+Team Balders Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 I read somewhere in this forum about a program that you can run all the time with a broadband connection (or dial-up if you've more money than sense) that alerts you to any new caches. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 (edited) I read somewhere in this forum about a program that you can run all the time with a broadband connection (or dial-up if you've more money than sense) that alerts you to any new caches. Any ideas? Yes it exist and tells you when there is a new cache in the area, I had it on a PC which went ca-put about 2 weeks ago, but cant remember the name of it. Aggggghhhhhhh Milton (aka Moote) Edited October 4, 2005 by moote Quote Link to comment
markandlynn Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Are you talking about the instant notification sevice (in you memebr features folder) as i can see your a premium member ? theres a pq guide on me web site as well now for FTF'ing also theres the /wap service on the main site ???? Quote Link to comment
+Team Balders Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 Are you talking about the instant notification sevice No, I don't think so. I've checked the Instant Notification thing but it looks far too limited. If memory serves correctly, it's a stand along program I'm looking for. Quote Link to comment
+zuke_duke Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 I think 'First to Find' is what you want. Quote Link to comment
+Learned Gerbil Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Are you talking about the instant notification sevice No, I don't think so. I've checked the Instant Notification thing but it looks far too limited. If memory serves correctly, it's a stand along program I'm looking for. So you want something other than an instant email as soon as a cache appears near any place you choose? What is so limited about that? Quote Link to comment
+Team Balders Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 So you want something other than an instant email as soon as a cache appears near any place you choose? What is so limited about that? Perhaps if I RTFM.... However, the previous post was what I was looking for - Thanks Quote Link to comment
lakeuk Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 The script can easily be created/run against the UK page to pickup the first cache that isn't an event and can it run periodically using windows scheduling Quote Link to comment
+Learned Gerbil Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Still not sure what this does that Notifications don't do. Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I think 'First to Find' is what you want. Has anyone actually got this program to work - the URL seems to be unreachable every time I try! I think it could be useful. Quote Link to comment
+davy boy Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Program works fine but i find the mail from gc.com always gets here first before ftf. Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Has anyone actually got this program to work - the URL seems to be unreachable every time I try! I think it could be useful. John I have it working OK, the URL I'm using is taken from a Pocket Query of 500 Caches from my home co-ordinates. it looks like this "http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=8ed42e40-60a9-4ffc-9699-c8800a1d24a5" Go grab one of your's and try it. Milton (aka Moote) Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Belated thanks Milton - I had already done that. However it is now working and I have found that it was my firewall which was blocking it although I thought I had put an exclusion in. I find it most useful as a quick access to the query page. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 There is no doubt in my mind that this is a great programme to have, but only if the FTF notification didn't exist. It appears to me that the GC.com notification does exactly the same. You still have to set both up so that your queries will run. You still have to be a Premium Member for both to run. Unless I am missing something, it's just another programme using up memory that you don't actually need. Quote Link to comment
+Teasel Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 (edited) Unless I am missing something, it's just another programme using up memory that you don't actually need. [/color] Depends how far you're prepared to go to bag a FTF. I believe the GC.com notification is limited to 50 miles around your coordinates, whereas using pocket queries will allow you to cover a wider area in one go. Note, however, that the PC application is against the Groundspeak terms of use. (If everyone used it, it'd be several million extra hits on the server every day!). I presume that Jim's choice of using Pocket Queries rather than, say, the publically available state/country lists, is an attempt to avoid the wrath of GC.com. Edited October 13, 2005 by Teasel Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 The PC application is against the Groundspeak terms of use. I had not appreciated that and may well ditch it! Quote Link to comment
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