avalanchewolf

There are plenty of apps in the market until the guys a GS can work out the bugs. Would i like a all in one app, absolutely . But until then the 3 I am using seem to works well. Suppose they are alright to name since they are named in previous posts. Currently using .... [reference to unauthorized application removed by moderator.] GPS status for radar Geobeagle and of course google maps. I do wish there was a all in one program because I end up with lot of program crashes switching all the time, but even then I have been able to post 1 cache and find 14 in the past 2 days of hunting. keep up the work guys, know you are working hard for it and the HTC usrs out here appreciate it !!

Well I think this time we are done. We have archived another location and we are disbanding the cache. We know a person that does geocaching and will give him the vesel that we were using that was from a cache that was destroyed and we tried to give it new life. Maybe the container was just cursed never to be a cache. I made peace with the reviewer and I am leaving the topic to die. Will have to say will take awhile to get back into hunting and I dont have any intentions on trying to place again for sure. Thanks all once again that gave me input that was used to find this last placement just once again didnt work out.

Yup that is the cache that the reviewer is reporting it is too close. We did give up on the last location and moved it about 3 miles away and are still having problems. We cant find all the locations of the multi cache because it has been disabled as of 2 weeks ago and has not had any activity since Oct. of 2006. The starting point to this multi is 0.33 miles away ( direct line , not a walking path ) The next nearest cache to our placement is .20miles away.

They find it they get FTF picture for the scrapbook. But then a jacket usally is placed on the ground in which I empty the contents on to and they get the option for the swag swap. We have found quite a few but nothing so far even remotley adult in nature , 99% of the time it is usally toys or such anyways. Being 8,6 and 4 i dont think they will be hunting alone anytime soon and if you say geocaching to the 4 y/o she wont understand that anyways. She will confindently tell you it is not geocaching , it is treasure hunting

I know when posting a cache placement you can change the option to allow the format that google earth uses but until i found that out confused the heck out of me. also i found it easier to add a waypoint on the location i was trying to see and then editing the properties to see the coords that way.

I enjoy speading the disease to all i come in contact with ! what can i say , anything that can get 3 kids away from video games and cartoons into the outdoors without a leach even if it is just a few blocks away is a great thing in my book !

I usally cache with the kids i tow so we pack light as I will end up carrying it all afte about 4 minutes. GPS on the belt Laptop with internet card i(left in the truck) to get us around the streets Xtra batteries in the truck X2 3 bottles of water Army on the belt first aid kit Cell phone 2Pens ( in first aid kit ) And swap swag which is usally left up to the kids but if they take they have to leave.

Well if we ever get ours published these are a great idea. Going to head to starbucks and get a gift card so the FTF can warm up with some good ( well bad for you but tastes good ) stuff and a cert. Thanks for the ideas guys and gals !

Wow those are all great cacheing vessles ! Something to thing about when making a cache for sure ! Great jo all , even the kids ! OMG to the huge one ! I can only idmagine all the goodies in there !

First of all I thank you all for you input and advise. It did not fall apon deaf ears and was well put to use. The past 2 days I have been researching areas for a new placement and after making sure we had a perfect area we invited some friends that had never been out but own a much fancier GPS than ours headed out once again with the guidelines, 2 GPS , Laptop (internet enabled) and google earth to place the cache. We made sure there were no caches within 0.20 to make sure we were doubled the placement range and double checked this against google earth with the geocache LMK file enabled and making sure both GPS were showing the same coords. We posted the cache and after enabling it checked once again nearby caches using the FIND all nearby caches link as below : http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.asp...lon=-121.247514 And off we went to find the nearby caches. Well no luck in finding some of them but our friends were able to find a few which seems like the may be hooked for sure ! Tonight though before heading to bed I check to see if the listing has been approved yet. The wife said she hadnt seen that shade of red before but it was quite vibrant. I was given the same copy and paste response as the 2 other times before except this time with false reasons which explained the shades of red flashing across my face. It read the same exactly before with a differant problem cache that : Now some belived it was my noobness before but and true it partialy was but this time , I can not see I am in the wrong here. What more can a person honestly do when checking 2 differant GPS units and google earth and the Geocaching website. The response followed : Yes I belive I was a bit harsh in my rebutle but with good cause. But rest assured I have not given up and will get this cache placed even if I will need help from Groundspeak it self. As always your advise is greatly appericated.

