danieloliveira
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Please remember that being a premium member doesn't:
1- make you a better geocacher
2- give you instant access to sainthood
3- wipe away your past sins
4- give you instant wisdom
5- make you more earth-aware
6- elevate you to a higher echelon of society and it certainly does not mean that you are any better than the other geocachers.
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Já estava na altura. Parabéns Hugo.
Quando começas a a trabalhar?
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............ Acho que o que aqui foi dito está exagerado.
O que está exagerado é o que tu dizes aqui. Pena tenho eu que não consigo reaver a minha nota para a colocar aqui.
Porque não coloca o owner da cache aqui as notas tal como foi dito mais em cima?
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Já estou farto destas falinhas mansas dos logs. Quando uma cache não vale nada os logs são todos bonitinhos e cheios de flores. Chega de hipocrisia, digam o que lhes vai na alma.
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O Geoaware avisou que a partir de 1 de Agosto já não vão dar pins referentes aos níveis Bronze e Prata.
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Agreed - those that "cheat" will continue anyway. I often check that the cacher (normally a foreign visitor) also found nearby caches too. Also with newbies I "coach" them through the process of EC's as some complain they did not find a container and log a DNF.
Life is too short to play policeman all the time.
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Aracena á espectacular!
Há uns tempos atrás andei metidos com uns geoquímicos e as reuniões do projecto foram sempre em Aracena. Na altura pensei porque não haveria por ali mais caches com tantos sítios lindos.
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I learned quite a bit about various formations and geological processes in school but that is quite different than going out to see them in person. I have learned quite a bit by being able to connect the actual examples to the book descriptions.
..and from what I've seen of your caches you bridge the gap from books to field very well. Well done and thanks.
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I ask again: why is the coin still not on sale in the EarthCache store?
We are waiting on stock from Groundspeak. As soon as they arrive we will have them for sale.
Excellent. Thank you.
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does a Tumuli dated 2000bc qualify for me to set up an earth cache,i found the guide lines ok but not excactly answering my question, jeff=bones1.
If you're talking about multiple tombs (more than 1 tumulus) then it's not a geological feature. Therefore my interpretation is that no, you cannot use it.
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I ask again: why is the coin still not on sale in the EarthCache store?
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I'm on the fence about this one.
As a cache owner I'm all for having a the control over my cache. If I want to make it a Premium Members only cache then that is my right.
As an EarthCacher I'm for everyone (geocacher or not) having the opportunity to visit my cache, complete the requirements, and log the cache.
Deane
AKA: DeRock & the Psychic Cacher - Grattan MI
Is "having the control " over your cache mean that only a select few can visit or does it mean that you control it in the sense that you only let people log finds in exchange for completing the requirements? I think the latter demonstrates real control.
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They did another run. I was able to pick it up this time.
Got one too before they go extinct
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I don't think it's necessary to find one to create one. Reading the GSA Earthcache guidelines is what is necessary!
see Submittal Guidelines on the left margin of that page
Couldn't agree more. Go for it but if for any reason you're unsure about whether your EC meets criteria then ask someone who has found/created a a few to review it for you. If you don't have any one close by I'll be happy to look it over but I don't consider myself an expert
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I am against any cache for PM's only. However, in the case of EC's that is an even bigger aberration than for a "normal" cache.
If EC's are meant to teach others about the processes that go on beneath our feet why limit that to only a select few that can and want to pay?
I am totally against it!
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Being a geologist I can't really say that something new has really shown up. I mean all those lectures and reading did somehow file away relevant pieces of information somewhere.
What EARTHCACHING has really shown me are remote corners of our globe with important and interesting geological phenomena that would have otherwise have gone unnoticed. Having said that I would extend the same criteria to all of geocaching. Most of the "normal" caches are in spectacular areas that were created by geological processes anyway.
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I personally think that an EC whose main task is to have a picture of you at the site and little else is a weak EC. I understand all the conspiracy theorists that must make sure that they were actually at the site.
