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Bean & Sprout

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  1. Blurgh. I opted out of the trial as the new map is useless for me. Now, despite numerous calls not to change the default map, you’ve done it anyway! Great customer service, not!
  2. my feedback - I opted out after eventually finding out how to do it! When I search I don't want to go straight to a map, I sometimes want a list which I can then sort by the options I prefer (eg letterboxes, or size, or most favourites, or oldest caches). I then save my list to download to my phone and then when I am happy I look at the map. For example this weekend I am going to the geolympix. So I want to search for everything within 3 miles, create a list of those and download that for offline use to my phone. I will then have access to everything while I'm away and there is no phone signal. I cannot find any way to quickly and obviously do this with the search option now, it simply takes me to a map which I can't seem to get to a list from. Maybe if I had the time and inclination to help you with your testing I could find it. But I don't and I need to get the list I want today. So I had little choice but to opt out! My recommendation, ask users what they want before you fiddle with things and don't assume we all use searching options it the way you think we do (ie only to get a map).
  3. The current week is cleared on Monday, but there used to be a drop down menu that you could change it to the previous week. Useful for those of us who can't/don't log instantly (and would be useful to be able to see more than 1 week previously). I've noticed when the page loads you briefly see it, before the adrenaline junkie info covers it. Hopefully it'll get put back....please!
  4. I do cache with an 'ancient' phone. It is highly unreliable (I live very remotely so often get no signal) and is woefully inaccurate putting me many feet away from where I need to be. I much prefer my GPS which has a much higher rate of accuracy, doesn't mind getting wet or muddy and gets me to GZ every time.
  5. Posts like this are unhelpful and really don't encourage use of the forums IMO. As a single parent who has been dealing with a cancer diagnosis I do not have spare money to buy the latest phone or GPS gadget on a whim. I only got a smart phone a year ago which was a hand me down. When that rapidly became obsolete I did at least have a few months notice to make a decision on replacing it. I eventually opted to buy a newer one which incidentley was with money I had been saving towards a new GPS. Sweeping statements about what you consider ancient, and the implication that we can all just get an up to date device are not realistic.
  6. Thanks Aaron. I have downloaded the EasyGPS and it has transferred a geocache to my 'ancient' Etrex Legend. I feel much happier that I will be able to upload caches again and can continue saving up for a newer model in the meantime. I only found your post after being pointed at it after emailed Groundspeak to voice my concern. Why they didn't foresee this issue, and haven't officially updated on the options since realising it has affected a significant number of cachers, is beyond me. To those saying there are load of posts about it, we don't all have time to read hundreds of forum threads on the subject, especially when they are peppered with post saying like it or lump it. I rarely use the forums; mostly when I hit an issue and need help and inevitably have to hurdle through the unhelpful posters to find the helpful ones. I would far rather be out caching or spending time writing up my logs and don't want to be buoyed down trying to get my head around techy stuff. Thank you for taking the time to explain in an easy step by step way for those of us whose heads start to spin at anything remotely techy. Most appreciated!
  7. Sorry if this is obvious.. Before this weeks new adrenaline junkie souvenir thing you used to have an option to view the previous week's friend's list. I can't seem to see that option now. The place it was seems to be filled with info on the adrenaline junkie... Can anyone tell me how to access it? Or maybe I am just being blind and it has simply moved..!?
  8. I haven't read the whole thread but like many others my GPS is old and is not recognised by my (or anyone else's) PC (etrex legend HCx - for anyone who is interested). The only workaround was for me to download caches one at a time using an old version of internet explorer. Yes I asked some questions at the time and managed to find out which browser was required etc -and yes I got the help needed for the forum to do this! I actually like this way of caching because it means I carefully research, read ahead, plan my trip and picked my caches to download. I am very much a quality over quantity cacher. I cannot afford a 'modern' one, and why should I when my GPS works/worked perfectly well for how I chose to cache. Not only are you penalising us for choosing to cache this way, you are also pricing out those of us who can't afford a 'modern' device. I just want to load up my GPS with the caches I want to find and go. Please give us back the option or an alternative which works for older GPSs (and cachers!) I will add that I am not of retirement age, being half the age of the of the parents a cacher above complained on behalf of his parents for.
  9. Don't log out. I use my iPhone on wifi as you do, and download the cache lists for "offline use". They're in the "Lists" section, accessible without being online. I'm not choosing to log out. Usually it's fine but sometimes when I go to use it I have to log in. Not sure what causes it. If I don't realise until I am literally out in the field there is nothing I can do, the app is useless even offline.
  10. We have stored lists for offline use, but this is pointless when you have to log in to the app to use them. The app is on my son's ipod so no phone connection. We use it for checking up hints, descriptions, previous logs etc which my ancient GPS doesn't show. I have had a couple of times now when I've gone out caching but there is no wifi signal to be able to log in so we can't access the app! I really don't see what the point of having offline lists etc if you have to log in to access them but you can't always do so...? Never had this issue with the classic app. Anyone got any way around this please?
  11. I resorted to deleting and reloading the app as advised above. That worked for me. On a different bug issue, when can we expect the message system to work in chrome? Currently it only works for me if I link through from an email, which relies on someone sending me a message first. If I try and open it from the front page of the website it hangs in the middle of the page. Has done for ages.
  12. Worked for me too. Many thanks. Let's hope they fix it properly soon.
  13. Yes this is basically what I am getting. Only I can see the app is running in the background, (when you double press the start button),it just won't open, is stuck on the message page, and every time you swap to it or try to open I get the same as you - 20 odd seconds and then the frame closes. Is anyone looking into this? Would be helpful to have a response like the first poster did. Not sure where else to post this to get a faster response....
