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I just tried this and have no idea what to do. Just navigating around a google map with no instructions on what to click and how to guess.

Because I have the same issue with this type of captcha on other websites. However, I never have to do a captcha more than once with literally every other type of captcha. And, if you read the thread, I'm not the only one with the problem. There are plenty of other captchas out there that are simple to use and this particular one has always been the most annoying of the lot. So, if someone doesn't have to do it often so they're "happy" with it, then what's the problem with switching? They'll still be happy and those of us that hate this one will also hopefully be happy.

Fixing this problem isn't the point of this thread. I really don't care about this minor problem enough to spend any time fixing it. I'd rather just not spend my time going through 8 captcha's just to check one corrected coordinate, which multiple people have also agreed with.

How many times I get it is not the point. The point is that A: it's annoying. They already have a 10 tries in 10 minutes limit so just let that be it; and/or B: Even when the correct boxes are chosen, the checker fails. Ultimately, if they want a checker that's fine, I get it. Just change it to one that people don't need to repeat 4-8 times just to get by. You'll notice that the title of the thread is to ask for a new captcha, not eliminate captcha.

No virus No one else on my computer or network No VPN IP Address previously used I suppose is possible but it wasn't from me. I just got a new internet provider. Nearly everyone uses browser add ons for security or privacy. In my case I use AdBlock Accepting cookies for the site doesn't tend to work anyway. For example, the site constantly asks me if I no longer want to be reminded when I click a link in a description that takes me to an alternate site. I check the box to not ask again, it asks again the very next time. Perhaps Groundspeak could put our current IP address on a whitelist when X number of successful challenges have been achieved. Then stop challenging from that IP address.

I'd rather just not get challenged at all. Just leave it at the 10 attempts per 10 minutes or something similar.

Me...still begging... I get the captcha literally every time I do a coordinate check. It used to only appear after doing several checks on different caches. Now it's every single one and most of the time I have to solve 4+ captchas. Please, HQ, change this.

Please...I'm begging for a new type of captcha on the pages with a coordinate checker. The current one simply doesn't know that I do, in fact, know what a bus is, or a bicycle, or a mountain. I've often had to go through about 8 different pictures before I finally get lucky and it lets me through. Even a simple one like the kind that just asks for a simple math answer would be much better than this one. Or, better yet, just get rid of it altogether?

I've actually had several people over the years that I could have given a gift card to. However, since they were made more difficult, I usually ended up just getting something else. This year, however (just a couple of weeks ago), I specifically had someone tell me that they were thinking of signing up because they like to go hiking and had heard of geocaching. So, a gift membership is perfect for her. Whether a gift card is "tacky" or not is in the eye of the beholder. She'll get to try the full game for the first year on me. After that she can choose to keep going or not.

Hence, this post.

I want to buy one for someone else. I don't want to sign them up first and I don't want to pay shipping for a card to be sent to me when I should just be able to print one out and put it in a Christmas Card. So, I suppose Groundspeak is the seller and I would like for them to send me a code so I can pass it along.

Is there a way to buy a Premium Member Gift Certificate that doesn't require mailing me an actual card or signing the person up for a free membership first? I just want to print a certificate and put it in a Christmas card. They should be able to sign up and put in the certificate number themselves to start their premium membership.

I think my original post answers that question.

I've had this happen too. Was standing right at the coords for a lab and it wasn't showing on my app. I only knew it was there because it was showing on cachly. Changed to "Show Completed" and it appeared. I hadn't even ever opened it before so it has nothing to do with whether I started it or not. I didn't do the lab due to both time constraint and lack of interest since the API was shut down. But nevertheless, the bug still showed itself.

Like I said, I don't know about whatever gpx file you're talking about. The GSAK macro absolutely did not provide answers. Only name, owner, question, stage coordinates and description. I actually could do without the question. I never really used that anyway.

I'm telling you, the GSAK macro that this entire thread was started about, did not give answers, nor did it provide a way to complete and get credit for a lab stage without a phone. I don't know about other gpx files that you are referencing. Adventures Labs still have to be completed with a phone, as Groundspeak intended, to get credit for the Lab Find.

No, it isn't a bug. It's behaving as they intend it to. Just because you don't agree with it, doesn't mean it's a bug.

There was never another way of completing the Adventure Lab other than the intended way with your phone. The GSAK macro simply provided the coordinates of the lab stages. You still had to go to them and do them as intended.

Even with the previous access, you still had to do the lab caches on your phone. GSAK did not provide a way around that.

Yeah, you get a general idea. Then switch back to website to see which caches are nearby. Then, if it's linear, you can barely see the little opaque circles and have no idea which one is next. No thanks. Maybe if I'm in town for a stay it'll be fine but if I'm just on my way through town, I'll skip them now.

Well with the official news that Groundspeak will not be allowing access to individual stages through the API, Adventure Labs have just become less interesting to me. I have no desire to drive back and forth all over town, tripling the miles driven, to do 2 or 3 adventure labs in a new town, rather than being able to plan them all ahead of time. Not to mention putting them into GSAK for statistical purposes just became infinitely more difficult. It was fun while it lasted.

I should rephrase...I believe the only 2 bullets that matter are the one with coords and the one with direction of travel. Antipode seems to be irrelevant.

The only other thing I know is that only 2 of the bullet points are relevant. I don't know which 2 but my assumption is that one is the one that mentions antipode and the other is the coordinate and direction of travel.

https://coord.info/GC8H2J8

I found that but I don’t know the coords of either antipode. I only know 1 point on the circle and the bearing of travel