ChileHead

You can currently tag somebody in an unpublished cache which seems a bit strange. Perhaps tagging should be off until it's published? You can't actually see the log or the cache details from what I can see, so it really doesn't hurt other than generating an email the tagee can't follow.

I assume it is this one: https://coord.info/GC4BT9G The cache owner archived it yesterday so it will no longer show after being archived.

Is there a way to only see my DNFs on the map? If I want to go through and avenge all my DNFs, I don't see a way of showing only these, without showing all the other caches of that time I haven't searched for.

I liked the concept of Waymarking, but it obviously never took off. Too many people complained about the commercial waymarks such as McDonalds and Walmarts, even though they represent a minority of the waymarks on the site. These categories probably should have never been listed. But the big reason (in my opinion) Waymarking didn't take off is that each waymark visit doesn't give you a +1 in your find count, or anything real noticeable in your stats. If the benchmark categories of Waymarking gave you a +1 find, I believe many people would create & visit them, even though the site itself is less than ideal.

Depends on the locationless. Not all locationless could be logged from any location. Almost any coordinates: scavenger hunt cache, yellow jeep, palindromes Specific coordinates: Flagpoles, Eagle scout projects, stone walls, flatiron buildings, rails to trails sign Seems to me the YOSM was very much like the second group of locationless.

No one ever said webcams were causing the same problems as moving caches. Doesn't matter, still a story that does not exist. May not exist at this time but,,, give em some time. People complain, GS gets tired of and doesn't want to deal with it, and they're on the chopping block. I hope no one here is naive enough to think it can't happen. "People are saying ..." No, no they are not. The only time webcams are problematic are when webcams are down for an extended period of time, or the owner is allowing selfies. In those cases, the specific webcam may be archived. But there is no indication anywhere that this would ever happen to all webcams.

What is the connection you're perceiving between webcams and moving caches? Yep, might as well throw all remaining locationless caches such as virtuals, webcams and ECs to the Waymarking trash bin if you're justified in doing it to the brass cap cache and YOSM. In fact, some existing virtuals ARE brass caps / survey markers. Locationless is completely different than containerless.

I use chliheads Waymarking app in the field all the time for taking coordinates and making drafts. Just like geocaching, I use my phone as my primary tool. All due respect...it's inferior. I have an Android app for Waymarking that I never released. But it's really just a wrapper around my mobile site (https://geotrailsw.com/wm/) and they are both fragile as they scrape (with permission) the site to work.

Thank you elyob, and thanks to the rest of you waymarkers for being involved. As I've said, I am still a huge fan of Waymarking and I have a deep appreciation for everyone who continues contributing to this project! Have a great weekend everyone! Thanks for the posts, Bryan. I've wanted to spend some time to improve my half baked Waymarking site (https://geotrailsw.com/wm/) for a while now, but hesitated to invest anything into it, or mobile apps, since the future was cloudy. Some day I'd like to improve it more, if I ever have time. But glad to see the confirmation there is at least some interest.

Huh? Bookmarks (https://www.geocaching.com/account/lists) and pocket queries (https://www.geocaching.com/pocket/default.aspx) are still there, and are listed on the dashboard.

The "barrier to entry" when I started 14 years ago was pretty high. You had to find out about geocaching, spend at least $300 on a GPS, read and learn (imagine that!) about geocaching ... a big investment of time and money meant you probably have committed yourself to the game. You learned how to program the GPS by hand, and that's what I did for quite a number of caches. I can't recall when PQs came in, or even if they were around when I started. Nothing stops a newbie with a phone from downloading a free GPS app and entering everything in by hand like the "olden days". Many of the changes in the past decade have been around convenience and optimization ... the core part of the game hasn't changed since 2000.

