+Falamazar Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Recently, I contacted Groundspeak through the "Contact Us" link with a couple of suggestions that I think would be beneficial for a future update of the website. The response from Groundspeak was that I should post the suggestions on the forums to see if there would be any interest in them. I suggest adding a specialized icon to the map function to indicate "New" caches. Where the regular icons are square, and the premium icons are round, how about a diamond shaped icon for caches that are listed as "New"? Quote Link to comment
+nsnoekums Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 This is a neat idea I have thought about too. It would be fun to have these new caches show up for a week and then convert to the normal looking cache icon. Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Recently, I contacted Groundspeak through the "Contact Us" link with a couple of suggestions that I think would be beneficial for a future update of the website. The response from Groundspeak was that I should post the suggestions on the forums to see if there would be any interest in them. I suggest adding a specialized icon to the map function to indicate "New" caches. Where the regular icons are square, and the premium icons are round, how about a diamond shaped icon for caches that are listed as "New"? I like that idea a lot. I'm forever browsing over the map, moving around to here and there, planning caching excursions. It would be really helpful to see that "new" icon pop up. Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I suggest adding a specialized icon to the map function to indicate "New" caches. Where the regular icons are square, and the premium icons are round, how about a diamond shaped icon for caches that are listed as "New"? Interesting suggestion. But. Is the 'Diamond' icon new cache an All Members, or a Premium Members Only cache? Quote Link to comment
+hurleyanne Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I suggest adding a specialized icon to the map function to indicate "New" caches. Where the regular icons are square, and the premium icons are round, how about a diamond shaped icon for caches that are listed as "New"? Interesting suggestion. But. Is the 'Diamond' icon new cache an All Members, or a Premium Members Only cache? What if it was oval-shaped for new PMO caches? Kind of similar to how a diamond could be an elongated square.... Quote Link to comment
+GeaugaGarmin Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I also like your idea. How about a triangle? Quote Link to comment
+edscott Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 ..and how "old" is "new" ? Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 ..and how "old" is "new" ? When I go to "List newest in Ontario", caches are marked as "new" that were published 6 days ago. The events that were published longer ago than that have had logs posted to them in the last 6 days. So, I'm guessing Groundspeak considers "new" to be within the last week. B. Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 And I still like this idea of having the "new" caches have a different symbol on the map. B. Quote Link to comment
+Mockingbird559 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I like the idea. They would really stand out on the maps. Thanks for mentioning it. Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Great idea! Quote Link to comment
+alien55 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I like this idea too. It will be interesting to see whether anything comes of it. Quote Link to comment
+Mallah Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 How does it help you plan your excursion? Can't really see any benefit at all as those after FTF will be picking them up on Notifications and running out the minute they are published. Those of us simply going on an excursion just download the caches in the area we want to walk via a PQ - the fact they are less than 6 days old has no bearing on the route? Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 How does it help you plan your excursion? Can't really see any benefit at all as those after FTF will be picking them up on Notifications and running out the minute they are published. Those of us simply going on an excursion just download the caches in the area we want to walk via a PQ - the fact they are less than 6 days old has no bearing on the route? Some people might prefer to go for more recently placed caches because the swag would tend not to have degraded yet, the trackable inventory is probably still correct, the container is likely in decent condition, and the odds of running into another cacher are higher. I'm sure there are other reasons, too, but those are some that came to mind. Quote Link to comment
+thomfre Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I really like this idea! Quote Link to comment
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