+julia51:) Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 this is my first post, yikes! i think it would be cool to have a favorite hider watchlist. then we could be notified when our favorite hiders put up a new cache! 'course maybe there already is one and i havent found it yet! thanks, julia51:) Link to comment
+Moose Mob Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Would this have to be "with permission"? Otherwise, one could consider it stalking Link to comment
+NoLemon Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 I don't see how it could be considered stalking. It would only be automating what can be done manually now. Anyone can bookmark a user's profile and check if for new hides as often as they want. Would I use the feature if it existed? Possibly. There are a couple of hiders whose caches I particularly enjoy. I'm always looking for something new from them. OTOH, if I had email notification of new caches as they were approved, I would use that instead. Link to comment
+Moose Mob Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 If the option to track another cacher's actions, I would use it on occasion. I have several friends/relatives out there who cache on occasion, and it would be great to know they have been out and about. Link to comment
+Moose Mob Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 While we are at it, i would love to do PQ's on other people's finds/hides! Link to comment
+kayakanimal Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 While we are at it, i would love to do PQ's on other people's finds/hides! I asked for about that same thing here. GSAK has helped me with those types of things. Link to comment
koz Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 add my vote for listing watchers! Link to comment
+fivegallon Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 this is my first post, yikes! i think it would be cool to have a favorite hider watchlist. then we could be notified when our favorite hiders put up a new cache! 'course maybe there already is one and i havent found it yet! thanks, julia51:) Order yourself up a PQ and let GSAK do the rest with a filter on your favourite hider... Link to comment
+Markwell Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 (edited) --not to derail the topic-- But I'd love to bump the idea of getting a PQ based on caches a username has found. There have been a few occassions where I wanted to meet another local cacher for some finds. It'd be great to be able to get a query of "caches I have not found that have not been found by User X" GSAK and Watcher and all of the others won't necessarily do that with the PQ results because it only has the last five logs (including notes and not found logs). Seems from the linked markwell that Jeremy thought it was a good idea in July... Edited October 21, 2004 by Markwell Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 It'd be great to be able to get a query of "caches I have not found that have not been found by User X" GSAK and Watcher and all of the others won't necessarily do that with the PQ results because it only has the last five logs (including notes and not found logs). Kelly, I understand GPSBabel does this (although I've not used the feature myself). I know how much you like to use the command line of that program, too! The problem is that you still need a PQ of that person's finds, but if you take your PQ and get a PQ from that person, GPSBabel will (allegedly) spit out a .gpx (or whatever else you can possibly want) with all the caches neither of you have found. To add to the OPs request--GSAK or Watcher will do this, although the PQ for this is not very efficient. Either program will allow you to sort by or filter by hider. Which brings a question... does GSAK filter by the account that's attached to the cache, or simply the name listed in the "placed by" column? Jamie Link to comment
+julia51:) Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 oh my gosh! i think i've been doing neanderthal caching! what a wealth of knowledge, i will definitely make use of this resource again! thanks so much for your posts, julia51:) Link to comment
+MedicP1 Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 Which brings a question... does GSAK filter by the account that's attached to the cache, or simply the name listed in the "placed by" column? Jamie Jamie I believe you have the option of sorting either way when you go into your setup/options you can set it for geocaching id # or exact name match or wildcard match. Link to comment
+MarcB Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 That's quite a good idea for a new feature, maybe one day it could be implemented... MarcB Link to comment
+ClydeE Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 --not to derail the topic-- But I'd love to bump the idea of getting a PQ based on caches a username has found. There have been a few occassions where I wanted to meet another local cacher for some finds. It'd be great to be able to get a query of "caches I have not found that have not been found by User X" GSAK and Watcher and all of the others won't necessarily do that with the PQ results because it only has the last five logs (including notes and not found logs). Seems from the linked markwell that Jeremy thought it was a good idea in July... Providing you can get a GPX file (gc.com pq) from each cacher then this will always work as each PQ always contains the found log for that user no matter how far back it is. GSAK has a special log search function which does in fact cater for this exact query Please see example 5 in the help file or online here http://www.gsak.net/help/hs4970.htm Link to comment
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