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I noticed.

'boring old cache' for those that would be compelled to refind it... Wwwwwwhy? This is my problem. I simply cannot get my head round refinding the same 'boring old' cache. At what point do you stop refinding? At what point does 'caching experience' become more important than refinding the same cache, unless you're just after quick refinds for the numbers, I guess. Ok, sorry, I get the picture - though maybe I'm being an absolute idiot, I still don't understand why type is any more important to you than any other attribute. Unless it's just that type fundamentally upsets the precious stats in some way or another, and changing it would invoke scary geocache paradox to your archive perhaps, but then what about difficulty, size, actual location? They would too I suppose, but probably less so.. or not? Who knows, or cares. bah.

I disagree. Before, it was a Mystery/Puzzle... The new cache would be a Traditional cache... Those are very different caching experiences. You think? Lets say I archive it then instantly relist it as a brand new traditional - oh but it's in the same place, park in the same layby, walk the same muddy path, turn over the same rock, open the same box, flick through the same log to find your name already in it -- I dunno, I might start to recognise some similarities to a previous caching experience.

No, the spot is quite boring. What is interesting about the location is that it contains a geocache that I thought some people (who had missed the chance before) might want to grab. No, certainly not. I just want to update to final coords (easy) and change the type from mystery to regular (no can do), it is not a new cache. Indeed! You seem to have stumbled on my point exactly! It isn't a new cache. In fact absolutely nothing about it is new. You're right, it won't be much fun. It is the same boring old cache that they've already found. So why do I have to repost it as if it is new, knowing that doing so will recall all the old cachers right on back, kinda wasting their time. Why? It's perfectly fine as it is It isn't a new cache. I'm lazy... Surely that would add to confusion? Anyway, never mind. I'm just going to archive it and forget all about it. I was just trying to be a considerate geocacher and open this up for new cachers that hadn't already found it. But *** it

Well, the point was that I'm not trying to change things about. It's is the same physical cache with same log, same items, same hiding place, same clue. I can edit everything about it, even change its location and title, just not its type. Hmm... Suppose you're right. I'll archive and relist the exact same cache, there'll be awkward FTFs and refinds in a log book that's already half full - that'll be fun to watch.

I had a short series which gave clues to a mystery/puzzle final. Other caches now closed, final still in place. Would be nice to just convert final into a regular cache so those that haven't found it get a chance to. If I archive the final and reopen as a new cache I just know all the locals will refind for the numbers. Seems mad that I can't just convert it to a regular but the option is greyed out!?

Well I'm now convinced I need to hide more boring micros - just to rile addicted snobs!

I'm not a huge fan of GSAK (it's overly complicated for my simple needs) but managed to run it perfectly under Ubuntu (well Xubuntu) 8.04 under Wine 0.9.54 on my Asus Eee. Memory map too works perfectly well under Wine but without PDA support of course (no Active sync). I did try VirtualBox (a free open source VM) with an XP guest OS running on Ubuntu but I couldn't manage to get USB hardware working properly, so again no PDA connectivity. Maybe VMWare fully supports USB? I quite like CacheWolf. A nice and simple gpx viewer that lets you view cache details, logs, clues etc. It's written in Java so should be platform independent and runs perfectly on my ubuntu Eee.

An eee, by any chance? It sure is and now running MemoryMap via WINE. Shame I can't find a GPX viewer for linux - maybe I'll have to write my own.

I've been using GPXsonar on my PDA for a while but I've recently got a very nice little laptop, running linux (ubuntu), which I take everywhere with me. Does anyone know of some nice simple gpx softwre, like gpxsonar, for linux? I just want to browse / search caches / view logs / clues via my little laptop. At a push I'll use WINE. Thanks

Probably wouldn't have minded so much but one is a local cache that I've been battling with for ages, years even, I stopped logging the DNFs after the first few. Occasionally I'll go back have another look round but he hides himself well, one day I'll get him off guard but for now he's just too clever for me.... After all that imagine my absolute open mouthed astonishment when then along pops some 1000+ cacher, completely dismisses my most respected enemy, blatantly saying they couldn't find it but what the hell logging it as yet another find in his thousands anyway. 2 year ban! Nice list, maybe I could use this to boost my numbers

