[Self Geocaching Rules?]

2 hours ago, Mausebiber said:

One reason.  How about your reported sick at work and went geocaching.  Or you have a work schedule where you have your day off always on a Wednesday, if you always log all your finds on this day, someone might find out, that your house is unattended on Wednesdays.  I have seen cases, where people are logging "our second day of our vacation caching around this beautiful island", so everyone knows, you are not at home.  Another reason would be, if you are on the road to drive to a customer and you see a cache right next to the road.  Is your boss willing to accept this 2 minute break?

Have fun, MB

Good grief!

Do you really believe that someone who wants to break into your house is monitoring your GC profile? Or that your boss has nothing better to do than that? Considering the pixaleted houses on Google Streetview in Germany, I fear the answer might be yes.

Hint for the paranoid cachers: You don't have to log online.

[Self Geocaching Rules?]

Leave no trace behind except your footprints and your memories.

If you feel uncomfortable when searching for a cache, don't do it.

Log DNF, it's nothing to be ashamed of.

[machbarkeitsstudie]

7 hours ago, Der Zappo said:

Caches soll legen, wer es KANN. Das ist wohl die einzig sinnvolle Bedingung.

D'accord.

 

5 hours ago, hcy said:

Siehst, und er hat's prompt falsch gemacht, hat die Dose nämlich vergraben.

Das war damals aber auch noch erlaubt.

[Is The Geocache Elevation on the Cache Page?]

1 hour ago, DADDYKOOL said:

Greasemonkey and jri's script works for PC. However, I am using a Mac with Safari, so I'm looking for an appropriate "elevation tool". Is anyone aware of a user script for Tampermonkey that would add elevation data (in metres) to the respective cache page?

GC Little Helper II

Forum Thread (German):

 

[machbarkeitsstudie]

Das klingt stark nach einem schönen cache mit einem gewissenhaften Owner. Die Indoor-Station könntest du ja so gestalten, dass du die Koordinaten der Eingangstür angibst und einfach beschreibst, wo die Tafel zu findan ist.

Immer, wenn ich das Argument der Mindestfundzahl lese, muss ich an Dave Ulmer denken. Der hatte 0 Funde, als er den ersten cache versteckte.

[Mein erster Cache veröffentlichen]

1 hour ago, radioscout said:

Ich weiß nicht, wie das im Falle des Fragestellers ist aber für viele jüngere Leute ist ein PC eine völlig unübliche und oft unbekannte Möglichkeit, das Internet zu nutzen. Die kennen es von Anfang an nur mit dem Händi und oft sogar nur über Apps. Ein Browser wird nur benutzt, wenn es unbedingt erforderlich ist und für viele sind die Sozialnetzwerke "das Internet".

[Ansprechpersonen bei Groundspeak]

Das ist die richtige Einstellung. Groundspeak hat vor einiger Zeit den "Cache Health Score" eingeführt, der recht kontrovers diskutiert wird. Es geht dabei um eine Zustandsbewertung jedes Caches aufgrund von DNF und NM Logs, dem Zeitpunkt des letzten Fundes und anderen Parametern. Fällt dieser unter einen bestimmten Wert, bekommt der Owner eine mail ("Dein cache könnte ein Problem haben") und auch die Reviewer haben Einsicht auf diesen Wert, um gegebenfalls tätig zu werden.

[Mein erster Cache veröffentlichen]

Wenn dir das zu umtändlich ist, solltest du vielleicht keinen cache verstecken.

[Ansprechpersonen bei Groundspeak]

5 hours ago, Loppergnom said:

Hallo zusammen,

 

weiß jemand wohin oder an wen man sich wenden kann, um einen Verbesserungsvorschlag anzubringen?

Mein Englisch ist leider nicht gut genug, um mich direkt bei Groundspeak zu melden.

 

Gruss

Micha / Loppergnom 

Ehrliche Antwort aus Österreich: An das Salzamt, Sprache egal.

[Why smiles disappear from map when cache is archived?]

Cool, a religious OS war in the Groundspeak forums. For reference, Joshism is right, Linux is the best.

I would have used a virtual machine instead of an emulator (wine), Microsoft offers free images for private use.

What was the topic again?

[I Didn't Have A Pen!!??!!]

40 minutes ago, thebruce0 said:

But as evidence of my change of heart , I recently published a "tree climb trail" (the TCT) wherein I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that the vast majority of "finders" of all of those 25 caches in the (current) series would not climb even one tree.

Well, but surely at least one of the 25 people standing on the ground has a pen, that can be thrown up to the climber in case he has none.

[I Didn't Have A Pen!!??!!]

26 minutes ago, niraD said:

When people in this thread (and threads like this thread) have said "a signature is not a requirement for logging a find online" (or something similar), it has generally been in response to posts that express a zero-tolerance-for-all attitude that online logs should never be allowed if there aren't physical signatures to back them up.

In that context, those posts are not saying that physical signatures are no longer expected, or that cache owners cannot delete online logs that aren't backed up by physical signatures.

In that context, those posts are saying that exceptions can be made, and that the cache owner is allowed to acknowledge exceptional situations by allowing online logs to stand even when there aren't physical signatures to back them up.

