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Welcome from down by Toronto! I assume you're talking about this cache: https://coord.info/GC1QDGN You could log a Needs Maintenance on it, but it already has 5 NM logs. From the looks of the logs, the cache owner doesn't do maintenance on it anyway. Even with the 5 Needs Maintenance logs is has, there has been no owner maintenance. Many of the Found It logs talk about a broken container. If it were me, I'd log a Needs Archived on it - to alert the reviewer to the issues, since the Needs Maintenance logs haven't gotten any response from the CO. I'd post facts in the NA log, such as, "This cache was in a tree that has fallen. The cache listing has 5 unanswered NM logs on it, and many mentions of a broken container. The CO has not responded to these logs. (I don't know how to log a NA or NM using the app. You can log in on the website, go to the above link, and click on Log Geocache, then Write Note, then Report a Problem.)

You're not getting any of the issues here ? Talk locally shows I'm not the only one who's got most of 'em. I can log, but then I have to click on the cache link from the blank log page, and refresh before I get back to the cache page (to see if my log's even there).

Read my irk on the irk thread. I was brought to this thread by another member on that thread who thought it would be helpful. Okay, so I went back however many pages in that thread and found your first post, and yes, it looks pretty much as I surmised. So my advice still stands: contact the CO, explain the situation and ask them about those signatures. Were they intended to be official finds or just a bit of fun for their kids? The easiest way to solve things like this is to talk to those involved.

Sure, but actually the guideline is "Cannot be set up for the sole purpose of finding geocaches." The events are as usual, a meeting of folks to talk about the hobby. They get an "Attended" for the event. What they do afterwards is up to them. I usually wait a day or two, so I'm not "waiting-in-A-line..." to sign logs... We did a scavenger hunt-like event with others, with prizes for time. Takes all day. The event's afterwards. There's one in a state nearby (we attended a couple) that has folks caching in the snow before the event that's held at a pub. One doesn't have to participate in either to get the "attended" for the event itself.

I kinda feel the same. I'm really picky about areas I'll visit. I'd be at that "remote" location. If it was changed to a spot unrecognizable to the area I visited (like in town...) , it'd be a subject of discussion at events. I'm not a numbers person, so my find deleted, and the use of the ignore function would be my first move. - But I feel the Reviewer here might try to talk them out of it, the new location not close to original. Odd, but many locally actually agree on this thinking (which is rare), when this came up last. The CO should really take past finders into consideration. They think they weren't getting much activity before...

I know this thread is 1 1/2 years old, but it's something we talk about on Waymarking. We visit Little Free Libraries all over the place, everywhere we travel. I've found some great reading material in those book exchanges! So yes, they really do get used! We leave fresh books in LFL when we travel (and magazines that are sent to me and I can't get cancelled!). There are stamps you can use that say something along the lines of Not for Sale, donated to a LFL. Visiting these libraries is one of my favorite things to do when I travel. I've really enjoyed browsing the books and leaving something I hope someone else will enjoy. That is so cool! I love the poker chip, too!

I would talk to the reviewer. Although his note talks about "for lack of maintenance", this is obviously boilerplate, and, I would assume, the phrase is not meant to apply specifically to this cache. In a sense, you disabled the cache because you were doing maintenance: you found a problem and were working on fixing it. Whether that was the reviewer's intent of not, it still seems excessively strict to penalize you for disabling the cache instead of archiving it. I'm pretty sure I've been seeing caches unarchived in cases like this regularly, although not frequently. So I have reason to suspect that at least my local reviewer is open to discussion about reviving a cache even though the strict letter of the law says he shouldn't. In my opinion, the rule about not unarchiving a cache is meant to avoid a CO that doesn't maintain his caches from continually letting his caches slip into archival and then pulling them back out at his convenience. I would hope that a CO with a good track record would get a break when the log seems to make a good case for the CO being forgetful rather than irresponsible.

