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    Disable of Message Center ?

    in How do I...?

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    I'm also wondering if a cacher asks me a question and I need to reply it, etc, why does geocaching want to record what we are communicating?

     

    They don't want to record what you are saying, put the foil hat back in the drawer.

     

    For years there's been complaints about "i can't contact xxx user" be it because they cache with a phone app or registered with a throwaway email address. With the message centre app users get the message on the phone when they open the app, those who use a throwaway get it when they come to the website.

    Sure.

    But, why send such messages to geocachers which prefere email ?!

    Disable of Message Center ?

    in How do I...?

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    Because despite what many on these forums may think access via smartphones is THE way to get into geocaching now. Once upon a time you had to be some sort of message board geek, then you had to come across the website, then many came to the hobby when geocaches came preloaded on new gps units. Now many, many people carry this amazing tiny computer in their pocket that has a gps in it and the areas that are cache dense and the areas that have mobile coverage mesh, very well. So it is only natural that GS would cater to these people.

     

    Yes, access via smartphone is THE way. I know peoples with Garmin Monterra which do not use Garmin software and use Android application - Garmin software have obsolete possibilities.

    Try to find out the demands on data transfer for simple email and web operations at the message center. Try it when you imagine that in many countries the data transfers at an inclusive price seems like you in America, but it must be quite pay dearly. and install additional geocaching application only for read eventual messages (as another instant messager)? This is nonsense.

    And another thing - email message can be by simple way converted into a free SMS message!

    [sorry, translate with help of google]

    Disable of Message Center ?

    in How do I...?

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    I think the issue is that some users can't deal with change, as if the way the world was is the way the would should always be. I wouldn't be surprised if these are the same people that still cling to their Garmin gpsMap60csx as the best GPS ever.

    What change? Eg I use smartphone or tablet, but without data transfer via mobile network. It is not necessary and in neighboring countries are ridiculously expensive.

    DNF's & inactive cache owner.

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    Hey all, this thread mostly answers the question I wanted to ask, as I've been running into a number of caches with months-long streaks of DNFs in my area.

     

    I just want to make sure I know the process -

     

    If there's a lot of DNFs in a row and I can't find it, either - I should do a NM.

    If someone has already done a NM, I should log a NA.

    Sending NM log to geocache of owner with last login in January 2014 ?? NONSENS ! Such owner is long time "dead".

    In such case only NA !

    Disable of Message Center ?

    in How do I...?

    Posted · Edited by Arne1

     

    Via MC you don't have a record of any conversations on your computer/tablet locally, you HAVE to go online. Replying will always be easier via mail as not everybody uses "the app". I guess most even just use a GPS instead of apps.

     

    Official APP is only for newbies. I dont know a serious Geocacher which use this app. Geocachers in my surrounding use either Garmin, or smartphone with Locus or aDrake, newbies yet cGeo. No one can online read "messages", but all who have data connection can read emails.

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    Disable of Message Center ?

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    For me and for many others it would be useful to the possibility of this pseudo-feature completely blocked. So that no one by mistake used when selecting "Send message" instead of "Send email" could not send such a message to my account. Such blocking feauture would have made me happy.

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    How do I see messages

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    For me and for many others it would be useful to the possibility of this pseudo-feature completely blocked. So that no one by mistake used when selecting "Send message" instead of "Send email" could not send such a message to my account. Such blocking feauture would have made me happy.

    Anzeigen von gelogten Premium Caches

    in GPS und Technologien

    Posted

    Der obige Link funktioniert, lässt sich allerdings nicht im Beitrag markieren und herauskopieren, da er von der Forensoftware gekürzt wurde.

     

    Daher hier nochmal als Code getagt:

     

    http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?wp=GCXXXX

     

    Oder eben oben anklicken und dann in der Adresszeile des Browsers editieren.

    Bestes Ausgangspunkt ist www.project-gc.com

    User corrected coordinates - feature request

    in Website

    Posted

    Just put the coords in your GPS as a waypoint, and you have it!
    Yeah, except that some of us wipe out the contents of our GPS receivers on a regular basis. If the physical cache locations are stored in the geocaching.com database, then it's easy enough to download the local cache data (found and unfound caches alike) when we're checking potential cache ocations.

    Better Idea is - use GSAK (commercial) or GeoGet (free)

    Bring back virtuals!

    in Website

    Posted

    It's not about an experience of geocaching. We're talking about two different hobbies. They are tourism (visiting and enjoying interesting places) and geocaching (searching for hidden "treasures").

     

    Placing caches everywhere "just because you can" is probably a dark side of geocaching. But simply walking/driving and marking places I visit is in my opinion not geocaching at all.

     

    So please be careful with your wishes ;)

     

    I agree. Careful what you wish for.

     

    We've seen what happens when people are allowed to go for the lowest common denominator - i.e. the easiest way to get a smiley.

     

    The site will be overrun with virtuals and GS will be pressured to separate the virts from the rest of the caches and probably move the cache type to it's own site...maybe something called "earthmarking" or something like that. bad_boy_animated.gif

    Yes, the site exist, it is a Groundspeak site an its name is Waymarking !!!

    Multistage waypoint type changes break third party apps

    in Website

    Posted

    [...]

    Unfortunately these waypoint types are apparently not known to other apps that use the API or GPX files. [...]

     

    You're wrong. Apps that correctly use the sym tag do NOT fail.

    GSAK does import GPX and Api children data with their appropriate types. :)

     

    Hans

    Nonsense, you're wrong.

    How should the application to determine the significance of what is stated in <sym>? Where to find that "Virtual stage" has the same meaning as "Question to answer"?

    Hacker

    in Website

    Posted

    Why Groundspeak dont blocking hackers who intentionally destroy listings of foreign caches and block them against for changes and against for logging?

    Ládarendőrség

    in Hungarian-speaking

    Posted

    Too bad that the Hungarian geocaching community can not solve problems with maintaining the listing gc.com, so many will disappear by the very old and rare cache, perhaps working only a few meters away.

    I preparing to search for old GC-hun checking its cache coordinates on gc.hu server.

    And yet in a situation where in many areas of Hungary is a great lack of caches.

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