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Confirming that I see the same results when using Safari on my (8th Generation) iPad running iOS 15.5.

I am periodically seeing the same issue when browsing the official website using Safari 15.5 on MacOS 12.4 Monterey.

I am seeing the same problem using Safari 15.5 running in MacOS 12.4 Monterey.

I'm rather more than simply disappointed to learn this today. I will add my voice to the chorus of people that bought an Apple Watch partly with Geocaching in mind. It literally was only one item on a list of justifications for it, but it was the most "fun" reason on that list. I promise to try and set my anger and frustration aside and answer your specific questions. I will be honest and report that I had not noticed the app was gone because it pairs only with the new free Geocaching App, which I hate to use because several of the most critical features still are missing . I still continue to always use the original, classic (PAID!) app on my iPhone. I always understood that the watch did not have a compass. Here is how I used it, and how I would like to use it in future. When I am hiking and gathering a number of caches on foot, I find a cache, log it on my phone, and then set the next destination. Sometimes I need the compass to navigate, but since most of my caching is urban/suburban, the navigation is often simple. All I really need is to know how much distance I need yet to travel. Rather than continuing to check my phone as I walk, it would be perfect if I have the app set to find a cache, that the watch would give me a tap at preset distance(s) from the cache. Off topic, but still important: The most important missing feature of the new Geocaching app for iOS is the simpler and more intuitive interface of the Classic Premium app. Every time I pull out on the map and it shows me a circled "3" instead of three individual hides, I grind my teeth to stifle an angry shout and close the app in frustration.

I'm on a Mac (3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 running most current OS X). I use Safari as my primary browser and Chrome as my secondary. I get the "Your Browser is Not Supported" with both browsers.

I'm having an issue with this. I created some pocket queries and cannot remove them from the pocket query list in my iPhone app. I have deleted the Pocket Query from my desktop browser, but it shows on my iPhone not in the saved section, but in the Search/Pocket Queries window. Some of the queries I created were designed to make a list for a particular day of caching. I really don't need three versions of the query created for March 21.

Apart from my Magellan and my collapsing Fisher space pen, almost nothing is always with me. The items on the list below are usually in a fanny pack in the car when I head out to cache. I do mostly paperless caching, and only take the fanny pack when the walk to the cache is likely to be longer than a quarter mile, or I'm planning to hit more than one cache on the hike. strong LED flashlight my Swiss army knife personal geocoin which I "dip" to log my miles a tiny blank book to make notes sting relief wipes a spare pen a laser pointer an extending antenna-style prod with a magnet on the end a small handful of toy trade goods spare plastic ziplocks in case a cache needs maintenance larger plastic bags for spur of the moment CITO small digital camera a micro cache with log ready to hide if I find an ideal spot (Also, sometimes I bring my eight-year-old daughter, but I don't think that's what the question was getting at.)

Same or related issue here in Minneapolis. I am a free account member, using Macintosh platform for access. Problem occurs when using Safari and also Firefox. I'm surprised to see no comment from Groundspeak staff on this matter here or on the main page.

Why does quality-of-experience have to be spelled out in the rules of a listing site? The community is what drives the hobby and a large segment of the community would like to have a quality hide. Try to separate what the listing site requires and what the community would like. I've always held that the standard would be if you would bring a friend to the cache location what would their reaction be. Would he enjoy the experience or look at you as if you're weird. Basically, that's what you are doing when you are placing a cache--you're bringing a friend along. Perhaps you misread me. I do separate the official rules from the overall goals. However, the official rules are the only benchmark we can use to suggest whether others are playing properly. I like coins and bugs, and I like to move them along. Some like only to discover them, leaving them in the cache. The rules suggest moving them, but they also accomodate a "discover" option. Who is playing the game properly? Both. You make your own choices about such things. I suggest the reason quality-of-experience is not spelled out is because it is not the same for every player. That was my original point on this thread. I like your metaphor about bringing a friend along. But it doesn't necessarily support your point, in my mind. Different friends like different things. But then, most of my friends look at me as if I were wierd sometimes.