I choose to believe that people are generally interested in the geological phenomena out there so they miss out if they don't go there.
I let you in on a small secret with my EC's.
They are basic enough for anyone to get the answers right. The questions are structured such that you will either get it right or wrong.
To those who send wrong answers I can always check if you were actually at the site or not. If I see that you were there and tried but got some of it wrong, then the response e-mail normally has an attachment with the correct answers. However, I can normally spot the cheaters a mile away and the response e-mail is always the same: "Correct. Please log your find".
Now the purists will be clamouring and up in arms: - "you do not help anyone with that sort of answers".
I don't care. After all it's all about the numbers and what counts is another smiley as Sup3r as put it. The cheaters are just after another find not any other knowledge.
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I have had that problem myself before.
There were a couple of times when I was trying EarthCaches (all by the same person) only to find that the logging requirements had been truncated in Cachemate. This happened to me two times and both time out of my home state.
Am I upset at the CO?
Most certainly not. It is no different than going on a long hike with no water. In the end being prepared is entirely your responsibility. If that means taking the time to check that the listings in the palm are all there and complete than that is what it means. If nec essary print it out on paper the old-fashioned way.
I am not sure what the OP uses but I know that I use a palm with Cachemate and GSAK and you do get a message telling you which listings were truncated.
I have found more than a couple of EarthCaches and can't really say that has happened to me more than twice. I know that I have a problem myself because when I sit down and start writing my EarthCache listing I have a very hard time keeping it simple. I likely have one or two myself that fall into the category of too long but I never think that I have said too much or filled the page with any irrelevant garbage.
I do believe that it is always up to the seeker to be prepared.
- Rev Mike
Couldn't have put it better myself.
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Curious. Using .GPX files, GSAK and PoiLoader, I can load over 10000 waypoints on my Garmin.
But, my point was that if you create a cache page that is too long for my Palm, I will probably never hunt for it. That is, of course, your prerogative. But keeping the page within limits makes it available to all.
As POI's I once had 22000+ points on my 60CSX but that not what we're talking about here. You cannot mark more than 1000 wpts.
Anyway. Your comment leads on to another never ending story. Your palm will have a limitation of x characters or x lines or whatever. The other guy's other make PDA will have a different limit and so on and so on.
Who do you please?
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Unfortunately this is more like shooting yourself in the foot.
The reference to check out is: David S. O'Hanley (1996) - "Serpentinites: Records of Tectonic and Petrological History". Oxford University Press but unfortunately we don't have a copy of it and neither does she
I'll keep scrounging...
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Why should the onus be on the EC developer to create lighter pages when it is really a hardware limitation imposed by the manufacturers of electronic gizmos?
Pages are as long as they need to be. If they're too long and have unnecessary information then we have Geoaware filters.
One of my pet hates is why Garmin makes top end GPS's that limit the amount of waypoints to 1000? Surely it is simple enough to increase that 10 fold
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Let me do some searching. I have a colleague who did her PhD on serpentinites somewhere on a seamound in the Atlantic. I'll contact her and see what comes of it.
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Cause they would have to let all travel items to be able to be dipped, problem is, there is nothing to dip them into.
Hey guys, pardon my ignorance but I guess I was mistaken as to what dipping is. What is it?
I thought you could simply log a coin into and out of a EC but never tried it. Is that what you guys are talking about?
Exactly.
Right now if you log an EC your trackables do not show up in your inventory list at the moment of submitting a log.
As EarthCaches em Portugal
in Portugal
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De facto simples, sem dúvida mas a história está incompleta:
- Não sabes que tipo de rocha é.
- Não sabes a sua idade.
- Não sabes como se formou o arco.
- Não sabes que tectónica acompanhou a formação.
Portanto só um "found" fácil que até dá para fazer sem lá ir.
As EC's estão neste momento a sofrer uma revisão. Foi formada uma equipa e distribuída a essa equipa cerca de 900 caches a cada um precisamente para detectar falhas como estas. Esta não me calhou a mim