If people are upset if I consider something as cheating, good, bad, etc (insert whatever you wish) I cannot change that. I'm not willing to change my opinion. It is definitely not Groundspeak who make rules for what I regard as whatever. My personal opinion is my opinion and does not contradict the wish for a respectful treatment of one another. Groundspeak is not even a authority on geocaching as a whole and even less on all aspects of life or my opinion. The situation would change if I acted against Groundspeak's rules (for geocaches and the forum) driven by my personal opinions, but that never has been the case. I wonder why you always talk about the guidelines of gc.com when it is pretty clear that what Team Microdot, myself and others have in mind is nothing the guidelines talk about. A last time: What I regard as cheating is not tied to geocaching and even less to a written rule set. An advanced geocaching site is neither something I'd be interested in nor would it change my opinion what I classify as cheating.

If I had never found geocaching.... I would not have met so many wonderful people both here in Australia and on my overseas travels. The friendships I've made are amazing. Also, as a result of this game, I was invited onto Danish Community Radio in Copenhagen for a two hour program to discuss geocaching in Australia. We even had talk back with people phoning in to ask questions. It was a hoot!!!!!

And yet they have repeatedly made business decisions that indicate otherwise. No, many players have repeatedly shown that they are unable or unwilling to take care and maintain cache quality, or cache owners have repeatedly shown that they don't care about their cache's quality. That is not Groundspeak. Please show Goundspeak's business decisions encourage "soggy film pots behind signs" in exchange for profits. Their community communications clearly advocate quality, fun, adventure, respect, community. How that plays out is entirely up to the player. Not Groundspeak. "Their community communications clearly advocate quality, fun, adventure, respect, community." Please explain how their implementation of mobile geocaching apps promotes "quality, fun, adventure, respect, community." I repeat: it's very easy to SAY anything. Their actions - the actual design of the site and the apps - speaks far louder. The touchy-feely email newsletters and blogs are meaningless when they don't even bother getting new users to confirm emails. Yep, my local council talks about how the teams who collect the rubbish and recycling are encouraged to clear up after themselves and put containers back where they found them. It doesn't mean I don't regularly need to complain that they left the place a mess and my recycling box went missing, again. The words talk a good game about how to be a responsible member of the caching community. The actions say something else, letting people with a track record of non-maintenance continue to publish new caches and allowing people to register without ever visiting the site and without ever providing an email address. The words talk of quality, fun, adventure. When so many film pots behind signs are published it's hard to see how the reality ties up with the talk. So when faced with a conflict between words and actions, I'll look at the actions. I'd have a real issue if they started grilling me about the nature of the container and approving/disapproving it based on that. It would add work, add a lot to time to the review process with probably at least one or two back-and-forth communications and would generally tick a lot of folks off. Some containers that are crappy in one place or environment may be the perfect choice in a totally different environment. I suspect Groundspeak is pretty hands-off for this reason. Best they can do is make suggestions and give examples...like they do in various parts of the GC site (for example).

And yet they have repeatedly made business decisions that indicate otherwise. No, many players have repeatedly shown that they are unable or unwilling to take care and maintain cache quality, or cache owners have repeatedly shown that they don't care about their cache's quality. That is not Groundspeak. Please show Goundspeak's business decisions encourage "soggy film pots behind signs" in exchange for profits. Their community communications clearly advocate quality, fun, adventure, respect, community. How that plays out is entirely up to the player. Not Groundspeak. "Their community communications clearly advocate quality, fun, adventure, respect, community." Please explain how their implementation of mobile geocaching apps promotes "quality, fun, adventure, respect, community." I repeat: it's very easy to SAY anything. Their actions - the actual design of the site and the apps - speaks far louder. The touchy-feely email newsletters and blogs are meaningless when they don't even bother getting new users to confirm emails. Yep, my local council talks about how the teams who collect the rubbish and recycling are encouraged to clear up after themselves and put containers back where they found them. It doesn't mean I don't regularly need to complain that they left the place a mess and my recycling box went missing, again. The words talk a good game about how to be a responsible member of the caching community. The actions say something else, letting people with a track record of non-maintenance continue to publish new caches and allowing people to register without ever visiting the site and without ever providing an email address. The words talk of quality, fun, adventure. When so many film pots behind signs are published it's hard to see how the reality ties up with the talk. So when faced with a conflict between words and actions, I'll look at the actions.

