Team Taran

I'm not sure if it is a violation of any specific guidelines but I certainly think it violates the spirit of the event. Cito's are public service projects designed to clean up our playing field and give back to the community. Why would you want to make it difficult for people to attend and participate. The only reason I can think of is to permit you to exclude attendees. That certainly violates the guidelines. It is also clearly open to abuse. If I only wanted to allow certain people to attend, I set up two nearly impossible waypoints to publish and provide final coordinates to my friends. If I was a reviewer, I don't think I would publish it.

I would spend time selecting the caches I wanted for find in areas I was planning to be. Make a list of things you want to see and plan your general route. This can include caches, tourist attractions, relatives you want to visit. Then preview areas on the map and select caches you think you would enjoy. Once you have must sees, look for nearby caches. Create bookmarks. In areas where there are lots of caches being selective can really help.

I would suggest using the technique of choosing a landmark and navigating to it. Don't stare at your GPS. When you have good accuracy, look in the direction your arrow is pointing and choose a landmark that is straight in front of you. Walk to it. Check your GPS and choose another. Repeat as needed. Also stay on the trail if it is going in the right general direction.

What version of Windows do you have? The file you receive is a zipped GPX file. You need to unzip the file. This will produce 2 GPX files. One with cache information and the other with additional waypoint eg parking cords, trail heads etc. The GPx files can be transferred to your GPS or opened with appropriate software such as easy GPX or GSAK depending on your model.

Transfer to GPS only sends 1 cache at a time. I believe with the Garmin attached to your computer you can drag and drop the unzipped pq from your computer to the proper folder on your GPSR.

Are you using IE? If so try this solution that was posted in the website bug forum. This is likely caused by viewing the site in Internet Explorer with "Compatibility Mode" turned on. Please try turning off this feature when on Geocaching.com and see if that clears up these issues for you. To do this, call up the site and then click the icon that looks like a torn piece of paper to the right of the field containing the web address.

Also you only have to do the tedious selection process once as part of designing a pocket query. Then whenever you need to search U.S, just copy the pq and change parameters as needed.

Another way to do this would be to use average time between finds. This would have the advantage of actually encouraging a number of cachers to visit a seldom visited cache. Your current requirement is a binary condition. A cache has not been found for a year. Cacher A goes and finds it. There is now no special incentive for cacher B to go and find it If you use average time between finds that cache will probably qualify for the challenge for cachers B, C, etc. If you enjoy math you can figure out the average time between finds in your target area and use that as the qualifier or you could pick something arbitrary.

The limit is only 5 per day not wait 5 days between queries. They only count if you choose a day to run.

The question is did you have permission to hide the cache in the manner you did from someone who had the authority to give you that permission. The fact that there were fence posts in the back of your car and they allowed you to drive into the park does not mean you had permission to pound them into the ground and leave them. I expect if you can give your reviewer proof that you have permission to install your cache would probably get it approved. You may in the circumstances need pretty solid proof of that permission however.

You can create a private bookmark and let the site keep track. Just please don't make it public. It clutters the cache page and offers no useful information to anyone else.

It looks to me that bookmarks already exist for these caches. Go to any of the caches and check on the bookmark link. There seem to be at least two already done. Then convert it to a pocket query.

I could have easily completed Last Stop for a Weary Traveler without visiting the spot. I guessed what I would be looking for and found the information on the web. I agree that I might not have known about it without the cache listing but a multi would have served the same function and it can be completed without visiting the memorial. I didn't but I could have.

Sometimes Groundspeak makes a donation to donor's choice for every member signed up as a result of a referral. I'm not sure that it is of any significance at other times.

Bookmark them, run a pocket query and preview it in the map.

If you only want to preview the query don't select a day for it to run. When you submit it you will be offered a chance to preview it. This will preview it as a list. Also on the left side of the list of saved queries there are icons. Click on the map one to preview in maps and the other to preview as a list.

Have you logged the cache? Did someone else log it using the gpsr if so have you deleted their field notes?

If the starting coordinates are the entrance to a location and that location can easily be determined without using the coordinates, there may be a problem listing the cache. This is true if you are not requited to use coordinates to find the final. If you derive coordinates from signs etc. and use these coordinates to find the final cache, there should be no problem but if you provide a series of letterbox style clues to reach the final location, this would be a guidelines violation.

The simplest solution is already available. Create a public bookmark of any themes you are interested in and encourage others to let you know about others. I don't think attributes would work since there are an infinite number of possible themes.

You are clicking the add to queue button and getting the finds query. Instead choose a day to run. If you want it right away choose the current day based on server time.

I would suggest you contact Garmin. They are responsible for offering technical support for their hardware and firmware. I thing you would get a quicker response from them.

One other consideration is what kind of a public building is it? If it's a business the commercial guidelines come into play so saturation can be a problem. Also GPS reception can be very poor in buildings and gps use must play a major role in finding the cache.

Some of the handhelds can work for both but it a single person in the car is going to rely on the GPS for driving instruction a dedicated car unit is better and safer. Some of the newest dual purpose ones may work well for both but for the same money in the United States at least you can get a dedicated one for each purpose and I find that most satisfactory.

You may also already have an electronic device that will store details. An Ipod touch, a kindle, most tablets, a car gps etc can be used. Check out threads in the GPS technology or check for devices you own that can read pdfs, or mobipocket files.

The notification is provides a copy of the log. When you sign up for published logs it provides a copy of that log. The published log includes information about the reviewer because he is the one who created the log. It provides a link to the cache page because Groundspeak wants you to visit the page to get complete information. It does not provide the coordinates for the same reason.