how do I track miles with a tb?

[+AKACRider]

Ok, so I never really caresd too much about milage, but i figured id, give it a shot, im not completely blind to tbs, ive just never kept one myself. One of the people that I cache with does it with a travel bug, the thing is, he always logs its visit from home, after the fact. I am always a feild logger. Since Groundspeak has your home location recorded, could I log it in the feild and still get a good count? Any advice from the folks who have done this?

[+Panther&Pine]

I just do cache to cache, but some people do cache, to nearest home cache, to cache to reflect your actual miles.

As long as you log in order, it doesn't matter if you log in the field or at a computer.My personal trackable as an example of how I track my miles.

Edited December 15, 2014 by Panther&Pine

[Pup Patrol]

Ok, so I never really caresd too much about milage, but i figured id, give it a shot, im not completely blind to tbs, ive just never kept one myself. One of the people that I cache with does it with a travel bug, the thing is, he always logs its visit from home, after the fact. I am always a feild logger. Since Groundspeak has your home location recorded, could I log it in the feild and still get a good count? Any advice from the folks who have done this?

 

Log it as "visit" log for the tb for each cache you find.

 

You have to do that through the cache page. Once you've logged that cache, you can then log the "visit" for the trackable.

 

 

B.

Edited December 15, 2014 by Pup Patrol

[+Panther&Pine]

Oh, and if you want to go back and track the miles you've already done you can just edit the log and do a visit.

[+Bear and Ragged]

Oh, and if you want to go back and track the miles you've already done you can just edit the log and do a visit.

 

And GSAK has a Macro to do that!

[+NeverSummer]

Ok, so I never really caresd too much about milage, but i figured id, give it a shot, im not completely blind to tbs, ive just never kept one myself. One of the people that I cache with does it with a travel bug, the thing is, he always logs its visit from home, after the fact. I am always a feild logger. Since Groundspeak has your home location recorded, could I log it in the feild and still get a good count? Any advice from the folks who have done this?

Sounds like GeocacheAlaska! needs to have another travel bug Eduvent.

 

The bottom line has been outlined above: Just mark your "mileage" trackable as "Visited" for each cache you log. If you're using the official app to log finds in the field, it's quite simple to add the step to "dip" the trackable of your choice for mileage.

[+WarNinjas]

We also do this. Like you we didn't start it until later so had to go back and have it visit all of our finds. It is cool to have this. Now my phone automatically makes the TB visit the cache so it is no problem.

http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=1a441220-716f-4947-a5ff-607c064dc025

[+AKACRider]

Thanks for the responses, i put a tracker in my profile instead.

[+AKACRider]

this one's had it's run, could I have it locked down please?

[Pup Patrol]

this one's had it's run, could I have it locked down please?

 

I'm baffled by this attitude.

 

Why should every thread be "locked"?

 

It is supposed to be a "discussion" forum, and perhaps other people might have some comments or questions to be added later.

 

I think locking every single thread due to the whims of the poster is getting out of hand.

 

Moderators are supposed to be the ones in charge, no?

 

This is just silly.

 

 

B.

Edited March 17, 2015 by Pup Patrol

[+J Grouchy]

this one's had it's run, could I have it locked down please?

 

I'm baffled by this attitude.

 

Why should every thread be "locked"?

 

It is supposed to be a "discussion" forum, and perhaps other people might have some comments or questions to be added later.

 

I think locking every single thread due to the whims of the poster is getting out of hand.

 

Moderators are supposed to be the ones in charge, no?

 

This is just silly.

 

 

B.

 

Agreed. I suppose it's the OP's prerogative since they started the thread, but I have to wonder why they feel like it needs to be 'locked' as soon as they have an answer they are happy with. Why not just move on and not bother coming back to the thread?

[Pup Patrol]

Control issues?

 

What is your favorite type of cache to find?

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=327895

 

Do Nanos Need a Size

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=328086

 

TSA Problems

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=328511

 

Seems to me a very odd way to behave in a forum. And it seems equally odd for threads to be locked for no really good reason.

 

 

B.

[+AKACRider]

It's nothing against anyone, but my threads that I open, I eventually have locked, usually about a month after stuff dies down, mainly because if an adequate answer(s) have been provided that solves (a) problem(s), I don't see a point in letting the helpful answers in the thread get buried in underneath aimless rambling. Also, If somone were to ask me a question in the forums, I often dont't leave notifications on after it is over, so I may not see it, for a while, if ever, because the time I spend on my computer, I spend digging through the new threads I'm involved in, not archives of 'Dead" threads. I do nit believe it is against the rules to have threads locked for read only once an answer is achived, If it is, im not aware of it, And i'd hope a moderator would inform me.

 

its just the way I do things few things peeve me more than searching for a 2 word answer through 8 pages of rambling..

 

No offense to anyone at all.

[+AKACRider]

Also I dont like leaving "open ends"