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The appropriate action would be to log a "Needs Archived" log on the cache. Explain in your NA log exactly what the librarian told you about the cache owner moving away. (This one is already beyond a "Needs Maintenance" log, as the CO isn't in the area.) Once it's archived, you can place a new cache there, with the permission of the library. You will need explicit permission, and provide that in your submission for review. The library sounds like they're happy to have the cache there, if they are helping people to find it. Only the cache owner can initiate the adoption of a cache. This is what the original owner should have done in the first place, or archived it when she moved away. You could try to get in contact with the cache owner, and suggest adopting it over to you. If you were lucky in taking that route, then you would be able to do the necessary maintenance, and then log an "owner maintenance" log. Without being the owner, you can't properly maintain either the cache itself or the cache page. Help Center → Finding a Geocache → Logging a Geocache 4.2. What log type should I use? http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=534 Help Center → Finding a Geocache → Finding a Geocache 3.8. I found a geocache that needs to be archived http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=434 Help Center → Hiding a Geocache → Geocache ownership: A long-term relationship 4.19. Adopt or transfer a geocache http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=54 B.

Help Center → Apps → Android Geocaching® app http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=771 B.

https://www.geocaching.com/my/geocaches.aspx While on that page, click on the last link "All Logs". B.

https://coord.info/GC25ZEM Well...has the cache owner gone back and checked the log book? B.

If you are not residing there, it's highly unlikely the Reviewer would publish them. You must be able to maintain the physical caches in a timely manner. Before placing any caches anywhere... 1.) Read the Guidelines over and over again. https://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx Don't miss clicking the links to expand the sections. For example: 2.) Read the Help Center section: Hiding a Geocache http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.book&id=19 B.

What blog are you talking about? I don't see anything about Valentine's Day 2017 on the Groundspeak blog: https://www.geocaching.com/blog/ Did you get in contact with Groundspeak about not receiving the weekly newsletter? (which has NOTHING to do with subscribing to the GS blog) B. I just saw an email from today that people will be going geocaching on Valentine's Day. Sounded a lot like the wording for the September CITO week. So you ARE receiving the GS weekly newsletter. GS newsletter of today: That's a sales pitch. I don't get any "souvenir" vibe from it at all. Newsletter from last week: B.

What blog are you talking about? I don't see anything about Valentine's Day 2017 on the Groundspeak blog: https://www.geocaching.com/blog/ Did you get in contact with Groundspeak about not receiving the weekly newsletter? (which has NOTHING to do with subscribing to the GS blog) B.

You would have to either contact a Reviewer or Groundspeak to edit/delete the log that appears to violate the TOU. I was not successful digging up an official statement forbidding or at least discouraging such behavior. I'm looking for a pointer to forward it to an event owner who is blatantly posting all tracking codes of all trackables present at the event as a note on his event listings. It shouldn't take a lot of common sense for someone to know that they shouldn't do that. I would contact Groundspeak and let them deal with that event owner. (It seems to me that "something" a bit stronger than deleting codes should be done.) The sticky at the top of this forum: How To Keep The Secret Tracking Number Safe Don't post those tracking numbers anywhere public! http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=312124 Help Center → Trackables → Owning Trackables 4.5. Dealing with Bogus Trackable Logs http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=708 B.

Which website did you try? Did you try activating it here: https://www.geocaching.com/track/ B.

How are you submitting the logs? Through the website, GSAK, or some other way? Without knowing how you're logging, we can't provide much advice on where the problem may be. Edit for speeling Logging as always through the "Log a new visit" on the home page of the cache. If it's still happening, you need to contact Groundspeak. No one who can help is reading these forums. You might have lucked out if you had posted this in the "Website Bug Reports" forum. Email Us http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=request B.

