Adding Photos to Log (online): TERRIBLE UPDATE

November 28, 2023

I'm not impressed with one of the features of the new look and format of online logging. In particular, the drag or upload images/photo option (the rest of the new format is just fine).

I use geocaching to explore the world around me. When I'm visiting somewhere important like a National Park, and I know I want to edit my log and upload photos, I create a Draft (from my phone) while in the park and then do my log at home when I have more time. I like to put more in my cache log than "TFTC" - and I love adding photos to document my visit there.

The old format allowed you to drag and drop (or upload) your photo(s) and it automatically resized it for you.

The new format doesn't allow you to do that. It requires you to resize your photo to 5MB or less first. REALLY?!!!!!

This is slowing my logging experience down so much. Hey, Groundspeak - most of us use our phones to take photos, and not crappy photos, either. Most phones don't save photos at 5MB or less.

Now, I have to go photo by photo in my own drive, open them in another program to reduce the size, save it under a new name -- and THEN I can add it to my log. It makes me want to pull my hair out. It's a frustrating process that used to be easy and makes me happy to add more than one photo to my log.

I'd really like you to put back in the automatically resizing option. You have the capability to do it - why did you take that feature away?

Signed, a lover of geocaching, but now a hater of creating quality logs.