Mikos88

Did you know that "Yankees" comes from the Dutch name Jan-Kees, which the Americans couldn't pronounce? So, actually you're calling names in us Dutch People. ^__^

So I did a check on the source file in the mean time, and there wasn't any link between zone 14 and 15, no activation rule, nothing... How did the first 4 teams find zone 15 if there's no link?! I'm sure there was one, and those teams didn't cheat, I'm sure. I think this will remain a mystery...

So I've made my first Wherigo. A bit of a hassle to get it right and working, but I managed. I thought. Let a team test the Wherigo; all was fine. Published the Wherigo, FTF: All was fine. STF: No problems, whatsoever. TTF: No issues. 3 Favourite points, so all was well. Then all of a sudden I received an e-mail from a team yesterday that after zone 14 their phone never picked up zone 15. Okay, maybe they did something wrong, went the wrong way, didn't cross the zone... So I've send them a print screen of the zone to show them where they needed to be. They replied that they did visit that place. That's strange... Today I received another e-mail from another team, that they ended up after zone 14 and their phone never picked up zone 15 as well. So I sent them the same print screen, on which they replied by sending me a picture of their GPS showing all the places in that area they've been, clearly showing they've crossed zone 15 as well. The first team used a Samsung Galaxy S6, the second team an iPhone SE (of which nobody can guarantee the Wherigo would work on, but alright...) I didn't change the download file since I've uploaded it to publish the cache. Any thoughts before I start requesting log files and all kinds of technical stuff?

Yeah, Pokemon, let's talk about that... Every item or device that does something that would've worked with something else is a gadget; take my example of a watch. It's a hype to get the biggest one, with the nicest colours. Take a smartphone; it used to be the smaller, the nicer. Nowadays it's more the bigger, the better. Then the GPS: As I was told when I visited Tasmania earlier this year, where I bumped into some other teams that were trying to find the same cache; "Ah, your GPS is bigger than ours, so you're more dedicated! ", which frankly is bullsh*t, but it's just the way you personally look at it. I do like me GPS better than my smartphone. Is it something to have for me? Nah, I bought it to go out and do some Geocaching, but it's also very handy when I'm abroad and haven't got a clue where to go. Could do that with my smartphone or with a sat nav (TomTom), but no, I'm using my GPS.

That's exactly what the question is! Probably all kinds of smartphones can do the same trick as a GPS device. So, do you really need a GPS? Do you really need a watch? Do you even really need a smartphone? Or is it just something that makes life easier? Or to see what time it is? Why wear a $400 watch, when you can get one for $10? The thing is telling you exactly the same thing it was made for; the time at that moment. I don't care about which is better at pointing out where I need to be when geocaching; I like my GPS. To have and own it, but also because I like it for the way it works. All the rest doesn't count.

Can a smartphone replace a watch? Yes, it probably can; because it can show you the time wherever you are (except down under water). But don't you think it's a nice thing to have and show others? Even though a GPS unit might not be the only thing that can bring me to Ground Zero of a geocache, I do think it's a nice thing to have with me. I use my smartphone too, when I'm somewhere during work and I didn't bring my GPS unit, but I do like the feeling of the GPS in my hands. In my opinion, a GPS brings me closer to GZ and it feels more solid. It's going to stay a subjective discussion and one without an end, since I like this and you like that. As long as watch factories keep making watches, they'll sell. Probably the same story for GPS. And smartphones.

Go to the cache page, scroll down to your own log, hit "View / Edit Log / Images" and then choose the bin. Problem solved.

One of the things that happened to me, was that I was loading new caches in the same way to my GPSmap 62S, but they never showed. When I looked into it, it appeared that I also had my camera plugged in and that the plug-in was loading the files into my SD-slot. So, the next time I could try and use my camera in stead of my GPS. It's just a small difference in what place it places it, but if you select the wrong disk, it's going to write on the wrong disk... Not saying this is what happens to you, but it could be an option, since the GPS doesn't receive the new files. Nowadays I just download from a Pocket Query...

