jakabell
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A PQ of your own hides is easy; Just create a new PQ and choose "I own" in the "That (And)" section.
A PQ for your friends is a bit more tricky. The obvious option is to make a new PQ of hides in your friend's area, then use an external tool to filter out all the caches from other owners.
However, if you're fine with a simple list of caches and coordinates, go to your profile page and click on the "Your Friends" link near the top. Select the friend, click on the "Geocaches" tab on their profile page, the click on on the "All Geocache Hides" link on the right to see all their hides.
From the list of hides you'll get, you can click on the "Check All" button at the bottom and then the "Download Waypoints" button to get a .loc file with all their active hides.
It won't have all the metadata that a regular PQ would have, but it's better than nothing, and you don't need to do any additional post-processing.
Thanks for the ideas... What do I do with the .LOC file though??? Sorry for my ignorance....
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You can create a PQ for caches you own by using that selection on the PQ page, "I own". It will stop at 500 caches. If you own more than 500 active caches (some do) you'd have to date range the query.
This will not return archived caches of yours. If you want those, you'll have to create a bookmarked list of your archived hides. You can PQ that.
You can create a bookmarked list of your friends owned hides and query that. If your friend has a lot of caches, this can be a bit time consuming. I'd create the list first, then go to their profile, open their owned caches,and start doing a "copy and paste" operation of the GC Codes into the bookmarked list.
Thank you! I got it to work for MY hides. Great. Now to work on my friends. She has 101 hides, so it's going to take a while to bookmark them all. Seems like there should be an option on the 'create pocket query' page to select all caches by a particular user name.... Thanks again!
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How do I create a pocket query/bookmark list of all the hides for a friend of mine? I would also like to create one of all MY hides. I guess this would be the equivalent of a pocket query of all hides for a particular user.... HELP PLEASE!
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I would like to receive new cache listings via an instant text message on my phone (as opposed to getting an email). Can this be done? If not, can it be considered for a future release?????
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This has been reported by a lot of people AND I think it was fixed in Tuesday's update.
I did not get an email notification yesterday of a new cache that was published 2 miles from me, and I did not receive an email when someone logged a find on one of my caches. This was just yesterday, Wednesday, so something is still not working right.
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When I go to babelfish, I copy and paste the German text into the Translate field, select German to English and click on "Translate", then it just takes me to another page with a bunch of different links for translation websites. It doesn't appear to be translating the text or at least it is not showing it to me.
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After I enter field notes on my phone, I go to the geocaching website to post them. However, I would like to view and/or edit the notes before I post. I do not seem to have that option. My only options are Post Log, Delete Log, Clear All Field Notes. I can click on the cache name, but that only takes me to the cache page.
Okay nevermind. I got it. You have to click on "Post Log" which then brings up the log screen. Maybe this button should say "Edit/Post Log".
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I notice that you didn't write the TB description in German??
I didn't write the description in German b/c it originated in the states, Florida to be exact. Someone from here took it to Germany and it has been there ever since. Some of the log entries are longer than "I will move it along".... just thought it would be nice to know what they say...
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After I enter field notes on my phone, I go to the geocaching website to post them. However, I would like to view and/or edit the notes before I post. I do not seem to have that option. My only options are Post Log, Delete Log, Clear All Field Notes. I can click on the cache name, but that only takes me to the cache page.
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I also have a Garmin eTrex Venture HC. I found that if I have too many caches already download to my GPS that it will not load anymore. Nowhere in the Garmin documentation does it say there is a limit to how many you can add. But once I delete some of them, I am able to add more.....
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I have a travel bug that has made its way to Germany. All of the log entries are in German! Can GC.com translate them to English since the owner (me) resides in the USA? Any other suggestions on how I can read these German logs?
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I've noticed the same thing.... and as far as I can tell, it doesn't update.... my one friends hidden numbers has not updated in months.
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Thank you for the mention of the other thread. I am new to this forum and was not aware of it.
As far as the browser search idea - I will give that a try. Thanks again! That is something I can do in the interim.
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I really like the idea of TPTB adding functionality to accomplish this. In the meantime, I will try the greasemonkey tool but the less "other stuff" I have to install on my PC, the better. Be reading the threads, this seems like a simple enough fix.
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Hello there. I have a couple of suggestions for future releases of the web page/iPhone application.
It would be nice if:
1. When I enter a GC code (cache code) on the Geocaching home page, it would be nice if the cache page had some indicator on it saying that it is a cache I have already found (or logged something like a DNF).
2. The ability to search my log entries for a particular cache.
Sometimes I go caching with friends and my friends put together the list for the day. I may have previously found a cache which they have not. But I may have found that cache a year ago and don’t remember. It would be nice to be able to search through what I’ve found to see if it’s there or to be able to pull up the cache page and have there be an indicator of some sort that I found it. I know there has got to be a lot of other people out there who feel the same way.
Thank you for your consideration.
Dipping a bug
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Yes, your log in the log book shows that you visited the cache. Dipping is a way to show that trackables in your possession also visited the cache. Some cachers keep a personal geocoin or TB that always stays with them: They will use it to dip through every cache they visit so that its mileage reflects their own geocaching travels.
MrsB
I have a personal travel bug that I have "dipped" in several caches but the mileage still says 0. Am I doing something wrong????