Calypso62

Did that Mineral2 however I still see the issue. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ?

On my map, my original issue is still occurring.

Any information on the issue I initially raised to begin this thread?

From my perspective, there appears to be an issue with the map. On any geocache page, I click on "Play" in the green bar at the top. From the drop-down menu I select the second option, "View map". The map loads and shows geocaches. The left hand tab appears. All good so far. If I want to do a search of a city or town I would normally place the mouse cursor anywhere in the search text box at the top of the tab, left click, then begin typing the name of the town. Now, in the middle area of the text box, the hand cursor appears indicating a link and if you left-click, it links to the "Search" page and it appears. At the moment, I need to place the mouse cursor just at either end of the text box before left-clicking so I can type in my search text. I'm using Google Chrome - Version 81.0.4044.129 (Official Build) (64-bit) with Windows 10 Pro. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

Open Street Maps (OSM) are fantastic!! (And free to download.) I've found caches in 44 countries so far and used OSM in my Garmin GPSr. They've worked exceptionally well.

Wow!!! That's a really handy link. Thanks for sharing it.

I had planned to be in New York in August with the main goal to complete GC17MX1 - Bridges & Arches of Central Park. I was so looking forward to completing this cache. Unfortunately, that plan is on indefinite hold!!! It's a long way from Australia to New York and who knows when overseas travel restrictions will be lifted! ?‍♂️

Since I first posted my question, I've been on two cruises. The most recent was from Buenos Aires to Santiago beginning mid-February. We were fortunate enough to be able to complete our whole itinerary before Covid-19 had any real impact in the regions we visited. About halfway through the cruise, I decided to visit the Passenger Services Desk to enquire how I might go about contacting other geocachers that may be on board. Of course, I first had to explain what geocaching was to the fellow. He was mildly interested. He said he would contact the people that put the daily schedule together and see if a non-hosted (by entertainment crew) get together could be scheduled into the program for an upcoming day when we would be at sea and not visiting any ports. I kept an eye on the program and a few days later, my geocaching get together appeared, scheduled for 1pm in one of the lounges. So at 1pm on the day I arrived at the spot and waited to see if anybody showed up. I wasn't overly hopeful as I had found a few caches while visiting ports and didn't see any logs from finders on the same day. Still, I persisted and at 1:15pm, two people turned up. One was a young lady from the entertainment crew who had heard about geocaching and wanted to know more. The other was a passenger from the USA who was in the same boat (excuse the pun) as the crew lady. So for 15min or so, I explained the game and answered questions. The crew lady had to go back to work but I continued talking to the passenger. She told me that both she and her husband were quite keen to learn more and that they were travelling with another couple who also wanted to find out more about geocaching. I suggested the five of us meet up on the next sea day and I would conduct a short exercise that would give them some idea of what it's all about. I devised a simple "multicache" around the ship involving three "waypoints" and the final GZ. I called it appropriately, "Lost At Sea". They had to use the clues to find "Kevin the Koala" and his mates who had become lost. Because the ship was moving, I couldn't use coordinates, so I just gave clues to various locations they had to get to. At one waypoint they did some object counting. At the next waypoint they converted a codeword into a value using the code A=1, B=2, C=3.... Z=26. At the third waypoint, they needed to find the number of letters in the name of the ship's Godmother. Once all the numbers were discovered, they did some simple maths that gave them a cabin number (which happened to be mine).... but on which deck? This was determined by a riddle. At each cabin on the ship, there is a mailbox or slot where items such as programs, notes, invitations, etc, can be left. I had a mint tin with me so I placed a log inside and duct taped it to the mailbox along with some small, clip-on koalas that I had brought from Australia. Well, they found Kevin and his mates and signed the log. They took the koalas home as a souvenir. All four really enjoyed hunting for the clues and finding Kevin. Both couples said they would join up to geocaching when they got home. I've since received an email from one couple who did join up and have found 6 caches so far. At the moment they are stopped from going out due to Covid-19 restrictions. This couple particularly enjoys hiking in the wilderness and will probably seek out some of the more adventurous geocaches. I've also sent a Friends Request which they have accepted. Overall, it was a most enjoyable experience. On my next cruise, I'll go to the Passenger Services Desk soon after I board at the beginning and see if I can get a couple of unhosted scheduled geocaching meet ups into the program. ??

