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Yes, just to be clear, if you look at the URL above when you get the "404 Error for /newmap.srf” message, it appears something like https://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=... Just remove the "new" so it looks like https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=... Is anyone fixing this error? Should be a trivial change. We get new updates we don't always want with great frequency

Having dug into this a little, the recommended formats for Streetmap are listed here: https://www.streetmap.co.uk/idlinkto.htm I've tried out UK Grid format and that works. The "newmap.srf" or "map.srf" format doesn't seem to be listed there, though as gilliwig says, the latter does work. So my guess is that Streetmap have changed something which has broken the geocaching.com link format. Looking online for random searches, many websites seem to use the "newmap.srf" format, and of course they are all broken. Interestingly, Streetmap's own "Contact Us" link is also broken. Apart from writing to their Milton Keynes address, I'm stumped for the moment (no, not a clue to one of my hides ). The performance also seems very slow recently, so something must be going on there. Hope it survives, The OS maps provided by the Streetmap link are much better than the Google ones.

Is it just me, or is the link to streetmap.co.uk broken? When I open a cache listing, then click on the link for online maps to Streetmap.co.uk, I get the message "404 Error for /newmap.srf " I can open streetmap in a separate tab and enter coordinates and all is well, so it looks like some problem with the link from geocaching.com

Thank you Groundspeak for the new video on the login page which gives away some of the tricks people use to hide caches. Maybe it's just me, but part of the fun is staring for ages at a site with a cleverly camoflaged cache before that sudden great moment of discovery. What next? A page listing the solutions to people's puzzles?

The above website entry got trashed - here is another link which still works: http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1292719242

Correct. The bar fits through the hole in the key and is withdrawn by the servo. It's relocked manually by using the programming buttons. The first setting moves the bar half way across so you can hook the key over, then the next setting closes it completely. The advantage of using padlocks of course is that you can keep a spare key and a record of the combination in case the battery dies or the software crashes. The original author, Mikal, suffered this problem. I see another user on this site (sorry, don't know his name) has used a similar box, though his LCD is smarter than mine!

Like many others, I was inspired by an article on arduiniana.org and just had to have a go myself. This turned out to be a much longer project than I had expected, though that was mainly of my own doing. Basically, I wanted something that (i) had more than one puzzle and (ii) could be completely reprogrammed "in the field" without connecting a PC or any other external terminal. To save writing out everything again, here is a link to my post and any follow-ups on my local (UK) geocaching site: http://www.yorkshiregeocaching.co.uk/index.php/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,94/catid,1/func,view/id,12850/#12912

Is there any intention to add counties to the UK too?