I know changing D/T ratings can upset finders' statistics and mess with challenge qualifications, but on the other hand I thought the D/T was supposed to accurately represent the cache. For common-as-mud D/T combinations like 1.5/2, I've sometimes bumped the difficulty up half a notch if it's proving harder for people to find than I expected, and likewise terrain can change over time if a cleared track becomes overgrown or vice-versa, a tree or rock fall blocks easy access or a road or bridge is opened or closed. Isn't keeping the D/T rating up to date one of the owner's responsibilities? Is this requirement to get reviewer approval to make such changes something new, and if so, shouldn't the UI be changed to only allow reviewers to do it, particularly when the penalty for doing it without approval is archival? The bit about events is also disconcerting. I recently had to postpone an outdoor event due to inclement weather, so just posted an announcement and changed the date field on the cache page. Such postponements can happen at relatively short notice and there may not be time to get reviewer approval. Well, the Help Center article quoted in the original post has changed substantially...again. Help Center → Hiding a Geocache → Geocache ownership: A long-term relationship http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=201 B.

It's been that way for about a year: premium MUST by subscription? http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=338759 B.

I'm seeing the right side of the page just fine. Firefox 51.0.1 also B.

AND "Tips & Tricks". B.

That's great to hear. To satisfy curiosity, and for future reference, what was it that solved the problem? B.

Just a guess... 4.6. HTML in cache listings http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=79 B.

Your use of the term "activity log" implies that you're using one of the official Geocaching® apps (that's the only place I've seen this term used). Unfortunately, you can't submit a Needs Maintenance or Needs Archive log through these apps (this may be possible in the future, but the future plan for these apps is unclear). You'll need to submit one of these logs through the website as per niraD's post. That's ridiculous. No wonder so many folks don't log the appropriate NM's. They don't even know about them! B.

Your use of the term "activity log" implies that you're using one of the official Geocaching® apps (that's the only place I've seen this term used). Unfortunately, you can't submit a Needs Maintenance or Needs Archive log through these apps (this may be possible in the future, but the future plan for these apps is unclear). You'll need to submit one of these logs through the website as per niraD's post. Thank you both for your replies. Yes, I am Beginn to discover the limitations of the offical app Vs the Online site. I did look into the logging via website and found the much larger pull down menu The app only gives Did Not Find, Found it and Write note options. Editing logs also cannot be done via app. The app is obviously very convenient for Geocaching on the go but is a very stripped down version of what's available online. As stated I am a mere novice at this and learning everyday. I am now digressing from the original subject matter in this forum and I thank you all for your input. That's really too bad about the GC app. Other apps, such as my favorite Cachly, provide the full set of log types. I might need to check that app out . Thank you LOne.R Could I pose one more question if I may. My son, who is 19, is also a Geocacher. He found a cache in recent weeks and logged the find. He told me yesterday that the cache location has disappeared from the cache maps. I'm assuming it has been archived, however, his find count went down by 1 as it seems this cache find was stricken from his found caches list. This seems wrong to delete a find of someone's logs just because the cache has now been archived. Could I get your feedback on this. And is this the norm? 1.) Posting a "needs maintenance" log does not increase your find count. It is a separate log action than "found it". Once could conceivably find the cache, and it needs maintenance. That requires 2 separate logging actions. Don't be afraid to post NM logs. They are vital to the community and to the Reviewer. 2.) Caches that have been logged as found do not get removed from your stats if they are archived. The only reason a find count goes down is because a "found it" log is deleted. This can happen when duplicate "found it" logs are posted and the extraneous ones are deleted. Or if the CO finds that the "found it" log is false, ie the log book is not signed. You can see all of your logs by going to your profile: https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=19161726 Caches logged as found that have been subsequently archived will still be there, but with a line through the cache name. B.

