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The guide doesn't say anything of the sort, there is no "needs" to sign anything. If I get to GZ, find the cache and the log is soaked and unsignable, I'm logging the find. The guideline says: The guidelines also say: Therefore, if your signature isn't in the log, there is the chance your log could be deleted, and Groundspeak may not necessarily back you up if your log does get deleted. Groundspeak only guarantees your online log if the physical log was signed. I think it's generally understood that all cache owners (except the handful that allow armchair logs) require that you sign the log. That's one of the core pillars of geocaching. The part that varies is whether the cache owner ever compares the physical and online logs. If they don't, then they're working with the honour system. Those that do are very much in the minority. To be on the safe side, you should always have some proof that you've found a cache. The best proof is to sign the log. If that isn't possible for whatever reason, you should find some other way to prove to the cache owner that you did indeed find it. If it's an evil, well-cammoed, or cleverly hidden cache, you might be able to give them a detailed description of how it's hidden that only a finder would be able to provide. If there isn't anything too notable about it, take a picture of the cache and/or its log with some identifiable features in view. If you ever log a find, but weren't able to sign the log, make sure you say so in your online log and state that you can provide further proof if requested. If you do any of this, Groundspeak will very likely reinstate your log if the cache owner deletes it. Thanks for the clarification, I guess I'm just hacked off because the CO didn't contact me at all before deleting my find, worse, they removed it based on what someone else posted. I have pics and other evidence to backup the find if needed, but wasn't even give the chance to prove it. If the CO is going to be that hard lined on log signing, they need to put that in the ache description.

In situations like this, it's really between you and the cache owner. I think the cache owner should be free to choose what they want to do. Personally I would prefer to avoid bad blood, in something that is supposed to be fun, but the cache owner should be able to decide. I'd like to see a tag or attribute on the cache itself so CO could indicate that a validated and signed log is required to register a find, kind of like a moderated forum entry: not posted until read and validated. In this scenario, once the CO acknowledges a find, it's in stone and can't be revoked. This makes the CO just as responsible to validate as the catcher to log the find. If this attribute isn't used by the CO, then the honor system applies. Without something like this, you will always have jerks who log finds who didn't and jerks who remove finds because they can.

The guide doesn't say anything of the sort, there is no "needs" to sign anything. If I get to GZ, find the cache and the log is soaked and unsignable, I'm logging the find. There should be some tag for CO to mark cache if the CO "requires" a log entry or not to validate a find, otherwise, it's honor system.

I just had a CO delete my find solely based on someone else stating my handle wasn't on the log. I've been caching for years and it's mainly the honor system as I understand it. I can't tell you how many aches I've found where I get to GZ and container has been mugged, destroyed, or whatever and the result is its in pieces with no way to validate who signed what. So based on the logic of said jerks who nuked my find, they should go back and delete every find since they last did cache and log validation. Imagine removing weeks, months or years worth of entries because the log got soaked and you couldn't sign it? In this case am I supposed to come back when you've put in a new log or carry paper and fix for you? If you are going to delete my find based on your anal retentive rules for your cache, then stick to our own rules and delete ALL that can't be validated regardless of log state. This will happen a few times until people just stop finding your caches. There should be a way to track CO like this so I won't waste my time. What's the tradegedy of this CO and the cache is it was by far my most favorite one to find...

Hello, The only reason I use Twitter is because the Geocaching.com web site can post my finds to Twitter, I then have it sync'd with FB. I'd really rather close my Twitter account and have my GC activity post directly to my FB status. Any chance this capability is already in the request queue?

I'd like to get some opinions here to see if I'm getting frustrated for no reason... I took considerable time to place a cache this past weekend only to find out that some hidden stage of a multi-stage is too close. When I look on the web site, the closest starting point for any cache is at least 950 feet away. Yes, the rules state "any stage of a multi", but how is one to know where these are in relation to a cache I'm trying to post? All I see are the caches in the area and their published coords which I use to validate whether I'm too close or not. IMO there needs to be some up front warning message before I go through the trouble of building and placing a cache only to find out there is some hidden way point that is too close. Thoughts?

Well, I took the plunge and purchased the NT 2009 maps for the 60csx, but I found it very interesting that many of you "got the nuvi for the wife in the car", hoping that I don't find myself in the similar situation shortly

Just got a 60 csx and wife is wanting to buy the traditional "in the car" GPS unit so I was looking at purchasing the enhanced street navigation maps for the 60 csx and was wondering how they would compare... I'm assuming the 60csx won't talk the information like some of the car units, but are the turn by turns and maps comparable?

Sweet!! I thought someone would know. Thanks!

Hello, I saw a few posts that saving waypoints and GPX files to the MiniSD isn't supported, anyone know if this is 100% true? Can files be converted to some mystery Garmin format, saved to the MiniSD, and viewable on the unit? Fingers crossed...

Hello, I use the "Send to GPS" feature from the GC web site and it works just fine with my 60csx, however, I have to enter the additional waypoints within the cache manually. Is there something I'm missing? If not, why can't I have a similar "Send to GPS" feature next to the additional waypoints? Thanks!

Hello, My wife and I started about 2 months ago, sticking mainly to using my iPhone, but the accuracy and battery life have cut short our treks on one too many occasions and for the past few weeks I've been researching GPS units and have come to the conclusion I have no idea what I need. I do have a few basic features I'm looking for, but otherwise I don't know which unit is better than another, has better screen resolution, reception, features, GC modes, etc. Here is what I'd like to have: * Some sort of integration with geocaching.com, .loc and the various file formats so I can upload to the unit * Must work with a Mac for uploading / downloading information * Compass would be nice * Logging finds would be nice * Any Mac software that is better than another for sync? Otherwise I have no idea what I'm looking for, what features matter, what don't, etc. I've read the FAQ's here and other places but that's about the extent of my GPS knowledge. I'm really looking for some advice here to at least narrow my options a bit. I'd also like to keep my price range around $300 if possible, but I definitely want to stay under $400. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

One thing we found is the battery life of the iPhone while Geocaching is really bad! If we have more than 1-3 close ones in one location, we have to go back to the car to recharge and if you don't have a car charger, you're basically screwed. Also, the compass doesn't update very often if you are under any cover, so get used to wandering around a lot. We pretty much use the iPhone exclusively, but have found that the accuracy is hit or miss: it's either dead on or way, way off. And winter caching you have to be dadgum close unless you are following someone elses' footy prints Yes, that is definitely the way to go. I found the pointer and update/refresh rate pretty useless until I used the satellite map. Much easier and now I'll use it occasionally. However, I still will only use it in a pinch as my Oregon ( or most handhelds ) is much better for bigger caching days. I noticed that those who have said that they use it exclusively have a low number of finds ( almost all under 100 finds, a lot under 30 ). How many caches are you folks finding in a day using the iPhone-only method? Also, how many iPhone-only cachers have used handheld-GPSrs and what models have you used?

Speaking of iPhone apps, has anyone posted a comparison / review of each? Being new to GC, this would be a huge help in picking one without buying and trying every single one.

We just started and I'm using the iPhone exclusively for now. Once I'm within ~50 feet, the navigation compass is pretty worthless so it's really difficult to find the smaller caches.

Anyone know if field logging will be added to the iPhone app any time soon?