BBosman
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Our tech team discussed the possibility of cleaning up old logs. Unfortunately, the risks associated with altering/scrubbing 560 million logs (not counting trackables) is too high to run any kind of cleanup without some bad consequences: i.e., loss of data, corruption, etc. Therefore we have decided to recommend that users convert their own logs.
I consider showing the raw HTML and UBB corruption as wel, so converting can only improve it.
You could even use a kind of filter on logs pre-dating the switch date to convert them on the fly. This way loss of data is also no longer an issue, as the data in the database doesn't change.
There are good tools available for converting. Example: https://github.com/baynezy/Html2Markdown
And if you do decide not to convert logs, will there be a way to suppress all those "Editted by" messages at the end of my logs when I go back and edit all of them to fix them?
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Still pondering this thread. SSL isn't really needed for every known web site and every page. Are people advocating that the entire internet must respond with SSL (https) for everything???
You can also turn this around. Is there any reason not to use SSL, or even better it's successor TLS?
People often cite performance as a reason not to do it, but with current technology and hardware that's hardly the case anymore. See this site for some quotes, numbers and explanations: https://istlsfastyet.com/
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USDA FS-Snoqualmie Pass Visitor Center
I-90, Exit 52
Snoqualmie Pass, WA 98068
425-434-6111
Pay Station Available - Can purchase up to three NWFP Day Passes with VISA or Master Card.
Thanks for the information. I'll think I'll go for this option, as buying one online and mailing it to the Netherlands is an additional $36.50 in shipping costs.
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We're visiting the US for our holiday and are going to the Block Party and Going Ape events and we'd love to join you on this trip.
How are permits handled? Is one needed to hike this trail?
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I like the overall changes.
One major feature request would be to have a (configurable) option to have the big Log button always submit fieldnotes instead of logs.
I always use fieldnotes as I want to type longer logs when I get back home and the option to use them is currently somewhat hidden away.
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Can't understand why nobody replys on youre call.
I forgot to post here, but I've made arrangements with Simon to pick him up at Amsterdam airport and to go caching in Amsterdam
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Ik heb even gekeken op archive.org.
De Full version staat daar helaas niet, maar de Lite versie is nog wel te downloaden via:
Ik weet niet of je daar wat aan hebt?
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You could try this site: http://www.globalcaching.eu/seek/Bookmarks.aspx
The site is in Dutch (or Italian) but I think rather self explanatory. It searches through public bookmark lists owned by people who have found at least 1 cache in The Netherlands, Belgium or Italy, although it will also find bookmark lists dedicated to other countries as long as those qualifications are met.
Accounts on that site are free but you don't need one to use this feature. It's also an official Groundspeak API licensee.
It won't give you all relevant bookmark list for Europe, but I think it could be a step in the right direction?
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Live, learn and move on; which in this case should be moving back to Google maps.
They explain here why they changed it and why Google maps is no longer an option.
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This is because UV automatically subscribes you to status changes on topics for which you have voted. You would need to adjust your settings in your UV profile in order to change this behavior. I am going though our database doing some prioritization and because those UV topics were linked with out database, notifications of my changes are getting pushed out. I am trying to be conscious of unlinking before I save changes and trigger the email, but since I'm human I frequently neglect to do so. I will endeavor to do better going forward.
but there is no UV anymore
how am i supposed to get to my UV profile when everything directs to the link i posted above http://www.geocaching.com/feedback/
Sorry I wasn't more clear. UV still exists, but we no longer provide user access to it. As a result, you can't change your profile settings there, so I (and other people on the team at Groundspeak) need to be extra careful when editing bugs in our database that are linked to UV to avoid sending out these emails. Unfortunately, since I was prioritizing and tagging scores of bugs this morning, I missed a few.
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maar ze moeten eerst wel de weg vinden naar die pagina, want ik heb nog geen link gevonden, enkel maar door een URL www.geocaching.com/parksandpolice in te typen en deze handleiding...
Hij staat in de footer onder aan elke pagina.
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Can't download the .zip file, it errors with [#10171] You do not have permission to view this attachment. Are only the chosen few allowed to see this document?
Same here.
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If a system like that was put in place people would be able to play "battleship" to determine the exact location of those waypoints. This would make "solving" those very hard Mystery and Multi caches a breeze.
