+hankt Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 It makes me SAD that I have to use C:Geo to ask for MY CURRENT COORDINATES so I have them to post a new hide. If that capability exists in the Geocaching Android Intro App OR the Premium app, it is obscure & not documented well. Please add a menu option: MY CURRENT COORDINATES Quote Link to comment
+T.D.M.22 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Well the paid iPhone app shows THE current co-ords. Anyway the appisn't made to hide caches (otherwise there would be an option to do so) it's made to find caches. How do you get the co-ords then? We'll as you discovered, there are other apps that do so, or you can use a GPS. Also depending on your phone, the compass app will show the co-ords as well. And what's WITH the random CAPS on words? Edited February 22, 2015 by T.D.M.22 Quote Link to comment
+TriciaG Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Even with c:geo it's not easy. You can do screen captures of the coords showing on the screen, but that's about it, I think. It doesn't let you save them. When I hide a cache, I wait for my phone GPS to settle down, and then I take photos of the hiding spot (from close to it). The data on the photos contain the coordinates. I then take them, average or finagle them as needed, and use them when I make a new cache online. I figure that's easier than writing them down. Quote Link to comment
+hankt Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 I have to write down the Current Coordinates from c:geo, but it at least gives a menu option to ask what the Coordinates are. I know the Geocaching apps know the Coordinates. It frustrates me that one of the developers didn't realize that we might want to actually read what our current coordinates are. Saving would be a nice additional value. And, of course there are other apps that I could install to site get my coordinates, but the point is, why should I have to? Hiding caches is the foundation of people being able to find them. I'm not even asking for a full fledged POST YOUR NEW HIDE, just give me the information to put in my computer. Quote Link to comment
+hankt Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 @TriciaG - Thanks for the idea of the screen capture of c:geo ! That's easier than writing it down. Quote Link to comment
+hankt Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 T.D.M.22 - Sorry you were frustrated with Caps. They weren't random. Other than the "SAD" the caps were Menu Titles. If the iPhone App does show current coordinates, the Android app should also. Quote Link to comment
+mapulu Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Geocaching Intro and the paid app show you your actual coordinates! Just open a cache and switch to compass mode. On the left you will find the coordinates where you are and on the right are the cache coordinates. Quote Link to comment
+Pinkpiggy7 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 In the paid app at least if you got to add waypoint whilst in a cache you can use the "Use my Current Location" option Quote Link to comment
+rocketgarden Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 It makes me SAD that I have to use C:Geo to ask for MY CURRENT COORDINATES so I have them to post a new hide. If that capability exists in the Geocaching Android Intro App OR the Premium app, it is obscure & not documented well. Please add a menu option: MY CURRENT COORDINATES If you're navigating to a geocache, you can open the compass to see your current location. You can also drop a waypoint at your current location by tapping the coordinates shown under "Current Location" on the Add New Waypoint/Stage screen Quote Link to comment
+hankt Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 @rocketgarden - Thank you noting that the coordinates can be seen on the compass while looking at another geocache location. That is a work around, but still doesn't mitigate my opinion that there should be a Menu : CURRENT COORDINATES or being able to long-press or tap on the blue circle that shows where you are and have it open a window with the Current Coordinates. Work arounds are not good programming. Quote Link to comment
+T.D.M.22 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 @rocketgarden - Thank you noting that the coordinates can be seen on the compass while looking at another geocache location. That is a work around, but still doesn't mitigate my opinion that there should be a Menu : CURRENT COORDINATES or being able to long-press or tap on the blue circle that shows where you are and have it open a window with the Current Coordinates. Work arounds are not good programming. Actually you're wrong, it is good programming. The app is designed to find caches, and it does a great job at that. If the app was designed to hide caches, then yes it would need to have the current co-ords in a nice easy to find spot. Quote Link to comment
+hankt Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 @T.D.M.22 - I have never said that the app was designed to HIDE caches. I have only said that it was sad that a helpful ability in a similar program was not included in the Geocaching APP. I'm not requesting that the APP be changed to enable all of the detail management of hiding an cache. That is too complex. Just a simple "Here is where you are now!" ... showing information that is already collected and used by the program. It actually sort of amazes me that no one has just said, "Hmmm! That would be helpful or nice" The whole conversation is a suggestion for a minor improvement on the APP, which I assume they occasionally improve. Quote Link to comment
RwendyR Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Hi Everyone, I just wanted to say that the geocaching app works great on my android phone so all of the problems others have been having haven't shown up yet. Thanks for letting me know before they happen. I would also recommend to my fellow android users to add the SmartCompass app to their phone as well. The geocaching app compass is .15 seconds off despite the GPS signal (or rather due to it). It makes all the difference in my finds. Thanks for listening. RwendyR Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 The geocaching app compass is .15 seconds off Are you sure about that figure -- .15 seconds? .15 seconds is not discernible using a (dial) compass. In the Intro-app, each tick on that compass dial equates to 4.5 MINUTES. That would make it neigh-on impossible to interpolate a single second, much less fractions of a second. Perhaps you mean some reading other than that of the compass dial? Quote Link to comment
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