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quote:Originally posted by jeff35080:We felt the depression in the soil and dug throught about an inch of sod to find the access cover and the rod was inside the PVC pipe beneath the access cover. I hunted down a marker the other day that was just below the sod. (I could feel it with my knife.) As I was poking at it, the home owner came out raising hell about surveyors digging up his yard. I assurred him I wasn't going to do any digging and left with my trowel before he fetched his shotgun. -- Its from aliens. I seen um. --

Nice tip. I tried it today, but ran into a little problem. Whilst using the distance function, the display shows only the crude 8-point compass bearing. I needed something more accurate. My solution was to project the first waypoint using the precise bearing and a distance of .1 mile. I then created a route between the first waypoint and the projected waypoint. This gave me a line on my map page with the exact bearing. Now I was able to follow your technique by measuring off my distance along the route line. Not quite as simple, but more accurate when needed.

This notion of litter really puzzles me. It's kind of like the proverbial falling tree. If litter (or a cache) is hidden under a rock, is it still litter? I suppose I have the same question about the abandoned property notion. Unless you know to look for the cache, how does one find it to claim it abandoned. This discussion is taking a direction I didn't expect. It appears the cache itself is the undesireable element, not the person hunting it. Seems rather shallow. -- Could lead to dancing. --

quote:Originally posted by Mr. Snazz:Any other park activity involving leaving something behind (with the exception of landscaping activities) would be considered littering. That's stretching the term a little far. Litter is generally regarded as an unsightly accumulation of debris that mars the appearance of the landscape. The object of the game is to find something that is hidden. -- It's from aliens. I seen um. --

I don't get it. I am fairly new to geocaching and I have been visiting the Groundspeak forums for only a couple of weeks. I keep running into discussions about park department policies regarding geocaching, the concern that some parks discourage the activity, and the need to get permission for their placement. Aren't parks (be they metro, state, or federal) established to allow families to get outdoors, take advantage of a variety of recreational opportunities, picnic, hike, throw frisbees, whatever? Why does the fact that I've got a GPSr in my hand make me less welcome? How in the world does geocache hunting differ from any other activity that would otherwise be allowed in the park had the geocache not existed? Most parks that I have visited post a list of very reasonable park rules. As long as the geocache creator follows the rules and places the cache at a location that does not encourage a seeker to violate the rules, what grounds does a park department have to discourage said activity? If they don't want us tramping through the woods, why did they create the park? If they don't want people planting tupperware in a hollow log or under a pile of rocks, post a rule regarding the disturbance of logs and rocks. But be aware that those rules will apply equally to little kids hunting for bugs for their science fair project. I've seen a lot more of the flora disturbed by fishermen and golfers than by anyone hunting a well-hidden cache. My point is, it seems to me that the activities associated with cache hunting are no better or worse than the ambient activities of the general visiting population. Why then is there a need for policies specific to geocaching? "Another steaming pile of good news." - Drew Carey

I have noticed when reading some of the original datasheets for local BMs that many indicate that they contain a bar magnet. If I am near a marker, will a compass isolate its location? I recently visited a marker that had a county witness post; so I knew the marker was probably within a couple of feet. My experience in this county is that they plant the post behind the marker 6 to 24 inches. It appeared that the ground had been disturbed near the marker which resulted in it being covered up. Because the ground is frozen and snow covered, I decided that I'd have to come back in the Spring with a shovel. However, I'd like to limit my digging. Sure, I know I can poke around for it with a coat hanger or screwdriver, but I've been curious about this compass idea for other situations. How close do you think I'd have to be to it to affect a compass needle? -- It's from aliens. I seen um. --

I've been using the 2.11beta since the day it came out. I've exploited all features fairly extensively: long trips, short trips, routing, tracking, on-road, off-road. No problems to report. Oops, I take that back. I had one situation where it popped up a turn warning 50 miles early. I've heard about lockups, but I have never seen it. -- It's from aliens. I seen um. --

From a cache description, I tried using the link for "Find ... nearby placenames". It gave me a long list of placenames near the cache, properly sorted by distance from the cache. However, when I clicked on one of the placename's map links, it took me to a map that was off by 2 or 3 miles. I tried another placename map link and was taken to the same location. When I went back to the placename list, I noticed that all placename map links were identical; i.e., all coordinates were the same. I tried the same experiment from another cache in the same general area and got the same results. Have I stumbled into a bug?

quote:Originally posted by Stunod:You should be able to change the colors in IE by clicking [TOOLS], [iNTERNET OPTIONS], on the GENERAL tab click [ACCESSABILITY]. From there you can ignore the web page color or set the colors to your own style sheet. This would override the appearance of all web pages I visit. I'm just asking that Groundspeak choose fonts or colors that are more distinctive. I'd think that it'd be an easy fix that all users would benefit from.

I've changed the browser settings and it does not affect the Topic text.

Maybe its just my computer, but I find it very difficult to see which forum topics I've already visited. The difference in colors between a topic that has been read vrs one that is unread is very subtle. Only when I tilt the screen down and view it at a severe angle can I distinguish read from unread. Anyone familiar with MSN forums knows that the visual difference between the two is immediately obvious. Its not that I have a bad memory. I just like to know when there have been more contributions to a topic that I have been following.