Not that I'm against a system like this, but there is a lot of potential for abuse here.
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There are thousands of caches out there that have the attribute, but where the owner has long since disappeared and the caches are now actively community maintained.
Introducing this system, even with a lot higher window then the mentioned 2 weeks, would kill all of these caches.
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A 'neutral' vote only makes sense if the vote is compulsory. If one "...wouldn't mind this feature, but there are others that I like more", just don't vote to it and vote/posts in the others that better fullfills his preferences.
It would then be in my interest to always vote 'No' on those feature requests, as that would marginally increase the changes of the ones I vote 'Yes' on to be considered to be implemented. A 'neutral' option doesn't solve that entirely, but it would give me the option to be heard without endorsing or down-voting that idea.
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I think a basic yes and no doesn't cover it.
I personally often prefer a third option: "I wouldn't mind this feature, but there are others that I like more".
If there are only yes and no options might slightly increase participation but it will also skew the results.
I'd almost always abstain from voting because of the inability to prioritize features. That was one of the nicer features of UserVoice as you had a limited amount of votes which would give pseudo prioritization.
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Check this one: Baek park. The text i in Dutch, but it's about the layout.
Some caches look better compared to others
I see the issue as well. I think it depends on the cache page. When the descriptions are in HTML the print preview is okay, but when the description is in plain text the line endings get ignored.
Edit: It's also mentioned on the Feedback site here.
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Links boven in het menu op de cachepagina staat de optie "Enable listing", daarmee kun je hem weer activeren.
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nu nog even weten wat het nut is van deze verandering.
maw wat heb ik er aan om te weeten in welke provincie een cache ligt?
Barny
Ik was volgens mij degene die er in de laatste chat sessie om had gevraagd.
De reden dat ik die informatie graag toegevoegd zie/zag worden heeft te maken met Pocket Queries.
Op het ogenblik haal ik heel Nederland 1 keer per week binnen. Door de toevoeging van de provincies heb ik nu ook dagelijkse PQ's lopen voor alleen Noord-Holland, omdat dat het gebied is waar ik het meeste actief ben met cachen.
Nu heb ik dus van mijn thuisregio meer up-to-date informatie bij me als ik op pad ga.
Niet heel kritisch noodzakelijk, maar voor mij wel een wenselijke toevoeging dus.
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Check out http://live.geocaching.com/
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Do you log out of the site at work? Logging out on one location logs you out on all locations. (It's a security feature)if i sign on at home.. then go to work and sign in.. i'll usually have to re-sign in at home.. the websight seems to only let you sign on at 1 computer at a time.... -
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As soon as somebody logs anything you can't delete the account any more. Becacuse what would hapen to those logs? If you delete them a lot of cache and trackable history is lost as well.My pet peeve is when someone takes a good name, finds 30 caches and then bails. Three years ago and you can't have the name because it's taken.
If an account hasn't been validated, you can contact Groundspeak and ask them if you can have that account.What's even worse if they never even find a single cache with the name! Maybe they should have an inactivity rule or something.I also read somewhere that account which have an email set that bounces, are also marked as unvalidated.
But as long as it's a validated account (with a working email address behind it) or it has logs you're out of luck.
Release Notes (Website: New logging page) - April 27, 2017
in Geocaching HQ communications
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I think the ideas behind the new interface are good, but the implementation could use some work.
My issues:
- I logged a cache earlier today after which it correctly told me I received two Souvenirs for it. I liked the way it's shown with the slide in, but my issue is that with each new cache I've logged since it keeps showing those same two souvenirs as being awarded. Looks like a bug to me.
- An option to preview the log would be appreciated.
- The date selector could use a black box around it for consistency and to make it more recognizable as an input field. Same for the "Needs Maintenance".
- Favorite icon should be blue for consistency with the rest of the site.
- I'd rename "Needs Maintenance" to "Report a Problem".
- On my girlfriend's computer and iPad the new logging interface doesn't work at all. It's stuck at a green spinner.
- A Needs Maintenance log of "Other" without option to specify what the "other" is seems useless.
- People not used to Markdown will have trouble adding formatting and smileys.
And maybe others, but that's it for now.