RoxieMama

I have been geocaching since Jan 2007. I've enjoyed finding geocaches as well as benchmarks. I have numerous fizzy rounds as well as a triple Jasmer. Those are all fun challenges that make you travel, see the world, and work hard -- sometimes challenging what you may not have thought your body could do. But finding a 20, 30, 50, 70 year old benchmark that no one else has logged on the GC site is definitely more fulfilling than finding a 1/1 LPC. It's a sad day to see that Groundspeak has made this decision. Yes, the benchmarks may only be available primarily in the USA, but geocaching friends who have visited the USA have wanted to find them --- one of their goals as well as finding Jasmer caches. My desire would be to keep benchmarks available on the GC Site. If it's a revenue matter, have a charge for the benchmark portion - $5 - $15/year perhaps. Or maybe premium members free, and non-premium with a charge. Or move them to a new website where all you can log is benchmarks, but keep the database, logs, and photos intact. The Waymarking site is not geared towards benchmarking in the same manner as the current GC site. A number of my geocaching friends who enjoy benchmarking are seriously considering dropping their memberships. That group may not be enough to impact Groundspeak's revenue, but can easily result in negative word of mouth advertising. I hope this decision is reconsidered.

Getting the 500 error on website when attempting to delete a duplicate FOUND IT log for a benchmark.

I thought the problem was a new hardware spam and internet controlling device at work, but I discovered that the problem also exists at home. When looking at google maps for nearby geocaches, I see no hits for the current cache or any other. I've tried different geocaches that I know have just a few or a lot around them. Same issue. See no items on the maps. Very disappointing since I'm trying to plan for geocaching in a couple other states. Hope it gets fixed ASAP. IE 6.0 & 7.0.

I am not receiving emails when I log finds or DNFs to items on My Watchlist. I've emailed the owners about them. They didn't receive the emails either. I do receive emails when others submit logs for items on My Watchlist. This is happening for: - geocaches that were on My Watchlist prior to the upgrade - geocaches that I've added to My Watchlist since the upgrade. - geocaches that were on My Watchlist prior to the upgrade that I've removed from the list and readded before submitting logs.

When I have a geocache page open and try to print it, it only prints portions of the page. Hard to believe that something so simple no longer works.