+Gill & Tony Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I received the newsletter today and saw a link to "New geocaches near you", so I clicked it. 212 caches were listed. Wow, I wouldn't have thought that! So I had a look. Of those only 6 were placed in the past 6 months and 25 were placed within the past 12 months. 66 were placed more than 10 years ago and 5 placed more than 20 years ago! What a waste of time. 7 1 Quote Link to comment
+lee737 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 There is no age-discrimination here! 6 1 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 (edited) I've fared a bit better, 49 were placed this year although two of those were mine. It looks like it just lists all unfound caches within 48.28km (I guess that's some round number in miles) and sorted by placed date. Most of the ones in my list are in Sydney but looking at it reminded me of a few I should have a go at sometime. Edit: it looks like it also includes caches I've found. Odd. Edited March 19 by barefootjeff Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I clicked it and it returns 11,388 caches for me! Looking at the search criteria it's everything within 30miles of home, including ones I've found. Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Proximity search sorted by newest first. Results - dynamic, email text - static. 'New' could mean caches you haven't looked at yet. Could be in an area with nothing published in the last 6 months. So much variance in the results and local region that I wouldn't take "new caches" literally true in a single inferred sense for every person who gets the newsletters But, it would be more consistent and true if it were worded something like "Latest caches" or "Most recent published caches" instead of "new" Quote Link to comment
+Gill & Tony Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 The link uses the words new and near. They have a distance filter (30 miles) so why not add a date filter? New might equal something like: Since the last newsletter In the last month or 3 months or whatever they deem appropriate. Or just remove the word new. 1 Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 I miss the days when the weekly email actually had personalized information, and actually listed new caches and upcoming events near your home coordinates. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Tungstène Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 15 hours ago, fuzziebear3 said: I miss the days when the weekly email actually had personalized information, and actually listed new caches and upcoming events near your home coordinates. Yes! It was really useful and interesting. Quote Link to comment
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