Michaelcycle

"Since the caches along the trail are mostly gone and full of DNF's, and the containers that are still there are mediocre at best, " My bolded=NM and let that run its course My italics=not something I would ask a CO if s/he would archive so I could put my superior cache in place

I think that the OP was trying to infer that the placements were not a good idea from a safety perspective : "What is not so good is there are at least five their caches I know of with no parking available and the roads are busy."

I cannot speak to the situation in Poland (lovely country, reminds me I am delinquent in reporting to the "collecting countries" thread) but finding the name of the property owner has become easier in the many parts of the USA due to the existence of online searchable tax maps. For the OP's location, for example, there is this resource: http://oncorng.co.ontario.ny.us/Html5Viewer/Index.html?configBase=http://oncorng.co.ontario.ny.us/Geocortex/Essentials/REST/sites/oncor_light/viewers/OnCOR_Light/virtualdirectory/Resources/Config/Default

Every year that I participate in and complete the Seagull Century (a "century" is bicycling 100 miles in a day for those not familiar with the term) I am given a unique to that year long sleeve shirt. I cherish all of those, yes, souvenirs. I have no problems with GS calling these bits of digital art "souvenirs" even though they celebrate an accomplishment rather than a visit to a location or event. Like you, I am fond of the location based bits of digital art (although I wish GS would hurry up with the 8 or 10 they still owe me) but I see no need to have a separate category for them.

Unless the issue is not about a cache publication. Then "Geocacher disagreement" might be more appropriate.

Of course they can. But, if (speculation at this point) it is a cache they adopted, why adopt it if you intend to change something as fundamental as the name? I have adopted several caches and I try to keep them as close to the original CO's intent as possible. One of them DID wash away. Since the original intent was no longer reproducible I archived it.

Or leave the cache and place a new one somewhere with the desired name. Out of idle curiosity, why do you want to change the name?

Unless I can figure out a way to fix cleats to the bottom of my feet I'm wearing SIDIs (actually even if I could put cleats on my feet I wouldn't do it, the rigid sole of bike shoes really helps power transfer)

There have been several threads on this over the years. Here is one:

You may want to check out the local geocaching organizations: Maryland Geocaching Society mdgps.org Northern Virginia Geocaching Organization novago.org Both are pretty active.

A premium member from the jump! Even I gave it a little time and effort before I shelled out my first $30.

As I mentioned in my response when I opted out of the new map the deletion of the "search by personal cache note" feature is a major mistake. That is where I note challenges that I qualify for or the things I have yet to do to meet a challenge. It is where I store partial solutions or ideas on mystery caches. It is where I put information I have gleaned from reading prior finders logs. There is no other convenient way to keep this information attached to each cache and I often plan puzzle solving evenings and geocaching trips around this data. As it IS a feature of the old search map why get rid of it???

I do not see a country ID of 1 or 2 on that list.

A container that can be filled with water is occasionally needed (twice in '18 for me) Sometimes more than one tool is needed for the same cache. I had to use a nail file and a pocket knife simultaneously to extract a cache container from its hiding place last week. The write-up, the attributes and prior logs should be scrutinized thoroughly BEFORE setting out on the hunt. If you are trying for an FTF in a "tool" required situation take everything you can think of if the needed item is not apparent from the cache page.

Was this recently? No. Probably eight years ago. Was it this one Harry? https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3K671_pussy-kat-triple-ecks That got a LOT of flack from the local community of geocachers but stayed online until the CO archived it five months after publication because it got muggled.

I have found a few controls placed during WWII but they have been obviously related to the war effort (HV6702 on the grounds of what was, in 1944, a naval amphibious training base is an example) However, I have found the following in this document: https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/web/about_ngs/history/WWII-HISTORY-DOC-5-CGS.pdf "STRATEGIC MAPPING IN THE UNITED STATES In the fall of 1941 the Chief Engineers, U.S. Army, requested the Coast and Geodetic Survey to participate in an extensive mapping program of the Untied States for strategic purposes. In this program the Bureau had two functions to perform: first, the execution of geodetic surveys to provide horizontal and vertical control for the entire project; and second, the actual production of topographic maps in certain areas. Geodetic control surveys were started in northern New York in August 1941 and were continued until May 1944, the last work accomplished being in the Santa Clara and Salinas Valleys, California. They were conducted in the following 22 States: Michigan, Ohio, New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Washington. In these areas the geographic positions of 5,116 triangulation stations were determined, and the elevations of 40,250 bench marks were measured. Topographic surveying operations were begun by the Coast and Geodetic Survey in the vicinity of Georgetown, S.C., in January 1942, and continued until June 1944. Other Federal agencies participating in this part of the work were the Forest Service, Soil Conservation Service, Geological Survey, and the Tennessee Valley Authority."

Searching using the word "night" in the cache title in a 10 mile radius of London I found this: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6A1V6 good luck!

Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area is my favorite urban/suburban place to geocache. There are over 50 mostly high quality Virtual caches within 10 miles of the center of town. There are nearly two hundred mystery caches in the same area AND a webcam. There are lots of bike trails in and around town and there is a good metro system. A lot of the caches bring you to the world class museums and historical sights and to some that are lesser known. ETA: Lots of benchmarks, too, some of historical interest!

This survey does have a box for freeform suggestions regarding "future challenges" and I took advantage of that.

1. The OSM maps are great. We used them to go off the paved roads a few times in Iceland and had no problems. 2. The ECs (we did 8 of them) are often at places that you want to see anyway (Gulfoss, Geysir, Þingvellir)

You haven't done the Original Fizzy have you?

The CHS may need work but I find it very difficult to sympathize with a CO who says this: "With that said, I n response to any Needs Maintenence or most any DNF on my caches... I Archive. This cache now meets all requirements for being needlessly archived." The cache was not NEEDLESSLY archived. I leave it to others to decide WHY is was archived.

Because, as been mentioned several times above and innumerable times in the last couple years, the technology that enabled it to work is a security risk so modern more secure browsers deliberately do not allow it. This is not something that Groundspeak or Garmin decided. It is the decision of browser providers to avoid the consequences of known hackable software. While I do not expect GS to say this, it would not surprise me that the legal staff have come to the conclusion that continuing to offer access to known hackable software put them at some risk. If it were my decision, I would have deprecated this functionality two years ago.

Do you mean a souvenir? There are lots of countries that do not have them yet. After the first release GS has doled them out fitfully, mostly based on the number of geocaches in the country rather than any political consideration.

I cannot let this pass without mentioning that these symbols were introduced by Arthur Conan Doyle, M.D. in his story The Adventure Of The Dancing Men. This first appeared in Collier's in 1903. It contains a nice discussion of frequency analysis by Sherlock Holmes.