Right. We archived an entire series because the area was changing, with very-large trees falling (a couple while we were there), and we felt safety a concern. - Attention not a given with many we've seen for a while now. There's more than a few videos on phones and attention... If I'm busy and folks don't know my phone number (I talk on the phone), it might be a day or better before I get back to them. I think it's really odd that someone would assume that I'd "appreciate" whatever throwdown they'd leave "to help me out". We've never used mediocre containers. Since I'd have to go back to replace the container they left anyway, I'd rather they log a NM and move on... - Though we act on logs, fixing 'em before waiting for a NM. "Log damp" not needing a NM a few weeks later to go fix... Now if they're replacing 30/50cals with 81mm mortar boxes, I've still got half a pallet for trade.

I have a cute "getting permission" story to share. We wanted to do a simple light pole cache (a match stick cache we bought on geocache.com). The parking lot it was standing in was a quaint minimall. We asked one of the store owners who owned the parking lot and explained why. He knew about geocaching and was very helpful, gave us the name & number of the owner and also said he would talk to him. We called the owner, explained what geocaching was, and asked if we could leave a "cache" under his light post. It was fine with him and then asked us...who keeps the "cash" people leave behind. lol

Moderators rarely start forum topics, but I hope the community can indulge me this soapbox to mark the occasion of my 20,000th forum post. Here is a collection of things I wanted to discuss. 20,000 Posts is quite a posting power trail. Why, and do you have a life? Those posts accumulated over 16 years. I've been a moderator since the very first day when the forums had volunteer moderators. Those posts are a combination of steering discussion participants towards following the forum guidelines, explaining the cache hiding guidelines and process, and helping people (especially newcomers) by answering questions about how geocaching works. I like that last part the most. I enjoy helping people and, like all who read this, I love reading and talking about geocaching. How are the forums now, versus 2003? When I first became a moderator, the forums were like the wild wild west. It was super busy and super chaotic, 24/7. New flame wars lit up every week. In part, that was because there were no moderators from 2000 to 2003. Jeremy Irish did a lot of the explaining and moderating. His style was blunt and direct, and that tended to stir up the beehive. Also, we didn't have the tools back then to moderate effectively, like permanently locking threads, efficiently stopping spammers, and suspending posting rights when appropriate. Finally, Geocaching HQ has improved greatly since then, with a supportive staff that helps head off problems in the community and to ensure consistency in application of the site terms of use, cache hiding guidelines, and forum guidelines. That wild west label applied in 2003 to site volunteers, too - myself included. My ego thought I owned this place. I didn't. Today, we can go for hours with few or no forum posts, and flame wars are pretty rare. One reason for the drop in traffic is the popularity of social media. Geocachers love to talk about geocaching, and now there are many ways to do that which didn't exist in 2003: Facebook, twitter, blogs, vlogs, etc. This is a good thing. So, how are the forums still relevant? Heading into 2020, in my opinion the two highest and best uses where the Geocaching Forums stand out are (1) helping newcomers and others with questions, and (2) announcing and explaining website features, changes and promotions. Newcomers often find the forums first, and they tend to receive more complete, accurate answers than in other channels. Site features are best discussed here and in other Geocaching HQ social media - announcements can't be posted to hundreds of local Facebook groups. I know that a lot of people read here, but don't post - they link to discussions and carry the news to their local community by posting elsewhere. If that's you, thank you for doing that, and please consider joining the discussions here. How can the forums be better? Be kind to others, especially newcomers. It may be the 132nd thread you've read, asking how it's possible to find hundreds of geocaches in a single day, but the person asking doesn't know that. Don't scare them off. Be nice to veterans, too - it is boring when everyone agrees with you, so keep an open mind when someone expresses an opinion which differs from yours. Finally, stay on topic and keep your posts relevant. Not every remark requires a reply. One of the best features of the forums is that there's an easily searchable, permanent database of answers about geocaching. Don't clog up the search results unnecessarily. Thank you for reading this, and for affording me the privilege of serving the geocaching community as a volunteer forum moderator. It's an honor and a pleasure.