Recently been noticing a few claiming to have found caches that are just plain missing. Shocking eh? is ths evil scandalous cheating or just the done thing? One claimed a find for a cache that the owner had disabled a month previously. Another openly stating in a found log that they couldn't find it (whaat?), this after a load of good old honest DNFs - hmmm most of them mine tbh. They both had hundreds more cache finds than I'll ever get, so maybe I'm just jealous of the caching elite swanning around racking up their numbers irrespective of if they happen to find it or not, while I'm battling with nettles and mud happy for every paltry little find. Both cases they'd offered photo evidence as proof that they had turned up at the cache location. But surely they're missing the point? You can't just turn up, take a photo of a field and claim to have found the cache... can you? Or am I just taking it too seriously?

Go on then...How? There's a little app floating around the web that will patch the MM5 exes to load older maps - not sure if it's an official mm5 tool or a pirate's hack. I assume the later, so probably bit naughty and illegal.

I wrote a little web app that will take a My Finds gpx file and generate UK 'weather map' style jpg, along with a er... classic 70s Michael Fish thrown in for good measure here's the url : http://www.poieditor.com/geocache-heatmap/ It's still kind of work in progress, GPX files > a few Mb might well fail.

Thought I'd add my voice to this, a geocaching API would be very welcome!

Think i've figured it out. if i turn opera's javascript off, then the login button works and i can login... i then turn javascript support back on to continue using the site. Other than that gripe, opera mobile is really good, it'll let me use the javascript heavy googlemaps without any problems. It's just that buggy javascript login button thats causing me bother. I'd still like a mobile/pda styled version.

Hi all, just some thoughts about mobile access to the site. I've just installed Opera 8.65 mobile on my pocket pc (windows mobile 5) to find I can't login to the site. The 'login' submit button just doesn't work! Dodgy html or javascripted buttons perhaps? I haven't checked. But something isn't right. Is this a known problem? The built in version of IE works with the site to some extent (i can login at least) but I was under the impression Opera Mobile had more suppport for javascript - seems not. Anyway, it'd make life a lot easier if geocaching.com detected a mobile/pda device from the useragent string and served up a pda/mobile friendly layout site, or even offered it from a 'mobile' link. Or is this offered already? Any advice aprieciated.

Thanks! Sounds like GSAK is the answer! *Googles GSAK*

Does anyone know how to remove duplicate points from Memorymap? Here's what I'm doing... If, say, I run a pocket query for caches around Leeds and then another for Harrogate. Where the two areas merge will contain duplicate entries. Importing these two GPX files into memory map I assumed that maybe Memorymap would be intelligent enough to ignore a point with exactly the same coords and data as another, but it doesn't. When I send this data to the PDA, it sends the duplicates too. Should there be an option to remove duplicate entries? It seems a bit wasteful of my PDAs limited memory. If memorymap won't do this, is there a GPX utility that I could use to merge my two GPX files into one big file, removing the duplicates, before I import into MemoryMap? Thanks for your help

Hi I am currently running the mio P350 and have no major problems. I have been using it around 6 weeks now. I still have to work out the sharing bit but for caching seems great and unless you need Bluetooth save yourself £80 and get the 350 the only diffrence is the bluetooth bit That's true, the only difference between the models is the addition of wifi and bluetooth in the more expensive 550. Another reason to stick to the 350 is the reports that the 550 has very poor reception, both models have integrated antennas so could this be down to interference with the wifi? link to the article discussing the problem : http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=56706

I don't think GPSGate will be needed. On the MIO P350 and under GPS settings there is a check box for "Manage GPS automatically (recommended)" and a description which reads:- Windows Mobile manages access to your GPS device and allows multiple programs to obtain GPS data simultaneously. If you clear this check box, some programs may not be able to obtain GPS data." I've also got a P350 (running with TomTom and MemoryMap) and it works great except for one slight niggle. When using the GPS Manager to share GPS with multiple apps I've found that there will sometimes be a lag - the reported position can several seconds behind your actual position. Can be really annoying. I've turned off the GPS Manager and now connect the apps directly through com 2