1. Being able to travel overseas again! (That's a biggie!!!) 2. Riding our public transport system again without fear of contracting the virus so I can check out new geocache placement options. 3. Going to a particular museum in the city that was closed a year ago, for a year, while it was completely renovated. The new museum apparently has state-of-the-art interactive exhibits that look like they are amazing. It opened for a short time then closed down due to the virus.

Here's mine...... GC5JV39 - Road Block

Yep! I tried opening one of my caches, GC7EN33, and I get the same error message. Gremlins!!!!!

If I had never found geocaching.... I would not have met so many wonderful people both here in Australia and on my overseas travels. The friendships I've made are amazing. Also, as a result of this game, I was invited onto Danish Community Radio in Copenhagen for a two hour program to discuss geocaching in Australia. We even had talk back with people phoning in to ask questions. It was a hoot!!!!!

More and more logs that simply say "TFTC"!

Absolutely Ewe&Me!!!! ???

Well, some of the answers to my question certainly made me laugh!! Thanks to all who responded!

I searched the forums but couldn't find any information to help me. Shortly, I'm going on a cruise and really looking forward to that. I'll be doing some geocaching in the ports I'll be visiting. My question is, what's some ways I can identify/contact fellow geocachers who may be on the cruise also? Is there a notice board on the cruise ship where I can put up a sign? I did think of hosting an event the night before we sail. I'm travelling on a Princess cruise ship. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Now that works!!!!

Go to the "Play" tab at the top of any cache page and click on "Search". Leave the text box empty and click on the magnifying glass. Up will come the number of geocaches in the world. At time of writing, it says "3,195,126 results, but this figure constantly changes". Click on the "Filters" button. In the "GEOCACHE NAME CONTAINS..." text box, type "GLOBAL GEOCACHING" (without the quotation marks). Hit the search button and up will come 20 results of the caches contained in this series. They require international geocacher's help to locate the caches. I recently helped a fellow cacher from Denmark.

This is the online editor I use. I usually hit the maximize but so I'm working on a full page. I started using this one quite a while back and find it works well for me....... https://www.html.am/html-editors/online-html-editor.cfm

I use an online HTML editor (not the one on the cache edit page). I create all the text including font type, text size, text colour, highlighted text and add photos (using URLs) then copy and paste the HTML code into the description box on the geocache edit page. It all works well!

Well said barefootjeff!!!!

Mine is Peter Pan-da which is also a personal TB that travels with me. He's been on a few excursions with geomates too! So far, he's notched up 255,110 km (158,518 mi). He began his journey in Beijing, China where he was purchased back in 2014 and has travelled through the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, St Petersburg in Russia and Japan. His most recent overseas trip was to Norfolk Island in the Pacific Ocean. Next year, he's looking forward to visiting South America and the east coast USA. Another of my TBs is Tickets Please. This one was released in 2011. So far, it's travelled 199,678 km (124,074 mi) and is still going strong. It's currently in the hands of gugl with the last log in Budapest, Hungary. Interestingly, this TB actually made it back to Australia (which was one of its goals) and was placed in a cache not far from my home. I made a beeline to grab it before someone else did. It's now travelling again having a great time.

As a Premium Member, are you using Pocket Queries for downloading of multiple caches (up to 1000 caches per Pocket Query) in one file to your GPS or are you trying to download just one cache's information at a time to your GPS?

Go to the source code of the archived cache and find the appropriate HTML code for the description. Copy and paste that code into the the description text box of the new event. I always save a copy of the description HTML code for an event before I archive it just in case I want to use all or part of it for another event.

I found three caches today with my phone but I still prefer to use my trusty GPSr. Personal preference. I just feel happier using the dedicated GPS unit.