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How was I not following the guidelines ?? Yes the first time it was too close to another cache . I openly admitted that. Then I went back out and moved it. I checked all caches within a mile to no closer than 528 ft and that the DME showed all caches on two of which were close but were all .10 miles away one of which is a mirco and you need tweezers ( by the word of who placed it ) to retrieve it. I completely understand the staturation guidelines but these are really not that close. But i feel left in the cold when standing at one of the nearby caches I can pull up 2 other caches with 350 ft of it but those seemed to get posted without problems and on top of the to get to the other 2 caches you have to climb through a hole in a chain linked fence that says stay out and is within 50 ft of the freeway with no protection from the traffic. While these caches were not disputed with placing ours , still While others have broken the guidelines and risked others saftey in placing caches ,those that are following them are told no. If having your son read the guidelines , work the GPS to confirm it now conforms to the guidelines and then measuring the distance with a DME equpiment from point to point. Well then I guess I am not the right person to teach them how to play by the rules. On the images you will see 002 as the first placement which was too close. The end point is the place we were told was still too close. Just would help if reviewers took more time to review cache details like this and not just punch in coords with DME and see the stright line was under the messurement. The only time this system would work in in a flat open field and over time that field wouldnt be much to look at after Like I said I removed the cache and asked the reviewer to delete the listing. Maybe one day we will move to an area/city where geocaching is not so popular and we wont have these problems , until then we still had the family experiance of building the cache and trying to place it.

I will I guess to the right thing and remove the cache We did use the nearest feautre on our GPS , we even used a measurement wheel to make sure the distances are right. And we also used the google earth feature as well. Yes this area where we live is staturated with Caches , just within 5 miles of our house ( zip 95610 ) There are 398 caches !!! Within 10 miles that jumps to a stagering 1076 caches !!! 20 Miles 1757 caches. If a responsible person trying to contribute to the game and not just take , is supposed to have it within a good distance to keep it maintianed how is one even supposed to get a cached placed with stats like this. I am going out there now to remove the cache. I thank you for your comments and views.

Our family has been trying to place our first cache which is a pretty decent sized one at that and visited a park to place it. We spent a few hours finding the perfect spot only to find out it was 68ft from another cache. Well with a red face we went back out today with all the caches within one mile to the one that was so close to and spent easily 2 - 3 hours making absolute sure that any other caches were on the green side of being able to place a cache in this park. This evening we got a response back from the Coordinator of our area telling us once again that it is too close to the same cache as before even though we phsyical were out there the whole family of 5 including the 3 young childern to make sure we were playing by the rules. Stating that Caches should not be placed within 0.1 mile (528 feet) of existing caches, unless there is some sort of natural barrier between the two locations. and to continue ours was : Your cache is only 514 feet from this cache: (visit link) THey were not out there , they did not put all this work into it only to tell their kids once again it needed to be moved. On top of this the paths in this park are winding and it is not a stright and direct shot to the cache in question. Below I have posted my final response to the reviewer but hopefully this will give a wake up to the reviews out there, it doesnt have to be this hard . Before we were 68 ft and I completly understand it being so close and it being needed to move but to swable of 14 ft for someone that is placing their first cache as a family really takes every ounce of fun that this hobby has completly out of it. Thanks for those that listened to my ranting I am jsut so upset with this entire deal that it is making me sick to my stomache to wonder all night if we have to go out and remove this cache again and having to explain the kids once again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am sorry I just dont see why this has to be so hard and is honestly taking all of the fun out of doing this at all. At the Point I was standing at where I placed our cache from ther where I marked finding the cache that you are stating ( ****** )was EXACTLY .10 Miles away ( 531 Feet ) The Other cache that was close ( ***** ) is exactly .10 miles away or (533 Feet) We spent almost 2 hours , our entire family of 5 , wife myself , 8 y.o son , 6 y.o. son , 4 y.o. daughter finding a new place for this cache measuring the distance from all the other near by caches to make sure we were within the rules and playing fair. This other caches youare saying is too close is at a fast pace takes 7-8 mins walking on the trails and not cutting though the brush. There is NO WAY these caches are going to be mistaken for these even if the person is WAAAY off. Per you link to Guidelines for geocaches : This is an arbitrary distance and is just a GUIDELINE, but the ultimate goal is to reduce the number of caches hidden in a particular area and to reduce confusion that might otherwise result when one cache is found while looking for another. Honestly if we have to move this cache again after the hours we have put into this we will just remove it and not place it again as the first time I can understand it being so close but this is in a remote location not interfering with other caches and honestly nitpicking over 14 ft even though we our selves were out there messuring this distance while you were not just blows my mind. Let us know if you will enable it , if not I will go out there tomorrow to remove it and dispose of it.