This.

I haven't found the words to put it this way by myself.

[I Didn't Have A Pen!!??!!]

13 minutes ago, Mausebiber said:

Not here.  If an owner is allowing photo logs, the reviewer will disable the listing and will ask the owner to take care of his cache.  If nothing happens the listing will be archived by the reviewer.

I don't know your "local laws", but I'm quite sure that is only the case if an owner converts a Traditional to a Virtual by allowing photo logs for an extended period of time. That has nothing to do with "I forgot my pen" logs-

[We need this geocache!]

6 hours ago, NYPaddleCacher said:

So this is kind of interesting

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2BE9D_gc2be9d-test

It's a "test" cache listing for a non-existent cache in North Korea.

 

It seems to me that North Korea was only chosen as a country because nearly no one will look for a cache there.

[I Didn't Have A Pen!!??!!]

What about cachers that change their username?

Surely, they have to go back to each cache and sign with their new nick. Some statements in this thread remind me of a song by Denis Leary, which I'm not going to link to.

[Schwierigkeits Grade Warum sind diese so extrem Wichtig]

4 hours ago, balloni55 said:

Ich bin kein Statistik Cacher, daher meine Frage:

ich habe einen Cache als D5 veröffentlicht, nachdem das Podest besetzt war, schrieb ich folgende Writenote

So, nach knapp 3 Monaten ist das Podest besetzt, Gratulation an die "Medailliengewinner" !
Bei einer etwas geringeren D-Wertung gibts jetzt einen Hint ;-)

reduziert sich nun die D-Wertung in der Statistik der Finder welche bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt geloggt haben auch auf die geringere (D4,5) Wertung?

Ja, ausser sie verwenden ein Programm zum Erstellen ihrer Statistiken, mit dem sie die Wertung zum Zeitpunkt ihres Fundes einfrieren können. Ansonsten wird immer der aktuelle D/T Wert hergeommen.

[Schwierigkeits Grade Warum sind diese so extrem Wichtig]

Warum die so wichtig sind? Wegen der Statistik.

Warum sind andere Cacher unzufrieden, wenn du den D oder T Wert (mehrmals) änderst? Weil du dann ein Loch in ihre D/T Matrix einbaust, das sie gefüllt zu haben glaubten. Oder weil es einfach nur ihre Statistik beeinflusst.

Sonst sehe ich keinen Grund, warum man sich über die Korrektur einer anfänglich eher unübliche Wertung (ist ja von Ort zu Ort verschieden) beschwert.

[Virtuals... ethics?]

29 minutes ago, Joshism said:

Let's say a muggle hiker stumbles across an ammo can and finds it is a geocache. Later the muggle starts actively geocaching. Is it acceptable for the new cacher to log a cache he found as a non-cacher? I think so; like the stock note says, "found it, intentionally or not."

I think you hit the nail on the head.

[Explain why did you choose your Users Name/Geocaching name]

Rebore, vol. 1 is a 2000 album by experimental noise rock band Boredoms. It is the first of three in the Rebore series, and is a DJ remix by Unkle that contains samples from Boredoms' entire discography to that point.

 

[Found but not Signed]

51 minutes ago, NYPaddleCacher said:

Thats's the kind of laid back attitude that will get a cache archived.  Many here may remember the notorious 4 Windows virtual cache that GS archived because the CO was allowing logs by people that didn't actually visit the location.  In this case, the CO is allowing found it logs even when someone hasn't even determined the the location of the cache.  

I think there is some sarcasm involved in the statement of the owner. You can determine the final coordinates by asking a previous finder or having access to a database/list of puzzles with spoiled coords. Before you go this way, just log it. So far nobody accepted the offer (or was willing to admit it).

[Found but not Signed]

A local owner adds something along these lines to his puzzle caches:

"Yes, I know, puzzles can be tiresome, time consuming and frustrating. Sometimes you don't know where to start or how to proceed. If you have any questions, contact me and I'm glad to help. If that is still too much trouble for you, feel free to log your find online without visiting the final location. Just pick a date before publish and wait until FTF is logged."

Some owners are more laid back than others, I guess.

[Found but not Signed]

22 minutes ago, J Grouchy said:

This whole "make a mark with a leaf or mud" thing is ludicrous.

Did ypu see that ludicrous display last night?

[We need this geocache!]

3 hours ago, on4bam said:

Are smartphones forbidden in N-Korea then?

 

Exactly my thoughts. It would be kind of funny if Groundspeak had an agenda not to publish caches in NK.

[We need this geocache!]

16 hours ago, MartyBartfast said:

I believe that holiday events in North Korea have been refused more than once

 

9 hours ago, geodarts said:

Well, there was - for a short moment - this cache.   i was not surprised by the eventual fate of it, but I did expect the respected marshal to get the FTF.

Now I'm curios. Is it possible to hide a cache or organize an event in North Korea (if the guidelines are met, of course) or will it be rejected by TPTB just because of the location and/or political situation?

[We need this geocache!]

North Korea sounds like a good idea for a virtual reward. However, you would still have to go there and fulfill the logging requirements. Also, just to be safe, I would thank the great leader for inventing this hobby.