Gill & Tony
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If an event was to be a mega event but it has been given a block party designation, will there still be a souvenir for the Mega?
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The link uses the words new and near.
They have a distance filter (30 miles) so why not add a date filter? New might equal something like:
Since the last newsletter
In the last month or 3 months or whatever they deem appropriate.
Or just remove the word new.
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I received the newsletter today and saw a link to "New geocaches near you", so I clicked it. 212 caches were listed. Wow, I wouldn't have thought that!
So I had a look.
Of those only 6 were placed in the past 6 months and 25 were placed within the past 12 months. 66 were placed more than 10 years ago and 5 placed more than 20 years ago!
What a waste of time.
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Thanks, Hügh
I knew it was there somewhere, but I just couldn't see it
Cheers
Tony
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How do I change the card used for automatic payment for my premium account, please?
Thanks
Tony
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OK, solved it.
Just do a search for found with D/T selected and bingo.!
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According to my D/T chart on my dashboard, I have one cache 3.5/3.0
Checking my finds in GSAK I do not have any finds with that combination.
How do I tell which cache my stats think is 3.5/3.0 and how can I correct it? Probably the rating has changed and I need to refresh GSAK.
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1 hour ago, HHL said:
It's there. Just tap the magnifying glass, type"new caledonia" (or whatever location you want the map to be moved) and you're done.
Hans
Well, I must be going blind or something. I have never noticed that before
Makes life a lot easier. Thanks for pointing that out.
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14 hours ago, HHL said:
You could check it by just trying it out.
Once I managed to move the map to the middle of the Pacific and find New Caledonia (Why isn't there a "move to location" feature? Seems a much more useful feature than this speak to me) I did try it out. It doesn't translate (which would be useful) and the French pronunciation (even to my schoolboy French ears) is horrible.
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I'm planning a trip to New Caledonia where both adventures are in French. I speak English.
Will the speak to me feature do an on-the-fly translation for me?
Repeating a previous comment: the whole button should be sensitive, not just the arrow.
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Thanks. I seem to remember that from a long time ago. Good to be reminded about it.
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Many challenge caches ask for a list of qualifying caches. Is there a way to format this list into columns?
Multiple spaces get compressed into one. I can't see how to insert tabs, and I'm not sure that would work anyway. There doesn't seem to be a markup language tag for this.
Am I missing something, or just wasting my time?
ThanksTony
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It is a geohash coordinate format.
There are a number of converters for geohash coordinates available on the web. The one I used only accepts up to 9 digits, but that gives a small radius in which to search.
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I'm tackling a puzzle cache which has coordinates in a format unknown to me. In order to not ask for the solution, I have changed some of the characters in the string, but the sequence of letters and numbers is correct. The coordinate format is
r1f83kt4p8nq
This may not be a valid string, due to my changes, but does anyone have any idea how to convert this format to something more recognisable?
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Tony
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Didn't get any new ones last year and probably won't get any this year either. I'm planning to get the last two Australian states in 2025.
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4 hours ago, JL_HSTRE said:
Ever heard an expression along the lines of "you used N more words than necessary"? You used 4 more words than you needed to. It literally does not matter how you finished that sentence. It doesn't matter if you're cheating at geocaching or low-stakes poker or your taxes or your spouse. Cheating is wrong.
The pandemic laid it all bare. People wont obey the speed limit or parking regulations or restrictions about where they can take their dog. Why should they obey mask mandates? They cheat because they're selfish and entitled and they have no integrity.
Integrity is doing the right thing even when nobody is watching. And usually nobody is watching you geocache.
Yes, cheating is wrong. However, I used precisely the right number of words. I don't care is someone is only cheating themselves. I don't care if the chap playing solitaire at the next table in the cafe is cheating. He is only cheating himself. He is not affecting me or anyone else
I don't care if someone cheats to get a souvenir. They are only cheating themselves. They aren't affecting me or anyone else.
Cheating on your spouse or at poker or claiming finds on caches you haven't visited does affect other people. I do care about that.
Breaking the law is a whole different scenario.
Where do you draw the line for cheating at geocaching?
If two people are caching together and one finds the cache and signs both names? The other did not find the cache. What if each signs their own name.
If one climbs the tree and the other remains on the ground?
If a team splits up into separate groups and all names go into every log?
Moving identical containers on a power trail. Containers are not being replaced as found.
Failing to log a DNF
Deleting a NM log on your cache to make it look better
Asking friends to give FPs to your cache
Cheating at geocaching is a moving target. Everyone draws a different line.
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7 hours ago, JL_HSTRE said:
"I don't understand why people care about ethics."
Nobody who cheats at geocaching cheats only at geocaching.
Selectively quoting part of a sentence to distort its meaning is bad ethics. Hypocritical.
Evidence, please for your second sentence.
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I don't understand why people care whether other people cheat to get a souvenir.
All my souvenirs are legitimately earned, but I couldn't care less if some random cacher is getting souvenirs they haven't earned. How does that affect me, or anybody else? Souvenirs don't have any value, so they aren't debasing them. The fact that they have one doesn't stop someone else from having the same one - they are in infinite supply. The only possible "problem" is them qualifying for a challenge they haven't really earned. But, provided their find is legitimate, how does that affect anyone else?
Claiming fake finds on real caches can affect others. But souvenirs?
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That's what I suspected. Thanks for confirming it.
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If your only finds in a country are adventure stages (lab caches) do you receive the country souvenir?
Or does it only get awarded correctly caches with a GC code?
Thanks
Tony
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Having read this thread, I am really happy that I do all my logging through GSAK.
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4 hours ago, mysterion604 said:
I set a cache of mine on "Disabled" for a while, because I had to repair/replace something, and the "your cache needs attention" notice stayed up until I took the cache off Disabled status.
That's interesting, the note stayed on mine for quite a while after the cache had both OM and enable logs published.
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3 hours ago, Mausebiber said:
If you don't have an account, a report button won't help you
It happens to me that the required Info is not available. I open geocaching.com and contact the owner this way. Sometimes I'm lucky and the owner is answering right away and I can continue with the AL, sometimes it takes a long time for the owner to answer.
This will not change if a report button is available, don't expect to continue with the AL just you have such a button.
I see the report button sending an e-mail to the ALO. "User reported a problem with stage name of your adventure Adventure name
Maybe they could allow the user to add a short description of the problem. Basically an Owner Attention Required notification.
There was never any intent on my part for it to be a two-way street.
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Block parties and Mega events
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Thanks for that information. That is exactly what I was asking.