thomfre

I agree, I don't find powertrails every day either But I did notice it now, and wanted to report it. To me a limit seems natural, so I simply looked as this as something they had forgotten to add. But it is not uncommon for people to have more than 200 logs over a period of 30 days (finds + DNFs + travel bugs, a lot of people carry travel bugs to track mileage). But it's up to Groundspeak to decide, and I don't blame them if they give this low priority

This is no big issue for me, as you say, I already use the stop button. And the problem will go away in about 20 days.

I recently logged a power trail, and as a result have about 1800 logs showing under "Your Logs (Last 30 Days)" in Quick View. This makes the site really slow. Maybe you could add a limit so only the first 500 logs are shown?

Here's a picture from one of my most recent caching trips: Taken on a walk to one of Denmarks oldest geocaches: http://coord.info/GC549

This update is "old", and the wiki-list is updated.

The screen on the Monterra is nice, but it has the same resolution as the Montana. So besides from the improved background light, it's really not that much better. There's so many issues, and so little response from Garmin. I would highly suggest you spend your money on something else than the Monterra.

I have both the Montana and the Monterra, and I still use the Montana... It's quicker, does not crash and just works. The battery life is also much better.

Well, I can say much sbout this device, but it works just as good (or bad) in english or swedish. Is your device updated? What exactly is not working in swedish that works in english? There's a bug that crashes the Garmin Outdoor-app if you have selected any other language than English.

Yes, it should just save the zoom level automatically each time you change it. That way it will behave just like the Montana, which remembers your last zoom level. But compared to a lot of the other issues, this is a small one! I've gone back to the Montana, since there's so many issues with the Monterra. I hope to see a new version being released soon. Until then, I have e very expensive paper weight...

I would still call this a bug. This is only a partial workaround. If you navigate to a cache (which I often do ), it resets to 300 anyway (if I remember correctly). The app should be able to save the zoom level and restore on startup.

I use JuiceDefender, unforunately there's not much for JuiceDefender to shut off besides WiFi and Bluetooth. There's not even a simple light sensor that can be used to adjust the screen brightness. I guess a UV-sensor is more important Another solution is to use NFC-tags, one tag to turn on WiFi, FTP etc., and another to turn it off.

That was me, and here it is! http://www.thomfre.net/en/technical/monterra/wifi-file-transfer/

I've installed a FTP-server on my Monterra, and I use NetDrive to assign it a drive letter in Windows. By using this approach, I'm able to transfer GPX-files from GSAK directly to the Monterra through WiFi.

This one is really close, and highly recommended: http://coord.info/GC32A0H It's a part of the HQ GeoTour, you should do them all. I would also recommend this one: http://coord.info/GC24H25

I don't know if you use GSAK, but I would guess it should be easy to create a GSAK macro that removes logs like that... Maybe this one can be modified to do that: http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=25541&st=0entry192191 And this could be used to remove empty logs, "." and "TFTC": http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=8101&st=0entry50341

A bit off-topic, but with the iPhone app, it's possible to submit a log with no text at all...

Yes, I'm from Norway. Most caches in Norway are in Norwegian only. But I try to always include a English hint (and sometimes a German hint) on my caches. I often translate the description, but on some caches it's only in Norwegian. If those caches are found by tourists, that tells me they should be translated. Almost all logs in Norway are in Norwegian, so they are of no use to tourists anyway... The coordinates are international

Is this an idioma or what? Seriously, I cannot understand this. "TFTC" stands for "thanks for the cache", this is what a visitor says when he/she enjoyed it. Copy-pastes I'm talking about are TFTCs plus 50 words that does not relate to your caches. Why do you call one instance "I know he enjoyed it" and another one "I know nothing"? I'll give you another example. This log tells me that they enjoyed staying in our area, and that they had a good time finding several caches. It's also written in English. Usually it's just "TFTC, Greetings form <country>" or something similar in a language I don't understand. TFTC doesn't mean they enjoyed it, it simply means they've seen everyone else writing TFTC, and think that's how it should be done... If someone says they enjoyed it, I know they did. If someone says TFTC, I know nothing.

I can give you an example. This means that those caches are found by tourists, and I should probably include description and hints in English. ...still better than TFTC...

I use templates myself, with about 1-2 lines telling about the trip (typically where we're headed from and where we're going, and who we are traveling with), and between 1 and as many lines as there are room for in the log to describe each particular cache. I write logs for the cache owner, myself, my friends and other cachers - in that order. When I read my old logs, a year or so after I found the cache, I'm able to remember almost everything about that cache - if I've written a good enough log. It might mean that someone reading my logs on a mobile device will have to read a bit more than they want, but that's a part of the game. If you want to find hints in the logs, you have to be prepared to read a lot that won't give you any hints. When I'm out caching, a lot can happen (and have happened) on the way to or from a cache, and that's something I'm definitely putting in my log! Also, when I'm planning a trip to a place I've never heard of before, more than 8000km (almost 5000 miles) away from home, just because of one cache - I have to tell about it in my log. Very often there's more to say about the surroundings, muggles and things that happen along the road, than there is to say about the cache. It's all a part of the experience. When someone visits our area, and write a lengthy log explaining how much they enjoyed caching here, that's much better than a simple "TFTC"! Even though it's the same log all over, maybe with one line about each cache, it's so much better to know they enjoyed it, than to know nothing. To me, 50 words about nothing is much more valuable than "TFTC".

As a cache owner, I would much rather have a copy-paste log, than TFTC! If you don't want to read it, just skip it.

Please also vote to get the icon added: http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=26136

I've used VistaPrint, and my card looks like this:

I agree, the HQ Tour is awesome! If you have time, you should also check this cache out: http://coord.info/GC24H25 Any cache by Dayspring or goblindust is also worth visiting.

You had to log them before they expired, if you didn't, I don't think you'll ever be able to log them... I have created a separate thread with requests for lab caches: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=314794