xonewingx Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I have a trackable I want to release, but knowing the awkwardness of the logging process I'd expect it to go missing pretty quick. Is there any ETA on the proposed logging changes? Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I am moving this thread from the Geocaching Topics forum to the Travel Bug forum. Quote Link to comment
+Sagefox Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I have a trackable I want to release, but knowing the awkwardness of the logging process I'd expect it to go missing pretty quick. Is there any ETA on the proposed logging changes? I have a trackable I want to release, but knowing the awkwardness of the logging process I'd expect it to go missing pretty quick. Is there any ETA on the proposed logging changes? Trackables go missing because people take them and don't put them back in caches. Sometimes it is accidental when people lose them, often it is intentional be it by muggles or geocachers wanting to keep the hitchhiker. Some newer cachers aren't very committed to the game and they simply take trackables for themselves. Advice I would offer would be not to attach something really cool to the travel tag. Really cool items tend to disappear sooner. I suppose revising the logging process might somehow encourage people be more prompt in their logging but that won't fix the true problem of people taking trackables and not returning them. Quote Link to comment
xonewingx Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 Trackables go missing because people take them and don't put them back in caches. Sometimes it is accidental when people lose them, often it is intentional be it by muggles or geocachers wanting to keep the hitchhiker. Some newer cachers aren't very committed to the game and they simply take trackables for themselves. Honestly I think a significant factor is logging, I've looked when I found a trackable and was put off immediately since it was a confusing and awkward process. I can imagine people taking one and then not having the patience to work out what they are meant to do with it, particularly when you are only doing it to benefit someone else. Quote Link to comment
+Sagefox Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Honestly I think a significant factor is logging, I've looked when I found a trackable and was put off immediately since it was a confusing and awkward process. I can imagine people taking one and then not having the patience to work out what they are meant to do with it, particularly when you are only doing it to benefit someone else. I'm sorry you found it difficult. I don't really know what to say about that. I have not heard about proposed logging changes. I suspect many new geocachers are not invested in the game enough to figure out what to do. Maybe they don't notice the www.geocaching.com on the trackable, maybe they do but don't put forth the effort to look into it, or maybe they just don't care but they like the shiny object and decide to keep it. I'm not sure that a revised logging process will motivate anyone who is not curious enough to find out what a trackable is all about. Quote Link to comment
+on4bam Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Using 3rd party software logging (caches AND trackables) is a breeze. Not only that but it's semi-automatic and keeps all data in your local databases. The problem however is not the method of logging but the (newbee? app?) cacher who doesn't know or care about them. Quote Link to comment
xonewingx Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) OK, well that was quick.... http://www.geocaching.com/blog/2015/10/whats-next-for-geocaching-trackables/ But I still don't see how to do it on intro app.. EDIT: Ok found it, you have to click "search". Edited October 20, 2015 by xonewingx Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 OK, well that was quick.... http://www.geocaching.com/blog/2015/10/whats-next-for-geocaching-trackables/ But I still don't see how to do it on intro app.. EDIT: Ok found it, you have to click "search". Okay, so you were talking about trackables using an app. I wondered why it seemed so difficult. The only difficulty I've encountered is that some times the tracking code can be hard to see. B. Quote Link to comment
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