JohnCNA

When I turn on the "Public" switch, does my Adventure Lab show up and be playable right away, or is there a delay while it is reviewed first, like a new geocache? A group of us are creating related Adventure Labs and want to 'publish' at the same time, so I'm wondering about the time lines and/or delays involved.

Sure. That is the whole point in offline logging. When you get back to a service area, you upload all your logs in a batch. How you do that varies with your equipment or what app you are using. Sounds like you're using a cell phone and an app. Which app are you using? If you look through the menus, you should find an option to upload your logs either one at a time or all in a batch.

When you choose the Test option, it creates the test version and shows the option to delete the test when you're finished.

I know the Certitude checker can accept keywords instead of coordinates. And when you enter the keyword, it can supply the coordinates plus a hint, etc.

You are most likely entering coordinates in the incorrect format. There are several formats, depending on what app or device you are getting the coordinates from. Geocaching and the Adventure Labs use the format referred to as Degrees, Decimal Minutes. Often abbreviated as DDM. Coordinates in your area would look something like N 39° 09.173 W 075° 38.951 How did you obtain your coordinates? Which app or device?

I find that I sometimes get a song stuck in my head based on the cache name or cache theme. A recent cache find in a railroad park named "I Hear That Train a-comin'" had me humming Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" for the rest of that outing.

Sounds to me that you might be using the 'sign up' option instead of the 'sign in' or 'log in' option. You already have an account, you only need to log in again on your new phone.

I have seen several caches where they used a magnetic latch. You had to remove a piece of the cache which had a magnet in it and apply it against another spot to release the door catch.

Yeah, like this one. ?

Add: 7. In extreme mosquito conditions and wearing a bug head net, the wide brim holds the net away from your face and neck. 8. You may occasionally get "Hey Indiana Jones" comments which might help with your self esteemed view of geocaching badassery. ?

My own experience in switching from mostly exclusive Garmin use to mostly phone use showed a fairly large data use on the phone at first. I was using 'Live' mode on the phone as well as Google Satellite maps. Once I downloaded OSM maps and started using PQ's or lists and downloaded them ahead of time my data use fell to almost nothing while caching. It helps if you use an app that has better offline support than the Geocaching app from Groundspeak. And it makes a big difference in battery use, too. My app of choice on Android is Locus Map and my wife uses Cachly on her iPhone. We have an 8gb shared data family plan for 3 people and rarely use more than 4gb for the 3 of us. And that includes a fair amount of non-geocaching app usage on our phones. And as Viajero Perdido mentioned, if you're really out in the boonies where you know you will have bad or no cellular reception, you get a BIG battery boost by switching to Airplane Mode.

Basecamp allows deleting caches individually from the device. I used it with an Etrex 30 and a 64st so I assume it would also do so with a 62s. But it would make more sense to use GSAK to refresh a database, then delete or filter out the ones you don't want and re-download.

It's usually a few who ruin things for the many. Chicago had to close their city parks because too many were ignoring the distancing and group rules. DuPage County (just outside Chicago) has had to limit the number of cars allowed in their preserve parking lots in order to limit the number of visitors. And they have put restrictions on their 5 or 6 most popular preserves limited to county residents only.

It's not always obvious why a CO is disabling a cache. Putting that verbiage in the TD log lets the reviewer know that it's not for maintenance issues but in consideration for Coronavirus concerns.

Our reviewer suggests putting a mention of Coronavirus in your Disabled logs so he knows not to trigger the archive response after X weeks.

Most of the states are specifying lower numbers now. Federal guidance last night put it at 10.

State of Illinois has just ordered all restaurants and bars to close as of Monday night. Deliveries and drive-up are still allowed, but no dine-in.

I reported this in the Bug Reports section.

Couple wierd things with the leap day souvenir today. On the souvenir list page, the graphic is broken/blank and it says it was acquired on 2/28. My log is dated 2/29. On the actual souvenir page, the graphic is messed up there, too.

The Nuvi does not have a magnetic compass. It determines your direction from the movement of your car. The 64S has a magnetic compass which gets totally confused because it's inside a metal cage (your car). When you start moving, the magnetic compass gets shut off automatically and the 64S will operate the same as your Nuvi. However, when you stop at the next traffic light, the 64S will turn the magnetic compass on again and the arrow will jump to the wrong direction again. You can turn off the magnetic compass in the 64S which will stop this behavior. But then you'd want to turn it back on again once you get to your destination and get out of the car. Or you could do what I did when using the 64S to navigate while in the car. Just live with it and ignore the jumping arrow when you're inside the car and stopped. By the way, this is not unique to the 64S. Any handheld with a magnetic compass will have this same issue.

All 3 of my Garmins would allow opening a previously saved waypoint and editing or averaging it again. This could be done days later if desired. You could not, however, alter the full list of captured readings and delete the occasional reading that suddenly jumped to a farther distance and was affecting the average. I think the discussion was more aimed at what tools are available for those who primarily or exclusively use their phones for geocaching. Not a phone vs gps thread.

I haven't messed with my wife's Apple/CarPlay and her geocaching app but I think it will be quite comparable to my Android phone and geocaching apps. No hacking required, it's just how CarPlay and Android Auto work. In my geocaching app (any of them) or even in a web browser on the phone, I select Navigate or 'Driving Directions' and it sends those coordinates to Google Maps or Waze or any other auto navigation app I have on the phone. Google Maps automatically comes up on the car big screen with the coordinates loaded and navigation started. Couldn't be easier. And all you need is a head unit in the car that supports Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.

Actually, this app can do exactly that. You can let it run for a bunch of averages and save the list of readings. Then open the list on another day, and continue adding readings to it. The other thing that is interesting is to view the list and when you see a spurious reading, delete that reading so it doesn't adversely affect the average.

One of the things I see happening from time to time is with multi's or puzzles that have the final or intermediate stages 'not hidden' in the cache listing. These will show up with coordinates of 0,0 when downloaded to my Garmin or Basecamp. So when I call up the map view in Basecamp, the view is zoomed out far enough to show my downloaded caches in the Chicago area plus the waypoints at 0,0. It can sometimes take a while to find the offending 0,0 waypoints and delete them.

Well, that's interesting... It had one of those peel off flaps on the back with instructions inside. Mentioned mixing with water and using a sponge to directly apply it to livestock and dogs. Use it for their bedding and blankets, etc. I don't remember if it mentioned human clothes. That booklet is long gone. Been using it for 6 years now. The wife has VERY sensitive skin and has had no problems. As far as I could tell it has the same formula as the Sawyer sprays I bought at REI. Just concentrated which is why the directions call for 1 ounce per gallon of water. At any rate, I've found that Permethrin, either this way or with Sawyer, is far more effective than DEET for ticks.