Old topic but it is coming around again. There is again talk of barring anyone that doesn't have a hunting license from hiking on PA Gamelands. Applies year round regardless of hunting seasons.

Hi all, This is a little bit rant and a little bit call for help to see if anyone has any suggestions on improving iPhone compatibility. I developed my first cartridge in Earwigo. I had some problems initially with Garmin devices, but they were somewhat consistent and I was able to iron them out. iPhone players had tons of problems, though. I had 6 zones where a user could "Dig" with a shovel object, which, after 1-3 digging attempts would make an item appear in that zone. For iPhone users items wouldn't appear after digging, but they would get the message indicating they had already completed digging there. If they closed and restarted the cartridge, it would show up, but then a timed event would always fire causing their Flashlight item's Batteries to die, an event that should only trigger if the flashlight was left on for more than a specified time. I did a complete re-write of that section and it helped, but only slightly. Then, I imported it into Urwigo and rewrote all of the offending sections from scratch, using only Urwigo-implemented commands and no custom Lua code. It helped a little, but now gives messages about items turning up in the wrong zone. This is odd, because all of these dialogs have IF Zone X CONTAINS Player statements that should only make a dialog appear in a specific zone, and the zones are not at all close enough for the device to be confused about location. For my second cartridge, I wrote it from start to finish in Urwigo. It tests completely fine on Emulator, Android, and Garmin Oregon 450, and the iPhone we tested with. The FTF players had an iPhone4S and played through fine. STF was an Android, and had a crash at the end of the cartridge (not sure yet if cartridge/app/or phone crash) but was otherwise able to play through fine. Then, other players with different iOS devices, iPad 2, iPod touch with external GPS, and another iPhone (unsure of version) had issues. The first two go to the third zone where you have to talk to a character to continue, but hitting the 'Talk' command just took them back to the main cartridge screen, not even back to the character. The other person got stuck on 'Take'ing a ladder item. You see the ladder before you can take it, and after you talk to a character the first time, a hidden True/False variable is set to true indicating the player can take the ladder. Later, you have to use the ladder but remember to take it again. Now, the ONLY time this variable is touched is the first time you talk to the character, but somehow, either the variable was changed, or the IF condition to take the ladder was not evaluating properly and he was getting the dialog box if you try to take the ladder before you talked to the character. This doesn't make any sense as this should never, ever happen if you can take the ladder the first time (which he did.) I added an OnExit command for that zone to reset the variable to true there and hopefully that will work for him, but it makes no sense at all. I'm working on splitting up some commands with a lot of IF/ELSE conditions into more item commands by moving what was in an IF condition into its own command and activating/deactivating commands instead, but I'm concerned it will be a lot of work for naught, plus I have no idea why the ladder thing occurred. Any tips or suggestions? Thanks, George

I noticed that too. Requiring the event to last 2 hours implies that HQ feels these are elaborate, special events with a lot going on. This seems to conflict with the 20200 number, which implies the exact opposite (widespread, common events). While officially these events will be listed as being 2 hours or longer, the reality is that many will end up being shorter, especially after cachers have attended a dozen of them already. We'll thus have totally expected conflicts as follows: ...10 CC events are held in an area... The 11th CC event in the area is held, with a listed event length of 2 hours 30 minutes into the event, everyone realizes there really isn't much more to talk about since the CC event last month (and the organizer couldn't think up many activities that haven't already been done at the other 10 events). The attendees gradually leave until only the organizer remains. 1 hour into the event, the organizer gets tired of sitting there doing nothing, so they leave. 1.5 hours into the event, another cacher arrives. Not seeing anyone else there, they log that they attended and leave. The organizer, having not seen the above cacher at the event, deletes what they see as a bogus log. Drama ensues. Sure, that might not happen. I bet it does, though.

