+welch Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 I've been wondering how many people use more than one cache site? I use several for different ones depending on what I'm trying to find, but that doesn't answer my question The question: Do you use (collect cache data or use to locate caches) other caching sites besides GC.com (including user sites, group or state sites, other public sites, the magellan site, etc)? Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 here's the thing: last time i checked, all my local boxes were here. and i'm a one-stop-shopping kinda person. i'd go elsewhere if there was anything out there that interested me, though. i'm also in favor of not putting all of one sport's eggs in the same institutional basket. it doesn't matter if you get to camp at one or at six. dinner is still at six. Quote Link to comment
dave and jaime Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 well for what its worth the only site that has any regional info pertinent to me is gc.com. i do check out another site for posts etc, but for my region the only place to get going is here. 'Get to the point---speak English!!!!' Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 here and azgeocaching.com, mainly because the second offers the information in a much better format (IMO), and offers more ways to obtain the same information. The MapSource waypoint files are great for planning a caching run in an area, because you can use the map to geographically narrow down the area you want to visit, with waypoints displayed that you can reference on gc.com to decide whether or not to go for it. There's other reasons, such as individual state stats/rankings, but I spread the love between both. Brian Team A.I. Quote Link to comment
+Huntforit Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 I only use this site. It has everything I need. Sometimes you gotta look like an *** to get that cache! Quote Link to comment
+BullDogBob&Double00 Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 I found one other site once and everytime I clicked on a cache it took me back to this sight, so's I decided this must be the place to be! "WITHOUT GEOGRAPHY YOU'RE NOWHERE....Jimmy Buffett Quote Link to comment
+O'Clan Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 I don't want to spend my time visiting multiple internet sites. I cache what's on gc.com; it's convenient and a lotta fun, too! Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 I started my hobby here. I'll probably eventually end it here... although I just don't see me ending it. Cheers! TL Quote Link to comment
CacheMonkeez Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 I use this site for Florida and leaderboard stats. Quote Link to comment
+Lone Duck Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 It would be almost a shame if the sport got splintered onto other sites. That could lead to all sorts of confusion, to say the least! And it could happen if somebody though there was money to made from it. Lone Duck The Quack Cacher When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there. Quote Link to comment
+Dekaner Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Remember that competition is very healthy and spurs innovation. - Dekaner of Team KKF2A Quote Link to comment
+RJFerret Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 *Cache listings from GC.com -New cache alert from another site -State cache map off another site -Cache find stats at another site -Webpage counters served by another site Randy Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 I've cross listed a few of my older caches on the other site, just to see if I can drum up additional interest. Hasn't worked though. Just got some retroactive logs from people who already found the cache through this website. I don't check the other website for caches to search for, because it lists few, if any caches that aren't already listed here. It seems I'm not the only person who cross lists caches there. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Dekaner of Team KKF2A:Remember that competition is very healthy and spurs innovation. That's true; so it's especially discouraging that every cache page I visited on that other site appears to be nothing more than a cut-and-paste copy of a cache also listed on this site. Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot: quote:Originally posted by Dekaner of Team KKF2A:Remember that competition is very healthy and spurs innovation. That's true; so it's especially discouraging that every cache page I visited on that other site appears to be nothing more than a cut-and-paste copy of a cache also listed on this site. That's the fault of the users, though, not the site (I'm as guilty as anyone). That site *should* be giving people reasons to go there instead of here. Otherwise, it's not really competition. As to the poll, I use the MiGO site a lot. This site for the listings and forums, MiGO for the forums and other features geared toward the local scene. Well the mountain was so beautiful that this guy built a mall and a pizza shack Yeah he built an ugly city because he wanted the mountain to love him back -- Dar Williams Quote Link to comment
The Cuthberts Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Relative Newbie speaking (alert, alert) : Interface and relationing between cachers, caches, TBs, forums is what we need. Will still use GAGB site for conferring about getting the sport expanded in the UK but will only use one database for caching. As said earlier in the thread, we started here, got hooked and will stop here if that becomes a necessity. Andy and Dawn (Where did all this wine come from ?) Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Dinoprophet:That's the fault of the users, though, not the site (I'm as guilty as anyone). Well, yes and no. The administrators of that site appear to have no interest, and have made no effort, in encouraging their members to post caches that would be unique to that website. quote:That site *should* be giving people reasons to go there instead of here. Or "as well as here." I suppose that other website does serve a useful purpose ... database redundancy. The next time the geocaching.com server goes down, I'll go download some cache listings from over there, knowing that I'll be able to log them here once the problem has been fixed. [This message was edited by BassoonPilot on August 04, 2003 at 09:43 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 quote:That's true; so it's especially discouraging that every cache page I visited on that other site appears to be nothing more than a cut-and-paste copy of a cache also listed on this site. I guess I could have re-written my pages, but I didn't see the point. I'd post caches unique to that site, but I prefer that my caches get visited from time to time. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+Woodbutcher68 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Couldn't find coordinates for any other sites, so I'll stay on this one! Maps?!? I don't need no stinking maps! I got coordinates! There's a fine line between Geocaching and mental illness, I just not sure which side of the line I'm on! Quote Link to comment
CacheMonkeez Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 I use keenpeople.com Quote Link to comment
+hikemeister Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 quote:Originally posted by CacheMonkeez:I use http://www.insidecorner.com/geocaching/stats/states.cgi?country=United%20States&state=Florida&start=0 for Florida and leaderboard stats. Thanks for the tip -- when I clicked on your link, it took me to an ad for a search engine! Quote Link to comment
SLCDave Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 my most recent cache, I experimented and placed it on this site and the N site. It's been logged 14 times on this site, nothing on the other. I guess I knew it would happen, but I wanted to try it. "I'm 35 Years old, I am divorced, and I live in van down by the river!" - Matt Foley Quote Link to comment
Tikiroy Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I only use geocaching.com....It got me here, it's keeping me here.... "There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?" Quote Link to comment
+woodsters Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 GC has the upper hand of course. As Dino pointed out, the fact that Navi cache doesn't get as much attention is the fault of the people as much as anything. If people don't post caches there on their site, then there won't be any. Cross posting doesn't help all that much. It's really only good for those over there, that don't bother with over here. Yes they might could do new things over there. I would like to see a better setup of hte board over all. I can't stand the Roman stlye fonts on it and the setup of the cache pages. I don't care too much for the scoring system either. (using both hides and finds to get an overall score). However the nice thing about them is that they are not biased on the type of caches. For those that like to place virtuals, they allow them easier. As far as virtuals, i'm even trying a little experiment of my own. There's nothing fancy or scoring. Brian www.woodsters.com Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 With several of the events at gc.com over the past month or so in mind, I wouldn't be at all surprised if a lot of people had decided to reconsider their votes and their options. I agree that gc.com remains the best site in terms of available caches, but it seems that the good folk here at gc.com are working very hard to make the other sites more attractive to us. Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 No, I don't. I rather like it here. These days I like it better if I don't read the forums (so what am I doing replying, right? I'm bored at work). The forums aren't all about caching anyway. Just a place for people to vent, I guess. I do like the to read the threads that are actually about caching and not the ones that are people who don't like the way it's run. Perhaps that other site is for them. I also mostly skip the "continue the story" threads, and the like. There's only so much time in the day. Me, I'll stick with the frog. Ribbit. Planet Quote Link to comment
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