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JL_HSTRE

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  1. How do they meet the GPS requirement Guideline?
  2. Out of 200+ LBH Finds, I can only remember one that wasn't at the posted coordinates. I agree that a puzzle LBH should clearly spell that out at the top of the description.
  3. In Florida the NFs don't require explicit permission. They have the advantage of lots of free access public land, but lots of problems with reckless hunters, parties, offroading, and illegal dumping. Plus parts are periodically logged, destroying the caches within.
  4. Can someone post a photo of one of these? I've never heard of such a cache and I'm having difficulty imagining it.
  5. How many caches are we talking about? How many DNFs on each cache? By how experienced of a seeker(s)? Do the DNFs offer any indication of why the cache might be gone (ex: area had a fire, tree fell down, flood, rockslide) or evidence that the container is gone (ex: hint is very clear, attachment without a container, impression in ground from an ammo can)?
  6. Define "successful." If people actually left meaningful ratings on ALs then high ratings could be rewarded, but as it stands the ratings variance between a really cool and a really dull AL is minimal because most players give 5 stars to every AL. Number of Finds is largely just a measure of location. The best AL in a small GA town will have far fewer finds than the worst AL in New York City.
  7. Anything you want to tell the Reviewer goes in a Reviewer Note. There's a field for that when creating the cache listing then you can add logs to the unpublished cache page with the type Reviewer Note. All Reviewer Notes are automatically archived upon publication so other cachers don't see them but Reviewers can see then for reference.
  8. Businesses should stick to business and stay out of politics. I'm in favor of temporarily suspending geocaching in war zones for safety reasons, but considering how things were handled in Iraq that's unlikely to ever happen
  9. Send the coordinates where you found it to your Reviewer who can tell you of it's archived, unpublished, or a multi/mystery final.
  10. Germany has a longstanding reputation for having a disproportionate number of armchair cachers. Most European countries have much less restrictive private property / trespassing laws than the USA. There is also a larger urban exploration scene in Germany than America. Thus I get the impression there are a lot of caches that couldn't exist in America because they take you places that would be illegal here but aren't illegal in Europe. I imagine power trails are much more common in the USA than most other countries because we're much more automobile-centric.
  11. At this point COs should probably not put links on their cache page unless absolutely necessary, such as for solving a puzzle or accessing a third-party geochecker or as part of a permission requirement. Pretty much any information link, no matter how innocuous, will run afoul of either commercial or agenda Guidelines.
  12. For those without Project GC membership, you can also get stats on just Earthcaches in GSAK. Download myfinds, filter just Earthcaches or copy them to their own database, and run a macro like FindStatsGen. A few more steps, but free.
  13. That is what I did some years ago. I had a roadside cache by the entrance to a scout camp. It was on the road ROW behind a tree. There was plenty of room on the road shoulder to safely pull off, the coordinates put you in the correct area, and the description explicitly stated you did not need to enter the camp. I even asked the camp manager, who was fine with it as long as it wasn't on the camp's property. So of course someone (probably following their navigation app) drove into the camp, got told to scram by the staff, and left a DNF complaining the geocache needed to be removed from the scout camp. I left a OM addressing the situation, figuring this wouldn't be the last time it happened. Thankfully, I don't think there were any further such issues (at least not that were logged), and the cache lasted a few more years before being muggled or washing away.
  14. It is better to have a durable, waterproof container, clear or otherwise.
  15. Some land managers require clear geocache containers, including Army Corps of Engineers recreation areas. Other land managers require only ammo cans, which obviously are not clear. Most land managers don't have specific requirements.
  16. There's a lag on my phone getting message notifications from the app. Usually a couple hours; sometimes the next day.
  17. Adventure Lab bonus caches do not have an Additional Logging Requirement. There is no requirement to complete the AL to log the bonus cache, although that's certainly usually the easiest way to find the coordinates. Additionally, Adventure Labs (and Wherigos) are official Groundspeak products. That avoids certain restrictions on third-party apps or sites that otherwise have the same functionality.
  18. If you use pictures on a cache page, upload them to the cache page. Do not rely on any third-party hosting. Keep photos to a minimum. Not too big. Preferably not more than one. Only if it really adds something to the description.
  19. What type of container? Any limits on access? Ex: daylight only. If applicable: what park/preserve is it in? What trail is it on within that property? (These things aren't always obvious or accurate on the map.) Why is the cache here? Is it one for the numbers or is there something worth seeing?
  20. If you can back-log the date that wouldn't be too bad. However, I have a feeling most of the people who log weeks or months later don't keep close track of their exact find date.
  21. A missing container could be taken by muggles or animals or bad weather. A container swapped out for an inferior container, with the log and other contents transferred to the new container, is rare. Especially for a mundane micro (when this happens it's usually an ammo can).
  22. GSAK is another option. Especially for geoart that uses a sequential naming convention.
  23. @FDor you are assuming that the codeword in the cache would be legible and remain legible. These would usually end up written on paper (often handwritten) that gets destroyed like the logs. Even a laminated, typed code can be water damaged to the point of being illegible. Under the current system when I find a cache with a log of wet mush or a missing blog then I can still log a Find (and NM). With a code word now I can't log a Find at all. I live in Florida where probably half of all micros have soggy logs. I assure you I would support a better log system if I thought what you propose was that.
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