This was posted to the OSM list. Please track these users down - their is a link for the whole list - check if your name is on it? I see besem is on the most wanted list - I am guessing it is the same besem we know from geocaching. I have already sent him a pm but if you are in contact with him ask him to check out his OSM profile (if it is the same besem!) Thanks trev Talk-ZA, It hasn't been discussed here, but as some of you know OpenStreetMap is changing from the CC BY-SA license to the Open Database License (ODbL) starting on Sunday. Contributors who signed up before 12th May 2010 need to agree otherwise the project will be unable to use their contributors and their contributions will be removed from the map next week. Contributors who signed after 12th May 2010 have already agreed while signing up. ;-) South Africa has very good acceptance rates of over 98% for the map data. BUT! We need to track down the last few users and ask them to Agree to the new license by logging-in and clicking agree (or decline if they wish). Please help track down: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Jan%20de%20Jager - Jan de Jager - Johannesburg http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/EDWARD%20J - Northern Suburbs in Cape Town http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Carel%20Olivier - Port Elizabeth http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Gawie - Small bits all over SA http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/bhonermann - JHB http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/kevnewman - JHB http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/PhilipK (Case Sensitive username) - JHB http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/besem - Pretoria The full list: http://odbl.poole.ch/south_africa_and_lesotho-20120213-20120328-poly.html ** Please check the list if you have multiple accounts ** If the user's email address has changed and they are unable to login/reset password please ask them to email webmaster@openstreetmap.org with details and we'll get it fixed up ASAP. At the moment we'd lose a few areas in north Cape Town and south Johannesburg / Soweto. See: http://tools.geofabrik.de/osmi/?view=wtfe&lon=25.06787&lat=-28.39720&zoom=6 Regards Grant _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za

Well, that and the Court ordred Gag order, in place untill the trial is over prevents it anyway. That trial is both a circus and a nightmare, and I must admit that I -- who does not normally watch much TV -- am glued to the TV set almost every day, watching that progress of that federal trial on the cable channel. I cannot say any more here at this time, because I too was named in the gag order issued by the courts. i heard that PLATINUM MEMBERS are allowed to talk to the press about the trial. the down side is that they can only talk to Star Jones. Titanium Members get to talk to Geraldo. But the Black members don't have to talk to anyone if they don't want to. And it they do want to talk, they can talk to anyone they choose. My fantasy does not include Keystone, but I'd like to 'talk' to Brooke Burke.

The issue to me is not whether or not it matters to you; I don't care about that. What puzzles me is why it is so important that to you everyone else knows and admires your stats. The FTF game would be great if people kept track for themselves; it would even be fine if there was a group that competed with each other in a private forum. It's the excessive bragging and taunting about stats in the logs for the caches and main geocaching forum that I find so obnoxious. Actually, let me re-phrase that: the bragging and taunting are obnoxious in cache logs; here in the forums they are mostly embarrassingly pitiable. The OP asked a question, quite frankly the response "who cares" I find ignorant and the comment "Just because others do doesn't mean it matters" I find very self centered. Some people are very competitive and that should be OK and just because you or others do not care about something I find putting those that do down obnoxious. What puzzles me is the need to reply to someones question with "who cares"! While the OP has every right to start threads like this one (barring word from Groundspeak to the contrary), the reaction you are seeing is not so much because of the obvious question, but because those of us that have been around for a while have learned that the OP will use any pretense to call attention to his FTF count, and some have grown weary of what they see as poorly camouflaged boasting. Regardless of who the OP is or what he has done both "who cares" and "Just because others do doesn't mean it matters" are insulting to not just the OP, but to others that may see the FTF game as a competition. You guys are calling out the OP but some are behaving much much worse, just my 2¢. On a side note, you'd better throw in your 2¢ worth soon as up here in Canada we won't have then around much longer. That's my quote. It doesn't matter. Not to me at least, and since this is a public forum, I'm entitled to post my opinion. So are you. So are tons of other people. I'm sorry you don't agree with my opinion. I stand by the opinion that it doesn't matter. If we're going to talk about what's insulting, let's talk about CO's who put out garbage containers in garbage locations and then leave them there: as garbage. Or we can talk about folks who show up in the forums and ask for a discussion, then throw a fit when an opinion that's different from theirs shows up for the party. Or we can talk about the people who drive like maniacs for a FTF, putting people in danger with their horrible road antics seeming inability to pay attention to anything but the film can that's so important. Shall I continue?