Nope. Not missing the point. The idea that the game is intended to bring people to new and exciting locations is not explicitly the goal of the game. It is a bonus, it is desired, yes, but it is not the idea. It's why most players get involved, but not all. For some people it is more about a clever hide, which can be anywhere. For some it is just the exercise and having a goal to meet, making that exercise more rewarding. Personally, I prefer being enticed to "nice" places. But, I do not consider it bad game play to make a thoughtful hide in a mundane, even boring (some might say unpleasant) place. And I also know that "nice" for some is not "nice" for others. Today I made a find in a park-and-ride shelter with my daughter. No view, nothing noteworthy. A boring place, or it would have been without the cache. It was fun. In some ways, perhaps the best of the day, because the owner had stashed several decoys throughout the area. Was that guy playing the game right? Darned right he was. And we had a blast. I read through the whole thread, and I kept coming back to one thing: some here were making claims about what the game is supposed to be, and those claims are not spelled out explicitly or implicitly in the game rules. They are part of the culture of the game, which varies from region to region, I suspect, as well as from player to player. I suspect I might very much enjoy the hides made by those who made such comments. But, hearing those dismissive comments did not inspire me to find more noteworthy locations to hide caches, rather they made me feel as though my own hides were potentially being compared to an unpublished, subjective standard for which I have no benchmark. Having said all that, I really like TrailGators' suggestion to highlight that aspect of the game "Geocaching takes you to amazing places!". It encourages players to strive to make unique and interesting hides, as well as being the kind of marketing copy that puts a positive, fun face on the game.

I've not been involved in this game for too terribly long, but I did just now spend some time refreshing myself with the game rules and guidelines on the official site. Having done so, I want to weigh in on this general topic, even though the thread seems to be trailing off. I think I understand the comments regarding "pointless caches", but I do not see them as anything oher than two somewhat opposing preferences, both of which are competely within the stated rules of the game. If you find you don't like a particular player's hides, then ignore them. If you find an individual hide to be too easy, too hard, too boring or what-have-you, then say so in your log entry, as politely and diplomatically as possible (critique and criticize are not identical terms). Understand that your individual experience and preferences for the game are just that: yours. Share your views within that context. For example: "I'm not much for urban streetcorner hides, and I have to say for me, this one doesn't have what it takes to make it interesting" or conversely, "I generally hate pog containers hidden 100 feet from a city park parking lot, but today was such a beautiful day and I had no idea about the views here. This one is the exception to my personal prejudice against these kinds of hides." Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, in my opinion: When it comes to the impressions given to new players of the game, I think more harm comes when players whine about how others do not play the game the way it ought to be played, than all the boring suburban film cannisters in the world.

It helps immensely, thanks. I'll keep my eyes open for those, as well. I'm mildly disappointed about not being able to add the photo to the database, but the ed-ja-macation you gave makes up for that.

A friend of mine was up in northern Minnesota, near the Canadian border in Voyageur's National Park. On a very small island, between Namakan Island and Twin Alligator Island he founds this mark, but I do not find it in the Groundspeak database of USGS benchmarks. (It is at or near N 48°26'36"N 92°41'49"W) Can anyone identify it? Thanks

Just purely out interest - why?? I have really hidden 80+ even if only 72 of them are currently active. Not sure what you are trying to accomplish. I had the same question about this post. It might be that the author is attempting to prevent people from padding their numbers by planting crappy caches which are archived quickly. I would suggest that no matter what is done, there will be people who pad their numbers somehow. I prefer to play the game up front and as accurately/honestly as possible, but let's face it, there's no prize money at stake or anything even remotely like it. There may, of course, be another reason, but I think allowing honest players (with quality caches that are archived because a new road goes through or what have you) should be able to keep the "hash marks" which indicate their contributions to the game--both current and historical.

So it seems. I tend to think of the size to distinguish what kind of container its in. I prefer when cache listings say things like: Large-sized container, but may not hold large tradegoods, if it is a small vial embedded in a boulder. Personally, I think the description is a guide to finding the darned thing. No matter what guidelines we used to suggest the internal space of a container, it may well be misleading.