Thanks for replying, people! It's something interesting to see that there are so many ways of getting involved in our hobby! I read that category III should better be named 'Selective cacher', with an extended description. Something like "You'll visit a cache if the logs are positive and there's a lot of favourite points given, or if a cache description fits your criteria (e.g. attributes, difficulty or terrain)." And change V to "The location lovers: You seek an outdoor experience in some place interesting or scenic, sometimes you pick up a geocache that's along the route." True; but that's exactly why I started off by saying It's all just a way to see how big these groups are. Even though I'm not a podium seeker, I did enjoy to find a cache as the first once, but I'm not going after it. Some like this, some like that!

So, after reading all your replies, I think the 4 categories are mostly good, but I should add two more categories and rewrite the description of III I - The podium seekers: No matter what cache is published, you'll visit them immediately to seek a FTF, STF or TTF. II - The sweepers: All the available caches in your area, no matter what type of cache, must turn into a smiley. III- The quality cachers: You'll visit a cache if the logs are positive, and/or has a lot of favourite points, and/or is highly regarded. You're looking for wheat among the chaff IV - The passers-by: Every once in a while you'll visit a cache that you're passing by anyway. V - The nature lovers: You seek an outdoor experience in some place interesting or scenic, sometimes you pick up a geocache that's along the route. VI - The NOTAs: None Of The Above fits you. I don't think the sixth category is an existing one, since there's a bit of any on the other categories in anybody, but alright; I think this is the better formation. You guys agree?

Yes, I'm aware of that, but thanks for telling. I did look at some of the Dutch forums, to see if anyone knew how long the queue would be for publishing caches, there's a bunch of posts stating they think it takes way too long (pointing at Belgium where it takes up to only 24 hours) and the average time it takes to publish a cache goes up to 1.5 week. That's why I'm asking here; It didn't take one of my caches so long to be published, but I do agree our queue is pretty long on average anyway. I do think we're on the wrong side of the average if I read the posts in here. Thanks for replying!

Thanks for checking. There's no summer season for us; publishing caches takes up to 7 days all year round.

After being a cacher for 4 years now, having found almost 1,000 caches, I'm at a certain turning point when it comes to Geocaching. In the beginning I wanted to find every single cache in the area, no matter what kind of cache, who the CO is, how difficult the cache is, I've turned into a cacher that just doesn't like those simple pick ups any more. I'm looking for caches that are well favoured, have enthusiastic logs and interesting stories to tell. Original, creative, nice surroundings; those are the things I'm looking for nowadays. After watching around, talking to others and reading messages on forums and logs, I think we can divide cachers into a few categories: I - The podium seekers: No matter what cache is published, you'll visit them immediately to seek a FTF, STF or TTF. II - The sweepers: All the available caches in your area, no matter what type of cache, must turn into a smiley. III- The favourites: You'll visit a cache if the logs are positive and there's a lot of favourite points given. IV - The passers-by: Every once in a while you'll visit a cache that you're passing by anyway. It's not a bad or good thing to be one kind of cacher; it's your way of geocaching! And you don't necessarily need to fit one of those categories; there's a little bit of every category in you! For example, I'm a type III-cacher, with a little bit of IV as well. I'm done with the simple pick ups behind a road sign, I like to visit caches that are well favoured, that'll show me a nice place and are hidden in a original way. And when I'm in that area and there's some other cache that I'm passing by on my way home or to the other cache, I will pick it up. Which category fits you?

I'm living in the Netherlands, where there's some moaning about the long reviewing time it takes to publish a cache. At the moment, there's a queue of 1.5 week before new caches are published. At several Dutch forums I read messages that my fellow Dutch cachers think it takes too long. Is 1.5 week normal in your area?