Wherigo's zones have static positions. This is usually fine because most zones are tied to specific geographic areas. However, there are times when zones and characters need to be on the move. Almost all the examples I can think about involve catching something: Cops and Robbers - A robber is in his getaway vehicle. You have to catch the vehicle before the robbers get away. Indiana Jones - Remember that scene with the boulder? You're on the trail (you must keep on the trail or you lose) and a boulder comes after you. FTF competition - Someone is already on his/her way to a cache. You have to get to the cache before that other person. While you can use a timer on this, it's fun to see where the other person is, talk with him/her at any time, and affect that person's progress. Metal Gear - A game famous for its protagonist sneaking around guards and infiltration missions. You need to have your enemies moving around for the player to know when to time his/her action--and you don't know when the player will move or how many repetitions it will take. Finding Someone - You might need to find someone walking around a busy park. I have been thinking about this for a while: how can I make some zones imitate real life? I wanted to create a class and structure that would enable anyone to copy my code without knowing how it works and use it in their cartridge. You'd still have to know a little code in order to kick it off, but you most assuredly wouldn't have to know how it works. I have created a first version of what I call the ZoneMover class. Yes, it's as close to OOP lua as I can get, though you have to use a factory method to create an instance. Once copied into a cartridge, all you have to do to get your zone moving is to add something like the following code to your cartridge: --Array of ZoneMovers, if you want more than one going: zoneMovers = { nil } --A list of coordinates to move the zone: pointsToMove = { CreateZMPoint(ZonePoint(36.07674,-79.80593), 1, 1), CreateZMPoint(ZonePoint(36.07670,-79.80473), 10, 1), CreateZMPoint(ZonePoint(36.07764,-79.80464), 10, 1), CreateZMPoint(ZonePoint(36.07751,-79.80224), 20, 1), CreateZMPoint(ZonePoint(36.07408,-79.80254), 10, 1) } --Create the ZoneMover: zoneMovers[0] = CreateZoneMover(zoneMyZone, pointsToMove) --Run it: zoneMovers[0]:Run() The first section creates an array. I added that to this example just to mention you can have an array of ZoneMovers at your beck and call. As many as you want, running for your entertainment. The second section creates an array of ZMPoint objects (Zone Mover Points). This tells the ZoneMover how and where to move the zone. The arguments are as follows: a ZonePoint for the zone's final location, the number of seconds it will take to move the zone to that location, and the number of seconds the ZoneMover should pause before starting to move the zone to the next location. I'm using a shortcut in lua to make an array of ZMPoint objects. You'll also notice I'm using a method call to create the actual ZMPoint object. This is due to how objects have to be created; I'm saving you some steps by having a factory method like this. The third section of the above code shows you how to instantiate a ZoneMover class. Just as with the ZMPoint object, I'm using a method to create the ZoneMover object. The first argument is the zone I want moved and the other is the array of ZMPoints. The final section tells the ZoneMover to start moving the zone. It's possible to pause and resume the ZoneMover at any time. You can also attach events to each ZMPoint so something could happen when the ZoneMover finishes moving the zone to that point. There's even an event you can have executed when the ZoneMover finishes its work. For instance: zoneMovers[0].ZMPoints[4].OnComplete = function() Wherigo.MessageBox{Text=[[I am halfway there!]],} end zoneMovers[0].OnComplete = function() Wherigo.MessageBox{Text=[[Done!]],} end The ZoneMover and Oregons You'll see a problem if you have a ZoneMover active on an Oregon and your player wants to talk to an NPC. The cartridge will slow to a crawl. Because of this, I don't advise using the ZoneMover if your player will be interacting with characters. You can pause the ZoneMover before the player interacts with a character and it should be fine, though. Giving the ZoneMover New Coordinates Once the ZoneMover has been in operation, I've had odd problems with reissuing it a new array of ZMPoints. I have not had time to look into this. The same goes for a problem when telling the ZoneMover to reverse course after it completes all its moves. Implemented Version I implemented the ZoneMover in the cartridge Sadie's BiG Adventure. I open-sourced it so anyone can see the final version. The attachment There are lots of goodies inside the zip file: you'll find lua code, documentation, versions, a demo, and a Windows application I made. All this was created towards the beginning of February, so I don't know what all else is in there (in fact, I wrote the above post on Feb. 3rd and have been waiting to post it). The GeoJones lua script is a demo. You can run and play around with it. The MS Word document and the versions directory show you how I came up with all this. The document was made as I was creating the ZoneMover and explains what I was trying to do in each version and what I was thinking. I did not clean it up. There's good news for those of you thinking, "Geez, that's a lot of typing if I'm going to get a zone to move to a hundred places!" I'm just as lazy as you. That's why I created a ZoneMover Tracklog program. Load your tracklog into MapSource and copy that table of points into MS Excel and save the file. Run this application and click the button (it's your only choice). It will ask for the MS Excel sheet and it will output some lua code to a file. After that, just copy and paste it into your cartridge. I didn't localize the program, so I don't know how it will work for other date formats. Contributions Anyone is welcome to contribute. Currently, I have other projects that need my attention (and geocache logs to write), so I won't be able to come out with updates to requested features or reported bugs for a little while. ZoneMover.zip