  14. I can't get the app to open at all since the update. It seems to be stuck in the message window. It starts to open then falls over. It is running in the background, but always on the message page. I have an unread message so it keeps trying to go there first it seems This is on an ipod 5, not sure if that matters. Please can you fix this too! Can't use the app at all and am meant to be going to an event today. Luckily I still have the classic app so not totally up the creek.
  15. Is anyone else getting the same problems as me at all? In IE if I go to geocaching.com it simply won't load and I can't log in. Eventually it comes up with long running script. I can get around it by copying and pasting a web link to a specific cache, but if I try and 'view larger map' it won't load the map either. It's making it impossible to load caches from a new area as I HAVE to use IE for my garmin to allow me to download them. Is anyone at GS looking into this please. I posted a few days ago and it is still broken. I don't have a smart phone so it is making it impossibly difficult for me to load caches ahead of my trip to the Wales mega and I have no way of downloading caches once I've gone Can anyone tell me how to report this to GS please.
  16. Got the long running script problem again. Is it just me? I have to use IE to download to my GPS. It's getting very frustrating as I'm trying to get ready for next weeks UK mega. Should add that it's popping up when I try and log in or load a map of my local area.
  17. And it's working again this morning.
  18. It's fixed the cache pages for me now, but now if I try and send a message it hangs and won't load more than half the page. Not sure if it's related...
  19. You will see it on your profile once it has saved as an unpublished cache. So you must have missed something on that last page - usually for me it's ticking the 2 boxes to say I hve read guidelines etc If you don't complete it in a certain amount of time it resets though. Don't worry about filling in the short and long descriptions for now, edit those once you get the draft cache page showing in your profile. It won't be set for publishing until you tick the box saying it is and/or sumbit it for review. So you can carry on editing it etc once you've got the draft saved. If in doubt just add a reviewer note saying you are working on it still and not to publish yet.
  20. Have you ticked the 2 boxes saying yes you agree their terms and yes you've read the guidelines? If so then sometimes if you scroll up you can see where it thinks you've missed something. You also have to include a reviewer note before you can move on. I just usually include a '.' just to get beyond that box.
  21. I can see that it may be useful for the reviewer to know if my trail goes from start to finish via the shortest route or meanders for miles around urban areas or areas which might be SSSI etc. In my case I thought it was pretty obvious to them where my trail would go knowing the start and final points. There are no potentail places on route which may be an issue as described above. It passes no buildings and I checked magic maps. But I could equally get there using several other footpaths on route, or on a huge circular walk around the village nearby. How could the reviewer know which route I have chosen to use unless I show it somehow? So maybe showing the route via waypoints is helpful for that, as well as ensuring any current or future night trails nearby won't conflict and cause confusion. I just wish it had said in the guidelines as we'd have waypointed as we went and submitted the cache with the waypoints.
  22. Thanks for all the replies. I have now been advised that the waypoints are required to ensure any future night trails in the area don't cross each other, and that the firetacks can be placed near an existing cache without needing to be 528ft away. For those wondering, my cache is a letterbox.
  23. Just submitted a new cache and been asked to waypoint the firetacks as physical stages. I can't see in the night cache guidelines where it says this. I though firetacks didnt count as a physical stage. Has that changed perhaps? Can anyone advise what the actual guidelines are regarding this please? I can't seem to find anything about it in night caches, only multis. My trail starts near another cache, but the final is over 528ft away. Does each firetack have to also be 528ft from any other existing cache? Beacause they arent at the moment. If they are waypointed as physical then presumably my cache will be disallowed...
  24. Well I haven't got to grips with pocket queries really. So asking me to do one just for cache maintenance isn't going to get me very far I'm afraid! But thanks for the suggestion And in response to the person above who asked why I don't rush out and respond to maintenance right away... Unfortunately I have a life outside of geocaching, a full time job and a child to bring up on my own and limited resources in regards to petrol costs. I own a lot of caches over a wide area, some pretty remote, some with unique containers, and many with unique letterbox stamps. I can't always rush out to replace it immediately, both time wise and financially (although I do try and keep a least one spare of different or unique cache container I own). I am also currently looking after caches for a CO who is abroad so I actually have well over 200 caches to maintain over quite a wide area. Today I have set aside as a maintenance day and when making my list of caches to attend too I realised there were a couple I had forgotten all about (specifically a letterbox which I needed an ink pad for, and one in a remote location and I don't often drive that way). If these had jumped out at me on a CO quick link maintenance page I would have dealt with them before today. I actually have ten caches to replace today. I also have 2 others to visit to retrieve stuck TBs (at TB owners request) and another to check a log which I believe has been signed by an armchair cacher but need to check before I delete the log. I will also randomly stop by other caches I own on route to check log books and that caches are on good order. So will probably vist some 30 ish caches today alone. Most days I stop to check on at least one or two of my caches if/as I pass them.
  25. I have in the past been able to download my unpublished cache to my GPS. This was very helpful in going out and checking the co-ordinates as I had on one occassion typo'd one of the numbers and this came to light before publication when I went out with the GPS to walk the route and place the containers. However when I tried it recently I couldn't do it. Not sure why that would be. So as well as being helpful for the CO to double check the co-ordinates prior to publication it would also be helpful (as has been said above) for those of us who release new caches as part of an event and there are attendees who don't gave a smart phone (I am one) or where reception is poor (for those who do have smart phones). People have got round this using GSAK, but I don't use it so had to rely on others to help me just to get a map of my geo-poker route for attendees at an event.
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