100 caches in the vicinity of the town.
GC1Bk8A...check it out folks
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It happened to my daughter and I. We where doing an event and looking for a new ammo can cache.I wandered around a group a trees and found a clue cache.It had a name and clue inside the lid but I have never been able to figure which cache it was a part of as it is in a large city area...go figure.Before geocaching how many people walk right past a cache and never see it? Lots I imagine! I still can't believe this happened!!!
Our last night on vacation we played mini golf, then got ice cream. A lady at the ice cream parlour asked us if we'd been to see any of the historic covered bridges, and told us about this one. I didn't have coords, didn't even know there was a cache here, just out sight-seeing with the kids. As I'm pulling out to leave, I spot "something". It basically looked like a shadow, but out of place.
Me: "Is that what I think it is?"
Oldest daughter: "Is it a Geocache?".
I go check it out...sure enough! A magnetic! I was laughing like a madwoman as we signed that log!
How often does that happen?
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Often when discussing features of the website, the point is raised that many of the people who might feel one way, or another about a given topic never actually say anything because the forums are so hostile.
Another good point that often comes up is that the forum is where people come to learn about caching, and we should try give the best impression we can.
I'm curious to know how many people are out there quietly taking it all in.
There really is no topic here, so you can't post off topic. And since there is no topic, there needn't be any arguing either.
Feel free to use this thread to say "Hi", and introduce yourself.
Hi dronnord here..looking for geocaching event ,coin dipping protocal..?
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and if it is strictly a geocaching model..a Dakota will serve you very well without breaking your bank book. I have used Magellans and one other model brand but I love the garmin since 92 and still do...look I`m a Poet and I know it..hope that helps....dronnord 
..geosense tingling,hands shaking, I signed the log and got the heck out of there before the wife caught me..LOL...she`s my partner but my obsession isn`t hers..u No...so that`s my story..all true and blue 
It happened to my daughter and I. We where doing an event and looking for a new ammo can cache.I wandered around a group a trees and found a clue cache.It had a name and clue inside the lid but I have never been able to figure which cache it was a part of as it is in a large city area...go figure.Before geocaching how many people walk right past a cache and never see it? Lots I imagine! 
Update on Adventure Lab® platform vision - March 30, 2021
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I get nothing but a log in screen I went back and made sure popups were allowed. I cleared my cache and deleted all cookies. I relogged in and then went through 17 screens until I was accepted as not a robot. I changed browsers and get the same thing time and time again.