+MartyBartfast Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I've just noticed that they've changed the way the Geocaching.com Google Map works, it looks much better than the old mechanism, and seems quicker to update - although that might be 'cos it's the middle of the night and all sane people will have better things to do Quote Link to comment
+Jaz666 Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Yeah, it's one of the many "improvements" that was brought in along with all the rest the other week, which was then removed after too many bit of the site broke. They've also re-introduced the calendar selection on the logging pages. At the moment if you have imperial selected in your profile, you get MM/DD/YYYY, but if you have metric (lets not get into all that again), the date is in UK friendly DD/MM/YYYY I believe Jeremy was asking about date and distance formats at the London event this week, so hopefully they'll come up with a better option for us all. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Love the new google-cache-map, for the simple reason that it works. I had nothing but trouble with the old version! The update makes it much clearer too. Nice to have a big, obvious step forward! (How much do I hate MM/DD/YY dates?) Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Ditto, in fact the update seemed to happen late last evening right when I refreshed the page as I was prepping caches for today! Certainly seemed to load more easily for me. Has anyone else had experience of the map loading and then it taking forever for the cache list to appear? Quote Link to comment
+Von-Horst Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Its gone again! Personaly, I prefer the new map. Here's hoping it sticks next time Quote Link to comment
Alan White Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I can't see any difference.... Quote Link to comment
+The Lavender Hill Mob Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I can't see any difference.... Same here........what's changed? Quote Link to comment
+Bambography Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I must be missing something too!! Whats all the excitment about?? Quote Link to comment
+JeremyR Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 (edited) I must be missing something too!! Whats all the excitment about?? For the second time in about 10 days or so, they brought in a new version and then almost immediately rolled-back on the old version. I quite liked the new one while it was there last night but I guess TPTB were not satisfied for some reason (edited to add link) Edited September 13, 2007 by JeremyR Quote Link to comment
markandlynn Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I have read reports that some parts of the world are getting drop down county list options Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 Has anyone else had experience of the map loading and then it taking forever for the cache list to appear? Yes, happened to me all the time with the old/current version, it was one of the things that really annoyed me about it. The new version that was there last night has been rolled back, but it was streets ahead of the old/current version so here's hoping they bring it back soon.... Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 The new style "Geocaching.com Google Map" is back, hope it stays this time as it's much better. Quote Link to comment
+Bambography Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I much prefer the map however I do miss the named list. Sometimes when i'm looking for a specific cache its easier to zoom the the area and spot it in the list! You are also limited to a maximum search area of 15miles so you have to zoom in until you see the caches. Otherwise this is a HUGE improvement!!! Quote Link to comment
+dino-irl Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 It may not stay....check out the latest post on the Announcements Forum Quote Link to comment
+Vodor and Scorsby Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I miss the cache list on the side, but the map does seem quicker to load and it only crashed on me twice while checking it out. Quote Link to comment
+Bambography Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Just found the small link between the types list and the premium member list that gives a link to a list of the caches within the map area. Quote Link to comment
+Big Wolf Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 (edited) I also see that if you use Internet Explorer Version 7 and you open up 5 caches then you can no longer work out which tab is for which cache as the cache page title has been changed to something like Geocache GCQWERT in United Kingdom called Find this if you can by Irate Cacher..." and so all that is displayed on each tab is Geocache GC... Edited October 9, 2007 by Big Wolf Quote Link to comment
+Sensei TSKC Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I also see that if you use Internet Explorer Version 7 and you open up 5 caches then you can no longer work out which tab is for which cache as the cache page title has been changed to something like Geocache GCQWERT in United Kingdom called Find this if you can by Irate Cacher..." and so all that is displayed on each tab is Geocache GC... Does it not work like Firefox where you hover over the tab with the mouse cursor and the full title appears - as if by magic!? Quote Link to comment
+The Lavender Hill Mob Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hmmm.....needs some work doesn't it! Quote Link to comment
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