Poke'Frog
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Hello all,
I have noticed a glich in the Friends boxes on my profile, as well as others' that we have looked at. When you add a friend, it adds a little box in the "My Friends" area of your profile and in that box it shows how many geocaches that the user has found and how many that the user has hidden. However, The Hidden Geocache number does not work: it always says 0 even though they have caches hidden.
Your Operating System: Windows XP Professional
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I really have my doubts that reporting site issues here actually get things fixed, since nobody ever even replied to this post....and the friends' boxes have never been fixed!! Hello? Any moderators listening??
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I am mostly a lurker with a few responses and two new threads, which neither have yet gotten a real answer from a moderator....makes me wonder if posting new feature requests and gliches in Geocaching.com web-site forum really work.
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Do the moderators actually read these and bring it up to the council, or whatever
, as a possible idea for improvement?That is a VERY good question, for which I have yet to see an answer.
As far as I can tell, there is no formal feature request submission process.
Meanwhile, back on topic, I'd set the DEATH attribute on a questionable cache. Its COOL.
LOL! I actually considered that one!
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Not that I am not enjoying talking to people, but I kind of feel like I am just repeating myself! LOL! I posted this as a feature request - did I do that correctly? Do the moderators actually read these and bring it up to the council, or whatever
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For those that are paperless, most of the paperless software doesn't support attributes, so a cache could have all the attributes available and people won't see it. That's starting to change a bit with the GPX changes, but the best way is to put a big warning directly in the description. I'd make it the first thing people read.
That's a good perspective, so I am glad that I did just that as well. The whole listing is filled with warnings, including right up front. That's also why I rated it a 5 on terrain, hoping people wouldn't just head out on a level 5 without reading it first. Still, more accurate attributes would also be nice.
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There's a multi near here, in the middle of downtown. It has the "watch for livestock" attribute, even though it's in the middle of downtown.
Well, I laughed when I saw it.
LMAO!! I love it!
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Isn't
(not available in Winter) sufficient?No, not for this cache, because it is very much available in the winter with a four wheel drive vehicle!
I imagine quite a few of the
caches are still there and available to the found in the winter, if you have the time, equipment and perseverance.That may very well be true Prime Suspect, but I was suggesting this new attribute so that we didn't have to use poor-fitting attributes - that's the whole point. To me, using a "Not available in Winter" attribute for a cache that is available in the winter is just as poor fitting as using the "Cliff nearby" attribute for a bad road. Another idea would be to have a special equipment attribute for "four wheel drive vehicle" to access the cache.
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I put the terrain rating as a 5, added the cliff attribute, and wrote big warnings throughout the page asking people not to try to get this cache in the winter without a four wheel drive vehicle.
If someone misses all of that information then I suspect an attribute won't get noticed either.
LOL! That's probably true! Good point DanOCan.
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Isn't
(not available in Winter) sufficient?No, not for this cache, because it is very much available in the winter with a four wheel drive vehicle!
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I love to find micros.
But if all that existed were micros, I wouldn't be a cacher.
I would LOVE to do a power trail.
But if all that existed were power trails, I wouldn't be a cacher.
I would LOVE to do a tree climb cache.
But if all that existed were tree climbing caches, I wouldn't be a cacher.
I would LOVE to do a 20 mile hike to a cache.
But if all that existed were 20 mile hike caches, i wouldn't be a cacher.
I LOVED my first nano cache.
But if all that existed were nano caches, i wouldn't be a cacher.
I LOVE ammo cans caches.
But if all that existed were ammo can caches, I would get bored and stop being a cacher.
I LOVED my first evil cache find.
But if all that existed were evil hides, i wouldn't be a cacher.
I LOVE guardrail and lamp post skirt caches
But if all that existed were GR and LPC caches, I wouldn't be a cacher.
I hope you are getting the point.
Well said Bittsen! I am almost always geocaching with a child - either my son or my special needs students - and I'm afraid most children don't really like micros so we usually go for the little bit bigger caches. I also prefer the larger caches, though micros can be fun sometimes! Although I prefer larger, I am happy that there are all kinds of caches in the geocaching world...just like people: if we were all the same, life would be so darn boring! Different caches also make like more interesting!
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I am almost always geocaching with a child - either my son or my special needs students - and I'm afraid most children don't really like micros so we usually go for the little bit bigger caches. I also prefer the larger caches, though micros can be fun sometimes! Although I prefer larger, I am happy that there are all kinds of caches in the geocaching world...just like people: if we were all the same, life would be so darn boring! Different caches also make like more interesting!
