Nakedbamboo

Ok, obviously everyone feels the same. I like the whole "It's a different story" aspect. Hadn't thought of it that way. Thanks for your input.

Ok, I found the macro to generate the stats in GSAK, but I can't figure out how people put them in their profiles. The only topic I found on it was in the German speaking forum. Sorry, I can't read German. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Ok, I know there are not really any "rules" about how you log your caches, but what does everyone think about how to log a cache that you couldn't find one day, but found later? Mainly, do you go back and edit your DNF entry and change it to a Found entry even though they may be days or weeks apart? Would this even eliminate DNFs from your history which is what I am getting at? Any thoughts?

Is there any way to limit the geocaches shown in the KML for google? For example I would like it not to display ones that I have already found. Surely this has been asked before, but I couldn't find a topic on it.

Thank you.

I have another question about the datsabase on GC. Am I missing something or can you not bookmark a benchmark like the geocaches to add to a list?

Alright, so this answers my question. At least I know it is actually probably still there instead of a "do not know". I will go verify and go from there. Thanks.

Curious about something I came across where someone logs a find on a benchmark on GC, but they do not log it the NGS people. Would this be something I could do for them, or would you alert Deb to the posting on GC or something? There are perfectly clear pictures of the mark and everything. It looks like they just didn't alert NGS (which I realize is optional, but would provide useful data.) They mark in question is GH0885. I realize it was found way back in 2002, but that would be a useful data point, I would think, to know it is still around. GH0897 was also found "destroyed" which I realize could be questionable even with photos, but might warrant an NGS log. The reason I ask is that these are marked as Monumented in the NGS database with no history after that, and then I go to GC and find that someone found them. I was looking for marks that hadn't been found, so I could have the excitment of being the first.

Is there any difference between the performance of the Pocket PC version and the Palm OS version of Cachemate? Still just trying to find a cheap PDA on ebay.

So does the Cachmate act as the document viewer for the datasheets? Or do I need to get that Documents To Go from Palm?

I would like to start visiting some of these benchmarks, but you obviously need to have the datasheets to find them when you get in the area. I have noticed a lot of people use PDAs to carry these since there is too much info for a GPS to carry. I have never had a PDA so I know nothing about them. Can someone advise on good one for this purpose that isn't too expensive (all I need it for is to download the text to, nothing fancy)? Thanks.

I found a benchmark in Colorado that was not located in the Groundspeak database, so I went and searched the NOAA database and it was not there either. I emailed support and asked them what it could be and received the response that it might be owned by the USGS or a state agency. Benchmarks only show up in the NOAA database if they have ever "leveled" to them. I went to the USGS website and cannot seem to find anything like a benchmark database there. Would anyone know how to find a database on USGS benchmarks or Colorado owned benchmarks?

When I do a search for geocaches that comes up with a list on mulitple pages, I would like to able to select them all to download at once. Is there anyway to do this that I am missing? I am only able to download 1 page at a time with the "Select all" feature. Then I have to go in and edit the .loc files and copy them into one another. Is this maybe a feature for premium members? I still do not understand the difference between .loc and .gpx files that makes .gpx files better. They hold more info, but can my Garmin 60csx display this info? Thanks for the help.