Team GeoGriffin

I was disappointed when my first earthcache submission was quickly denied because it wasn't primarily geology-oriented. Looking at the guidelines at earthcache.org, the first guideline is EarthCaches must provide an earth science lesson. Unfortunately, the (earth science defined) link next to that guideline takes you to a list of five bullets, all of which list geology as their primary requirement. I grew up where the definition of Earth Science matched what Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_science) lists as the fields of science that comprise Earth Science Geography Geology Geophysics Soil science Ecology Hydrology Atmospheric sciences I understand the need to tie the earthcache to a physical location, which makes Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences difficult. I also understand not including Natural Sciences (like Biology, Zoology, etc.), but only including Geology seems shortsighted. My specific cache dealt with a new Rain Garden installed in a local park overlooking the Geneesee River. The write-up focused primarily on the Ecology benefits of using the environment to collect and filter water to reduce sediment and contaminants from entering the local waterways. It also can help reduce effects of erosion. I think this is a great example of an Earth Science lesson and would benefit from people visiting and understanding the environmental impact of the area. It's definitely not much of a Geology lesson though, so it doesn't look like it will become an earthcache. I think that the rigid interpretation of Earth Science as "only Geology" should change to allow for caches like this one to be published.

I had the same problem, but you should be able to drag the marker on the map to a more accurate location. I thought the "drag marker" feature was broken too because there is not the familiar "red dot" or "peg man" marker that there used to be. If you hover under the bottom middle of the text bubble where the coordinates are listed, you should get the "hand grab" icon. If you click and it moves the base map, then you'll have to hunt around a little more to find it. Once you find the right spot, then you should get a "drop shadow X" that hovers over the map. Just move this around until it's closer to what you want and save the result. I hope that helps. -TGG

I was trying to update my home coordinates and it often gives me an error when I add specific coordinates and then defaults to another location nearby. I believe it used to let you fine tune the coords so that it was right on your house, but it no longer appears to work. For example, (coordinates changed so that they aren't my house) If I ask to save my home coordinates as: N 43° 06.960 W 077° 32.197 The following gets saved: N 43° 06.972 W 077° 32.150 And the following error appears at the bottom of the screen: System.Exception: Error in decoding latitude at Tucson.WebApp.Common.account.ManageLocations.uxSaveLocation_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) I've tried this with Firefox 3.5.3 and IE7 running under Windows XP and I receive this error consistently with these coordinates as well as my real home coords.

I picked up Mr. Jiffy #37 at Tamarack Swamp with my family on Labor Day. This morning before I left for work I snapped some pictures with me doing the "Summer Meltdown" pose. The first one came out the best, but I did a couple of close-ups that didn't come out as good, but I put them together in an animated gif that was pretty fun. I went out at lunch today with one of my caching buddies and dropped it off at Clean Kilowatts. Thanks for this great cointest! Click for Animated Gif

I wound up going for the DP-56 DRY PAK GPS / PDA / Smart Phone Case (http://www.drypakcase.com/smart.php). $18 shipped from http://www.campmor.com. I'm able to put the nuvi in the case inverted and wear the lanyard around my neck, then I just have to tip the case up to view it. It works great!

Thanks for the reply. I'm leaning towards the OtterBox 2600. It looks like the dimensions are right on, but I think the end result will be 4-5 time as bulky as the GPSr. I'm still trying to wrap my head around that. I might just wind up saving the $50 and putting it towards an inexpensive handheld.

I guess that would be OK if you like having cut-and-paste identical logs for all your cache finds. I can't help but think that if you can't find the time to log your finds one by one, you are probably finding too many caches and might need to cut back. I haven't used their service, so I can't be sure... The page lists a "Log Prefix" and a "Log Postfix", so it makes me think you can have a common header and footer for each log and then it might prompt you for something specific for each individual cache. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

I recently saw the Geocaching Express Logger (http://boulter.com/geocaching/logger/) in a FAQ. From the site, I haven't used this before and I'm a little tentative in sharing my geocaching.com login on another site, but it may be what you are looking for. Has anyone else used this site?

My wife got me a Garmin nuvi 260 for Christmas. We have a nice system going using GSAK, POI Loader, and iSilo on my PDA, so I'm very happy with this GPSr for geocaching. The only exception is that I'm very uncomfortable walking through the woods carrying the GPSr without anything protecting it against a drop. I'm looking for a case with a wrist strap or lanyard that will allow me to still view the GPSr screen. It would be a HUGE plus if I could still use the touch screen. The only thing that I've seen that comes close is a clamshell case for the TomTom 510/910 (http://www.amazon.com/TomTom-510-910-Leather-Case/dp/B000KZRPBW), but the dimensions seem to be off by too much. I looking for the answers to the following questions: Has anyone used the TomTom case for a Garmin nuvi? If so, how well does it work? Does anyone know of a case specifically designed for use with the Gamin nuvi that you can use the unit when it is still in the case? Does anyone know of any other case that can be repurposed to meet these requirements? Any feedback or ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Team GeoGriffin