Hi all, I was introduced to Geocaching by a visiting Danish friend around 6 weeks ago and have been hooked on it ever since. I've logged 118 finds in that time and have seen a big variety of innercity and bushland caches. It's my first time in a Geocaching forum. My dilemma is linked to to this topic. I have found around 10-12 caches by a particular CO who obviously placed a Lage number of caches in and around the City of Sydney. His cache container of choice is a steel mint tin with a magnet taped to it so as to be able to stick it to metal structure. The CO placed these caches from 2011-2012 they are mostly all still going, however, most are filled with logs that date back to their origin, so the paper has deteriorated and new slips of paper have been added by other cachers. The caches to the most part at in protected areas and are faring well, there are some, howerver, that have lids missing but are all still in play. I have tried contacting the CO in regards to maintenance on one of the first of his caches I found but have heard nothing back. So the question is do I maintain the cache and replace the ones that need it so as to keep the cache alive? If so what should be done with old and remnants of old logs? The thing folks don't often realize in keeping crappy, ownerless caches going is that no one other than the CO can maintain the cache listing. Once someone posts a "needs maintenance" log, that is putting something in play that "helpful" cachers can do nothing about. Post the appropriate "needs maintenance" logs, and move on. If the cache is eventually archived, you can think about putting your own cache there. Then you will be the one who has control over the listing, and be the one accepting responsibility for maintaining the cache and the listing. Help Center - Finding a Geocache http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.book&id=25 4. Logging a Geocache http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=107 4.2. What log type should I use? http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=534 3.7. I found a geocache that needs maintenance http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=551 B.

I subscribed to the blog but did not get the "newsletter" part at all. Now I will have to keep an even closer eye on the A-Team's site as a new souvenir could be announced that I need to plan for! Subscribing to the blog has nothing to do with signing up for the newsletter. As a Premium Member, you will want to sign up for the newsletter. 1.2. Weekly Email Newsletter http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=104 B.

That's not a "throwdown". That's more like lazy cache owner "maintenance", but it's not a "throwdown" when you have the cache owner's permission to replace the container. I was just thinking...if the cache in the OP has had a long run of DNF's, then the "owner maintenance email" protocol from GS should have kicked in. GS sends the "owner maintenance" email to the CO, CO doesn't respond on the cache page, more dnf's, cache should have been at least disabled by the Reviewer. After a prescribed time, then the Reviewer would have archived it. 4.10. Maintenance emails from Geocaching HQ http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=713 B.

1.) Post a "Needs Archived" log. Help Center → Finding a Geocache → Finding a Geocache 3.8. I found a geocache that needs to be archived http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=434 2.) If the container and log are not there, what did you "find"? A set of coordinates where a cache used to be. 3.) Throwdowns...not exactly a legitimate way to "find" a cache, eh? Even Groundspeak disapproves. Help Center → Hiding a Geocache → Geocache ownership: A long-term relationship 4.12. Respond to throwdowns http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=427 4.) If you're not interested in owning your own cache in that location, the throwdown is merely to add to your stats. If that's the way you want to play the game, that's up to you. But throwing another container out there, with no intent to maintain it is not very honourable, in my opinion. You're a very experienced cacher. I'm a little baffled as to why you feel the need to even think about this, let alone post on the forum about it. I'm feeling that you are looking for validation. B.

As a Basic Member, you can't download caches "in bulk". You would need to download each cache to your gps individually. Make sure you have the full owner's manual, not the "quick start" version. http://static.garmin.com/pumac/GPSMAP64_OM_EN.pdf Help Center → Finding a Geocache → Searching for a Geocache 2.11. Download geocaches to GPS device http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=532 2. Searching for a Geocache http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=105 2.3. How do I search for geocaches near me? http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=526 As a Basic Member, you can only download .loc files. Help Center → Finding a Geocache → Searching for a Geocache 2.11. Download geocaches to GPS device http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=532 B.

The loc file does not contain the additional waypoints. The file sent by send to gps does contain them. The issue is not how to transfer the file with the waypoints to the GPS (there are many programs that do that job and one for every platform). The issue is how to get the file that is sent via send to gps. I wasn't addressing the "send to gps" issue. I've never used "send to gps". When you cherry-pick quotes in a thread, make sure the context is maintained. Not with a 60cx. You must use a program to transfer waypoints/caches to the device. I've used GPSBabel for years and years, both as a PM and as a Basic Member. Save the loc file to a folder on the computer, hook up the gps with the cable, open GPSBabel and transfer caches/waypoints to the gps. https://www.gpsbabel.org/ B. b.

Not with a 60cx. You must use a program to transfer waypoints/caches to the device. I've used GPSBabel for years and years, both as a PM and as a Basic Member. Save the loc file to a folder on the computer, hook up the gps with the cable, open GPSBabel and transfer caches/waypoints to the gps. https://www.gpsbabel.org/ B.