When I started, I could find 98% of the caches without having to pay anything. Open the website, program coords into my GPS or download the loc file. Today, I can find 98% of the caches without having to pay anything. Open the website, program coords into my GPS (or phone) or download the loc file. New features have been added over time to make that easier, such as pocket queries for premium members, or more complete access for phone users. But the basics are the same - you can find almost every cache other than premium member caches which are a minority (even then you can still find them with help.)

They are all gone. Been about 10 years I think.

Hmmm, interesting. I can't find it on the new dashboard or the new lists page. I have to open lists, then open the "old" version of the lists to get to the link to create a new one.

On souvenirs, it doesn't look like this changed much, so perhaps this is more of a request for a future update than a comment on the current dashboard: When profiles have lots of souvenirs it gets a bit messy to scroll through pages and pages of images. I would like to see categories of souvenirs defined that you can expand/collapse. Categories would be things like location souvenirs, date souvenirs, HQ promotions, maybe a few more.

I almost never look for caches in yards. It's not what geocaching is about, for me.

That was something that I suggested a few years ago. Remember iGoogle? It allowed the user to completely customize the content. Basically everything on the page was in a "section" that could be added, deleted, moved, or re-sized as the user desired. There's somewhat of a replacement called "iGoogle Portal" (http://www.igoogleportal.com/) that demonstrates the functionality. Maybe it's not for everyone but I spent a few years working on an open source Portal product that mostly did the same thing so maybe I'm biased. Actually iGoogle is exactly what I was thinking of. I thought if I mentioned that, nobody would know what I was talking about!

I'm sure this is beyond the scope of what you are planning anytime soon, but would it be possible to hide sections that I don't care about? Or allow users to rearrange (drag n drop) sections to meet their personal preferences? There's not a whole lot I'd hide now other than maybe trackables (and Brad), but I can see in the future if there are new widgets I'm not interested in I might want to hide them, or at least drag them to the bottom of the page so the things I care about are elevated. Just wish list thinking for the future.

HQ has already indicated they are making multiple releases. I expect more will be added in the next couple weeks.

Personally I prefer to see it hidden unless I hover over it, otherwise it would get a bit busy. I have hundreds of unused favorite points, so for me at least the count is pretty much irrelevant. I know many others don't have a cache of unused points to give out so your workflow may be different.

+1 I'd like to see an icon or some indication of which MC messages were accessed by the recipient, so I know which were "read" (well, at least "clicked on"). And I'd like a way to filter and organize messages. Folders and stuff, like I can do in email. And I'd like to be able to block this functionality because it isn't anyone else's business if I looked at their message or not. I would strongly oppose letting people know if I read their message or not. If somebody asks for a hint and I don't have time to respond, I don't want them to start getting mad at me because I read their note and didn't respond. Having the "read" indication on message systems can be cool, but it doesn't have to be everywhere.

Request: Since it seems the MC will not be the only way to contact, could you add a way of showing what the system considers "unread" messages? I always have the little yellow circle showing I have unread messages because I always read them via email. I'd like an easy way of clearing this out by selecting all unread, but right now I have to scroll down and show ALL messages to see what the system thinks I haven't read.

It may be a regional thing. I don't have anything in my profile, nor do most of my active geocaching friends. I had at one point put some of the statistical things there, but nobody really cares about it, so I removed it.

This would not preserve anonymity which the geocache email does for those that wish it. My second problem with that approach is my default email client is not my caching email. As long as the user email is still visible for those that allow it we can still probably send direct emails anyway. Until we see the real form this is speculation. +1 ... I don't want my email address visible in my profile. Then don't put it out there and use the message center. I mean...it's pretty simple. You misunderstand. The current email contact system works fine and preserves the anonymity. If you really want your email out there, just add a "mailto:yourname@youremail.com" link to your profile somewhere.

This would not preserve anonymity which the geocache email does for those that wish it. My second problem with that approach is my default email client is not my caching email. As long as the user email is still visible for those that allow it we can still probably send direct emails anyway. Until we see the real form this is speculation. +1 ... I don't want my email address visible in my profile.