kd7edh

November 11, 2006

Suggestion for improvement to geocaching.com - Spell Check I think having a spell check is really needed. There are a couple of nice solutions already out there. Check out http://spelchek.com/ This one is nice because you don't have to redesign your whole site. All you need to do is simply add the button to your page, and tell it which "textarea" item you want the spell check to correct. This could be added to the forums, the caching logs, or anywhere there is a text area that could have people misspelling things.

Well this sounds like a neat idea. You've convinced me. Thanks for the suggestion. :-)

BassoonPilot, I did a quick search, and I am assuming this is the cache you were refering to: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=eda66779-acb9-4506-a09c-b84ab6ba8e67 I have emailed him. Thanks for the suggestion.

I don't mean that the geocache cache itself will move. It will remain stationary in an approved location. Up to this point and only this point will it be a geocache. The location, position, and purpose would be constant. Non changing, and there should be no problem approving it. It would be infact just an ordinary everyday cache in every aspect. What I am proposing is this an object that I could place into ANY exising cachge. For example, I could walk up to cache GCXXXXXX and place this object that says "take up a challenge and find the sister object, for coordinates please see this web site (http://something.com)". The sister object's location would then be recorded on my site and not geocache.com. Does this make sense? Basically I no longer asking about a moving "geocache" because I know far to well that this will never get approved. This would be an extenstion, or it doesn't even have to be. I could even take said object and place it in the middle of no where. There doesn't even have to be a connection with geocaching.com... So what my question is, and really this is only to those who do enjoy the moving cache, is if this would be something that a "moving cache hunter" would be interested in seaking?

quote:Originally posted by Mopar:Probably not, since they would still not be approving the location, and since currently you cant change the coords more then a few hundred feet anyway. The script would have to somehow unapprove the cache, and submit it for approval each time it moved, and the approvers would have to manually update your caches coords. Since the main reason moving caches are no longer allowed is because there is no way to ensure the cache is moved legally each time, how does your script change anything? + _"This is gc.com, love it or leave it "_ The reason is, that the geocaching portion would be stationary. The cache would have a paper with the web address to my log page I have listed above. At this point it is now in the hands of my site and not geocaching. That is why...

Just in case the DNS hasn't propogated to your system, use this link: http://12.209.149.19/geocaching/gc0001

I have a prototype of the logs up. Tell me what you think. http://home.pcgamerscantina.com/geocaching/gc0001

Even better. I have an idea that would fully be allowed by Geocaching.com. I could have the endpoint of the geocache be the stationary geocache, and then that stationary geocache has directions to check online for the next coordinates to the end cache. Then I could write a script program that users who move the cache can then update. That way there would be no maintenance required by me either. Do you think that this would fly with the admins?

georapper, I like that idea. I could setup a permenent cache that then points to another location. And these coordinates could be the ones that get updated. It would be a multi cache then, but at least you could have a non stationary ending...

misterg7, I'm wondering if you are assuming that the 6 captial letters are the coordinates to a geocache? (ex. GC0389) These are actually just an ID assigned by Geocaching.com. The true coordinates you are looking for are longitude, and latitude. As Dinoprophet said, you can click on the link to get the true coordinates.

Are you refering to downloading them from geocaching.com site, or transfering them from easygps to your GPS?

While I still disagree with this decision, I must respect it. That's the way the game is played. Hopefully one day the many "innovative" ideas that I see posted will be realized...

Thank goodness for google.com

quote:"Rolling Blackout" N008BD(you'll just have to find it yourself, I'm sure the link would be censored) I'm just curious what the other cache site is. If you would prefere not to post it, can you email it to me?

Okay, I read and reread the "http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx". I see where not to place caches, but where can I place caches? How can you tell if a certain area is owened by the National Parks? Is BLM area okay for caches? Mapquest just labels areas as "Urban", "Recreational", and "Other". What part of "Recreational" is okay to place caches on? Is national forest area okay?

Sorry about the double posts. It appears that I cannot delete a post. So this is a request to one of the moderators to delete my duplicate post and this post. Thanks

posted October 02, 2003 02:48 PM I understand why temporary caches are generally not permitted, but why are moving caches not permitted? The cache would be permenent in that it doesn't need to be recreated, the only thing temporary would be it's location. Since location can be updated by the cache owner, this would not cause overhead for the admins...

I understand why temporary caches are generally not permitted, but why are moving caches not permitted? The cache would be permenent in that it doesn't need to be recreated, the only thing temporary would be it's location. Since location can be updated by the cache owner, this would not cause overhead for the admins...

Well as you may know this is not a new idea. There are several moving caches out there, and I find them quite fun to find. So I decided to setup my own. Well it got denied because, "caches that have the goal to move, or temporary caches (ex: Caches hidden for events) will not be approved." Well I think they should be approved (and it appears that there are many others who agree with this as well, just do a search for moving caches in the forums). One that I have been after for a while, and is also the one that gave me the idea to create my own is: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=53370 This one seems to be really popular. And as the laws of "Supply and demand" go, I'm asking for a supply to my demand, and the hundreds of other cachers out there who have written... Jeremy, I think to implement these moving caches it would also be beneficial to add a "long/lat moved to" option to these types of caches. That way the person placing the cache in a new location will be able to record without having to have the cache owner update it.

You know it is the oddest thing. I had a dream about setting up this exact type of cache! Weird, eh?

I have a travel bug that I have had for almost a year now. I just can't figure out how I want to release it, or what I want the setup to be, etc...

As a general I turn my WAAS off on my Garmin eTrex Legend, as it just wastes batteries. True it may help you lock a specific location better, which is helpful in placing a cache, but as you are moving through trees and loosing signals, WAAS really slows initial location find greatly.

Yeah, JamesJM emailed me and we discussed it and found the solution is in the GPSBabel beta version. I was using v1.1.0 and the beta is v1.1.1, but it is the beta version that has the Mapsource capabilities. Once I downloaded the beta version it worked fine.

I was reading this thread an noticed that you say you can use GPSBabel to convert a .LOC or .GPX to a Mapsource compatible format. I took an .LOC and converted it out into as many different formats as I could get GPSBabel to convert, and Mapsource didn't seem to recognise any of them. Any suggesiton of what I might be doing wrong?