Actually, yes they do. I was asked by the BLM to Archive 3 of my EC's due to concerns regarding foot traffic to geologically sensitive areas (I was allowed to keep three others in less sensitive areas). These were EC's I had permission to place by the previous Resource Ranger, but was subsequently revoked due to impact concerns. It's there land to manage, so I grudgingly complied (courteously of course). My original point is that the EC Reviewers were merely complying with stated polices that are readily available in links I provided. If you have a problem with the policy, talk with the Land Manager to change it. There's nothing in their public facing document that addresses EC's or Virtual caches, so I can't blame the local and EC Reviewers of taking the default position that regulates physical caches. In other words, I would not presume. But as barefootjeff stated, maybe I'm just misunderstanding the situation.

This is not an announcement of a fix. This is just about what I believe is the cause. In technical terms, Groundspeak discontinued their WCF service earlier this year, replacing it with a REST API. Developers had a year's advance notice to update their applications. In non-technical terms, Groundspeak updated the way applications talk to their services; the Wherigo application, which is not maintained directly by Groundspeak, was not updated. When using the app, I've always just downloaded cartridges via a browser instead of directly through the app. I can also download them from the WF site or through my NAS (think like Dropbox or Google Drive, but with about 36TB currently at my control and room to double it). Either spstanley will update the app or the entire Wherigo developer community will wait to see if Groundspeak wants us to do anything with Wherigo.

Another thing to consider, winter sun in snowy areas has almost twice the UV as snow reflects almost 95% (talk to some mountaineer's that have gotten sunburn on the roof of the mouth from panting on a snow/glacier climb or up the nostrils).

That's a definite "maybe"! Anyway, if it's a general question about possibilities, I can tell you that I tried setting the Waze and Geocaching Apps in split screen on my Samsung tablet, and it looks about right! I don't know which modern "tablets" have split screen. This is a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2. It actually is more promising than I expected. I first set up Waze as the default navigation App. Next, with both Apps running, I used Geocaching to select Navigate by car to a cache, and Waze picked up the route in its own screen! So the Apps talk to each other and get along. There's a funky landscape view going on, but I'm guessing I can get them both in portrait side-by-side by holding the tablet just right and starting the Apps with care. But I didn't fully test this setup. I don't have a great spot to mount a tablet in my car for navigation. I barely have a spot for a phone. And I don't mess with "Apps" while I'm driving, so having two Apps to mess with while I'm driving is out of the question. With someone else navigating, "split screen" would be overkill because people can switch between running Apps. So there's a very particular niche where this could even apply. I didn't test how well both Apps get along with using the compass simultaneously. It's a whole new ballgame. But initial tests seem... OK!