PantherFam Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 What does the yellow lock icon mean on the map? I wish I could post a screen shot here! Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 What does the yellow lock icon mean on the map? I wish I could post a screen shot here! Which map? There are at least three maps viewable on the site... How are you viewing the site, on a computer? On a phone, which phone which app? Quote Link to comment
+T.D.M.22 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 You mean the yellow lock and lock? The boxes? It's a multi cache. Quote Link to comment
PantherFam Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 I'm using the app on my iphone. It's small and yellow - looks like a lock- but it won't let me click on it Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I'm using the app on my iphone. It's small and yellow - looks like a lock- but it won't let me click on it "The app" there are 'several' apps for the iphone... If you don't tell us WHICH app, how can we help you? Quote Link to comment
PantherFam Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Sorry the geocache.com app by Groundspeak. I paid $9.99 for it. Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) What does the yellow lock icon mean on the map? I wish I could post a screen shot here! Upload it to tinypic.com or to a cache log or TB log or to your profile images, then post the link. Or post some info about how to get the "yellow lock" to be on screen. You may tap most of the icons and info pops up. I have both the Android and iThing Apps, and haven't found a yellow lock yet. Edited September 3, 2014 by kunarion Quote Link to comment
+terratin Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 No idea. I don't have a yellow lock on my map, on iPhone. So nothing happens when you click on it? Does the app work otherwise for you? Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) I'm just wondering if you mean this icon (the one I've circled in red in the screenshot). That's the icon for a Multi Cache. That kind has "stages" (waypoints) that lead to other stages and at some point to the cache container. The yellow "smilie" icons on that map are caches that the cacher has found. Edited September 3, 2014 by kunarion Quote Link to comment
+TriciaG Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I wonder if it's a PMO cache, which is why the OP sees it but those who respond don't. I don't have an iPhone or the official app, so I cannot verify. Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) I wonder if it's a PMO cache, which is why the OP sees it but those who respond don't. I don't have an iPhone or the official app, so I cannot verify. I tested that just now as a non-PM cacher, and when I try to pull up a PMO cache, the App says "No geocaches were found", and there's no PMO cache on the map with the other nearby caches. But if it can show up somehow, it makes sense that the icon would be a "lock". Two things would help a lot in this case. First, a Help Section with a reference to every screen of the Official GC App with all icons defined, and second, me having a better ability to guess what the questions are. Edited September 4, 2014 by kunarion Quote Link to comment
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