fivegallon

If we get to an area that should have mosquitos and there are none, who do we complain to? The cache owner or Geocaching.com?

it's a known fact that anyone involved in the Witness Protection Programme waive their rights to any links to Geocaching as a whole, whether it be physically out and about looking for/hiding caches, or in your armchair gobbing off in the forums....

mopar, move along cobber, give me some wall space....

a quick scroll down the first page would show 4 other topics started on the "search" issue...

because you enjoy an activity, doesn't mean you necessarily want the world to know about it..... ex-spouses come to mind...

Don't log online. And just keep your personal find database updated using the likes of GSAK...

A man can NEVER have too many gadgets (toys)!!. Good luck with your caching...

If it's taken you a number of years to "spring" for a cable for your gps, i'm doubting there is any mapping software in your budget range....

I would like to see the site use object-based incremental emulation combined with a polarised exuding toolset enforcing a mandatory modular contingency, while at the same time utilizing cross-group real-time methodology. But that's probably just me. If that means a buddy list - then yup I agree. Otherwise I fear it would disrupt the nutrino flow theory of divergent dimensional physics. Not only that. They would need to up-skill the hamsters in the use of the latest transmodifier they would need to install...

I am going on a 3month boat trip (work unfortunately) I was hoping to to do some tracking on my laptop using my Mapsend Worldwide Basemap software (looking to possibly pick up some Secondary Confluence Points - Or Primary if available!) Laptop (and me) will be based in a control room (read 20ft seacontainer) hence the need for external antenna Current GPSr is Magellan Map330 - good enough unit for me but needs to be outdoors so won't help me greatly on this trip Any ideas/suggestions??

I reckon "K" will be calling a "Conspiracy Theory" on this one ...

Life is not so short...it's the longest thing we do (apart from being dead i guess??) Unless you have plans for later??

Thats not exactly true. I bought my Magellan from the US for about half the cost that i would have paid in Australia (got it on E-Bay). It came with the Australian basemap. Best bet is to contact the seller and see if they will help you out. I also purchased the Mapsend Worlswide Basemap (in Oz), as i couldn't find an easy way to get the cheap US price. IT cost me near 300 locally. The WWBM won't do what the pre-loaded Australian basemap does. It works for me because i'm rarely in Oz. HTH

I find this offensive (and by huge I mean five gallon sized) What exactly are you implying here??

No, this won't work either. When I find, let's say, 20 caches in a weekend, the placed date of them could be spread over the whole range, requiring me 10 PQs to get all the new finds. Not good, right? Fortunately, Jeremy said he is working on a special "all found" GPX. I can't wait! --Marky just had to retract that suggestion as the problem gets clearer...Doh!!

ok, is it possible then to do "all caches found", that were placed BEFORE xxxx date? i would think this may give you what you need?? sorry,can't check myself just now due to my PM lapsing and lack of renewal thus far (where i work i think there is only 1 cache in about a 200mile radius, so not much caching for a while)

Ummm...is it not possible to create a PQ of all your finds AFTER a certain date? This would negate your requirement to continually d/l all your previous finds no?

Maybe the proper thing to do is find out why it's taking 3 days to get cache's approved. Doesn't sound like the norm. And what's wrong with Premium members getting faster service? Just another incentive for people to buy memberships. And the more memberships purchased, the better the services will be from this website. Then, instead of premium members complaining about taking too long, the folks that choose not to pay can complain about it taking too long. Reviewers are volunteers

By the time you load the software the fish have moved Caches tend to move,but not quite as far

The military would struggle if they didn't Seriously; the majority of helicopters flying today are like the majority of fixed-wing aircraft flying today...they use gpsr's to do most of their nav work

I wouldn't hold my breath on the request.Given the guidelines i would say your situation would be exception rather than the rule. Depending on when the guideline was put into place would obviously have a bearing on how many times the problem will come up. Request away! Good luck. Hopefully the email solves your current problem.

That seems fairly unusual due to the guidelines on maintaining caches: "Placing Caches on Vacation / Beyond Your Maintainable Distance Placing caches on vacation or outside of your normal caching area is unacceptable and these caches may not be approved. As the cache owner you are obligated to be in a position to manage your caches, and caches placed on vacation require someone else to maintain them for you. It is not uncommon for areas to be cleared, trails to be blocked or closed, objects used for virtual or multi-caches to be moved or removed, etc. You must be able to react to negative cache logs and investigate the location quickly. Please be responsible. This guideline applies to all types of caches including virtual caches. The territory in which a geocacher is able to maintain caches responsibly will vary from one person to the next. An active geocacher who regularly visits areas hundreds of miles apart can demonstrate their ability to maintain a cache 100 miles from home. A geocacher whose previous finds and hides are all within 25 miles of their home would likely not see their cache listed if placed 250 miles away from their home. If you have special circumstances, please describe these on your cache page or in a note to the approver. For example, if you have made arrangements with a local geocacher to watch over your distant cache for you, that geocacher’s name should be mentioned on your cache page." That being the case - maybe you could email the owner and ask if they would mind doing a one-off pq of their own caches and have them email that to you....

You could use the likes of GSAK to filter on "placed by".... I'd have to do 100's of PQ's as the users I want to search have caches in many states only if there are hundreds of users' caches you wanted to find.... pick a cache in an area by user #1 set up a pq for caches in that area d/l pq into gsak and filter repeat for each user whose caches you want to find if there are in fact hundreds of different users' caches you wish to find , a filter won't help you...just a general pq

You could use the likes of GSAK to filter on "placed by"....

From your other post it would appear your home coordinates are set correctly. However, home is only one of the many locations you can have in GSAK and you need to set it as your current centre point to have GSAK show all the caches in the distance from your home. To set "Home" as your current centre point click on Home button on the toolbar. Some times you want to see caches that are close to other caches, so you then set that cache as your current centre point. To do this right mouse cick on the cache, and select "set this cache as centre point" You can also set post codes as your centre point (certain countries only). See the main menu Centre Point=>Post code... Clyde , is it possible to code the "postcode" side of things so we can just punch in a name and the correct postcode comes up? If you're caching in unfamiliar territory it's likely you'll know the name but not the postcode