+Rocky Balboa Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Who has checked out the new nearest pages and log in buttons etc. I think it makes looking for nearest caches a whole lot easier! WELL DONE to whoever thought of this. Pid Its just a hunt for a lunch box, why be so serious!?! Dan Wilson - www.Buckscaching.co.uk - Stash Notes, forums & Much more... Quote Link to comment
+Postie Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 It all looks easy enough to find things. The only down side is I can't find the map of Britain!!! If I am going to the lakes(for example) then I would look at the map and click on the ones I havn't done and work from that. How do we know where the caches are, especialy if they don't have a county after them?? I shall just have to stick to GUK from now on! (Every one needs a bigger letterbox!) Quote Link to comment
+Flackadder Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Dan Wilson:Who has checked out the new nearest pages and log in buttons etc. I think it makes looking for nearest caches a whole lot easier! WELL DONE to whoever thought of this. Pid Its just a hunt for a lunch box, why be so serious!?! http://www.phillyjunglemassive.com/cru/djaa/badgerslayer.gif Dan Wilson - http://www.Buckscaching.co.uk - Stash Notes, forums & Much more... Funny thing, I thought the new layout was not as good!! I'll get used to it quick enough though. :-) Bob.... http://www.bobh.co.uk Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Postie, If you find out the postcode of the area you plan to visit and then search using it. It finds the nearest caches to the postcode and not just the only ones in it (if that makes sense). Not ideal I know - particularly as some countries get to be able to search on state/county......... Shall we just decrypt the clue? Quote Link to comment
+plaid-dragon Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Ooh, I don't like the new "nearest from home coordintates" page. Instead of the old, sensible system of leaving caches already found (and caches archived or unavailable) at the bottom of the page, it has them all bundled in together. This makes it much harder to use, IMHO. On the plus side, the greater level of information shown on the same page is helpful. Quote Link to comment
+Mr & Mrs Hedgehog Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Postie:The only down side is I can't find the map of Britain!!! try here http://www.geocaching.com/map/england.asp Any message is from Mr Hedgehog. Quote Link to comment
+lathama Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 is it possible to modify it for persnal use, (ie) somepeople seem to like all caches together, others (myself included) find it easier to search them with the ones found at the top instead of having to look for a little [X] to see if i have been there or not. Quote Link to comment
+SimonG Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 quote:Originally posted by lathama:is it possible to modify it for persnal use, (ie) somepeople seem to like all caches together, others (myself included) find it easier to search them with the ones found at the top instead of having to look for a little [X] to see if i have been there or not. Just tick the 'Exclude hidden/found items from results' box before clicking on 'seek >'. What's your favourite thing? Quote Link to comment
+Wood Smoke Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 quote:Originally posted by SimonG:Just tick the 'Exclude hidden/found items from results' box before clicking on 'seek >'. ] Not there if you are clicking on the link from your 'My' page. It also doesn't indicate if you own a cache :-( I didn't like the old one, and I like this one less :-( I only use it for looking for 'new' caches, as this is the only item that is not on GUK list. WoodSmoke [This message was edited by Wood Smoke on June 16, 2003 at 01:13 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+SimonG Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Wood Smoke:I didn't like the old one, and I like this one less :-( It's going to improve. Jeremy had to rush the new page out quickly to stop the site going offline like it did last week. There are about fifteen million threads about it in the General/Geocaching.com fora. What's your favourite thing? Quote Link to comment
+Postie Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 quote:Originally posted by nicktinknick (Nick & Ali):Postie, If you find out the postcode of the area you plan to visit and then search using it. It finds the nearest caches to the postcode and not just the only ones in it (if that makes sense). Not ideal I know - particularly as some countries get to be able to search on state/county......... Shall we just decrypt the clue? Ah! but the only problem with this method is, I usualy look at the map, find a cluster of caches and then decide to go there!! (Every one needs a bigger letterbox!) Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 I've got memory-map so I can do this Shall we just decrypt the clue? Quote Link to comment
MCL Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 I don't like the new style of "nearest caches" page, often referred to by people as your own "front page". Since the page is now dynamic, depending on whether you exclude or include found caches, you have lost the old concept of "clearing my front page", a sport which I am still in the process of playing, and which has now, after nearly a year of playing it, been whisked from my grasp. No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.... Quote Link to comment
Krazy Kats Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 I want to be able to look at the caches in Switzerland but it doesn't let me put a state or county in and the postcode part doesn't work or I'm not sure of the format it wants. How on earth do you look for caches in this instance? Is there a way you can get to the maps still? Quote Link to comment
+Team Paradise Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 http://www.geocaching.com/map/europe.asp Just keep zooming in somewhere above Italy until you get all the Switzerland caches... If you can see the 'light at the end of the tunnel', it's usually a train coming ! Quote Link to comment
Krazy Kats Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Originally posted by Team Paradise:http://www.geocaching.com/map/europe.asp Just keep zooming in somewhere above Italy until you get all the Switzerland caches... Thanks for that but how did you get to the map in the first place? Quote Link to comment
+naffita Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 The links for maps from the G.com home page seem to be just for USA at the moment. But if you click on one of them you are given the option of a world map and then Europe and then Uk, when you get there, bookmark it!! Convoluted way I know, but I'm sure it will get sorted. Quote Link to comment
+kennamatic Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Somewhat like the curates egg, the changes seem to be good in parts. I've often wanted to just load a page with all my nearest caches which I haven't done. Although I can't do this from the "my cache page" it is possible from the "search a postcode" part. I think I'll wait for all the adjustments to come in before making a final decision. Finding your caches - Losing my marbles. Quote Link to comment
+John NW Posted June 19, 2003 Share Posted June 19, 2003 To list the pages as you requested Kennamtic click on the 'filter finds' wording below the from your co-ordinates section on my cache page and "Voila" Hope that helps BK + SB From the heart of Sherwood Forest Quote Link to comment
+plaid-dragon Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 "filter finds" is new since this thread started, IIRC [This message was edited by plaid-dragon on June 20, 2003 at 05:42 AM.] Quote Link to comment
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