Neither have I received anything like it here in the Netherlands. But I do think that you, as a CO, should be monitoring your e-mail continuously and reply to all those e-mails with the following: "I've read your e-mail stating that you'll wait for 30 (insert any given number) minutes for my answer, so I will send you a hint after 60 minutes. Thanks for visiting my cache and your patience!" Obviously it's ridiculous to think that sending a forced e-mail stating you will wait for x minutes for an answer will make a CO go run to his files and see if there's anything they can help with. On the other hand it can be annoying to be in the field, having driven a long way to find a cache, and then not being able to find it...

I can confirm on the last post; one of my caches was in a rarely visited place and hidden pretty good. And then it disappeared, so I replaced it. 2 months later, I received an e-mail from a cacher that had spoken to a newbie. He didn't completely understand and took the cache with him. So we made the appointment that the mailing cacher retrieved the cache from the newbie and he placed it back at the original location. After that I received some logs "Hey, there's TWO caches here!"

Thanks; the part of making a Wherigo enjoyable is common sense in my opinion. Like all my geocaches, I want people to go there and enjoy the natural surroundings, the story that I've built in or the way I've disguised it. Now I've found over 900 caches, I've reached the point that I don't like simple caches that are hidden behind a traffic sign any more. Which encourages me to hide my caches as original as possible; a Wherigo is a new way of hiding things.

Maar dat is bij alles waar batterijen in zitten; laat ze lang ongebruikt zitten en ze lekken de hele bende bij elkaar.

Thanks for your reply; I did implement the "Complete=True" option at the last waypoint, so that's already set. Maybe I did miss it, but is there any kind of manual for building Wherigo's? There's a whole bunch of links in your signature, sending you to the different topics on this forum, but I couldn't find a simple manual with "What needs to be inside your build".

Well, try caching in any other country that doesn't completely rely on tourism... It's simply too much work to translate every single cache into other languages for the few foreign visitors. That doesn't encourage, I can understand, but then again: Why would I supply my descriptions in English if there's only 2 to 3 foreign visitors per year? A simple workaround would be to send the CO of the caches you'd like to visit a message with the question if they can send you a translation, so you can try and find the cache. I've done that myself when visiting France, of which I can already tell you that more than 95% of the descriptions is only in French.

Do I need to set the completion code somewhere myself, or does something generate one itself? If I need to do it myself, how do I do that?

Did you know that if you resize the pictures you've made on full capacity and size, the size of your Wherigo goes down rapidly and the same file you had before with 38,5MB is now 14? Thanks Charlenni for helping me out!

Oh, wow. Really? Yes, I do use sounds (that's the whole thing about Wherigo's, right?), and without those sounds the whole Wherigo is useless. And even if I do think of any way of resizing the sounds, I'm never going to get it down to 20MB. This sucks...

Als ik ga cachen, neem ik standaard een flesje water mee. Afhankelijk van wat ik gepland heb, is dat een Tupperware flesje van 0,75 liter die ik ook voor mijn werk gebruik, maar vaak gaan er ook nog twee kleintjes van 0,5 liter mee. Dat is best zwaar in de rugzak, maar dat heeft ook een voordeel: Hoe meer je drinkt, hoe lichter de rugzak wordt. Ik moet er niet aan denken ergens zonder water te stranden. Het is me opgevallen dat ik onderweg maar weinig eet. Soms neem ik wat sneeën brood mee, soms iets aan snoep (alhoewel ik dat tot een minimum probeer te beperken). Het hangt er natuurlijk heel erg van af wat ik in de planning heb zitten en waar ik ben; hier in Nederland is er vaak in de omgeving wel iets waar je op terug kunt vallen als je wat wilt eten of drinken, maar toen ik dit voorjaar in Australië was zorgde ik er wel voor dat ik wat meer voorbereid had en meer in mijn rugzak gestopt had voor het geval dat. Dat is een heel ander soort avontuur als je daar ergens zonder eten of drinken komt te zitten... Overigens, wie haringfilet in champignonsaus eet, heeft sowieso al weinig verstand van smaak, dus vergeef het die persoon dat die van walging de prullenbak achteraf niet kon vinden. Hetzelfde gaat op voor die energy drinkers; wat een bocht is dat!

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