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I recently placed a cache in an area that is absolutely beautiful in the summer, though to get to it is a long, windy road with drop offs along the way. Well, I placed it in the winter and the road is HORRIBLE!!! Although it has been plowed, it is a pure sheet of ice and very dangerous at this time. I put the terrain rating as a 5, added the cliff attribute, and wrote big warnings throughout the page asking people not to try to get this cache in the winter without a four wheel drive vehicle. So far, my precautions have worked well, but it would be very nice if we had a "Bad Road" hazard attribute to apply to caches such as these.
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I recently used the "cliff nearby" attribute to describe a bad, icy and windy road with cliffs/drop-offs all along it to alert fellow cachers of safety precautions. A bad road attribute would be more fitting, so I suggested that earlier in the day for a new feature request, but at least I am trying to help others' stay safe. So should people use poor fitting attributes? I guess that would depend on the situation.
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Hello all,
I have noticed a glich in the Friends boxes on my profile, as well as others' that we have looked at. When you add a friend, it adds a little box in the "My Friends" area of your profile and in that box it shows how many geocaches that the user has found and how many that the user has hidden. However, The Hidden Geocache number does not work: it always says 0 even though they have caches hidden.
Your Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Your Browser with Version number: Internet Explorer
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Sorry, I posted in the wrong area.
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My thoughts and prayers go out to the Mr. Anderson's family and friends, the cache owner, and anyone else impacted by this tragedy!! God bless you all!!
FYI for anyone interested in reading/discussing more: This topic is also being discussed in "Another fall, in Spokane" at http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=236100 where cachers have been expressing their condolences there already.
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OK, after seeing the posts for the past two days, I guess it’s time to add my 2 cents. I did this cache back in 2004, and though I recall the cliffs on one side, I didn’t see it as anything different than I’d expect in this type of terrain. You see, the Dishman Hills are somewhat unique in Spokane – a “Steptoe” remnant with steep eroded granitic cliffs, beautiful chasms of ferns and wetlands, trails that wind up and down the Ponderosa pine forest and views that are hard to beat. It’s like an oasis in a city that attracts hikers and mountain bikers alike. And, Geocachers too. This was not a cache that made you climb a tree, wade through raging waters, or hang from a cliff – the terrain rating was well suited to the task.
I, like many of our local cachers, were very upset over the news of the fallen geocacher. It hit home to many of us, as we’ve combed these hills and have slipped and fallen, picked ourselves up again, and grabbed that ammo can hidden in the rocks. We’ve no need to blame anyone, point out problems with this hide, or make others feel bad. Yes, there are many things we can learn from this incident, and perhaps most importantly is to remember why we are geocachers in the first place. We are here to enjoy the great outdoors, explore new places, challenge ourselves, make new friends, and be ourselves. But we also know the risks of the game, and that is part of the enjoyment (IMO). If all the steep, dark, scary, challenging caches were forbidden from this game and all we had were urban micros on flat boring terrain, well, I’d be signing away that last log and saying goodbye to GC.
Please respect the Spokane Geocachers who are feeling a great loss, and are trying our best to deal with this incident. We greatly appreciate the posts by those who are supportive of our geocommunity here. As Chumpo said, the details will follow at some point and we really don’t know much more than you do about why or how the accident occurred. And as Lookout Lisa said, the local IE board will be meeting soon to discuss how best we can help the fallen Geocacher’s family and perhaps consider ways to make Geocaching a safer hobby for all in the great Inland Empire.
YA
Perfectly stated Yellow Alligator! This was nobodys fault...just an accident. Geocaching is an outdoor sport, and unfortunately accidents happen. We can learn from it and try to be more careful ourselves. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victim's family and friends, the cache owner, and anyone else impacted by this tragedy!! God bless you all!!
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This is the first time I've ever posted something in the forums, but I felt that this is important enough to reply to. Such a very sad tragedy!! My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of this man!! I hope they are comforted by the fact that he went while he was doing something he loved! Also, on the sensitive topic of the cache owners, I think it needs to be said that it is not their fault! Accidents happen and this is an outdoor sport - one that we do on our own with regards to risk. God bless you all - victim and victim's family members, cache owners, and supporting geocachers!
, as a possible idea for improvement?
New Hazard Attribute Request
in Website
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Well, I think the fair answer to the moderator question is NO, they do not read these and do not do anything about it. About a month and a half ago, I had posted this attribute request as well as a glich report, yet both issues were never even read by any moderator. I really have my doubts that reporting site issues here actually get things fixed, since nobody ever even replied to either this attribute request or the site glich post....and the friends' boxes have never been fixed!! Hello? Any moderators listening??