What's new on Geocaching Australia

[ROMA123]

Hi C@W, is it possible to have some sort of an indication on the cache page for when the Moveable caches are "In Transit" ? Maybe a different colour flag or faded out map or similar? Also (might be really pushing the friendship ) is it possible on the cachinggames site to have some access to see what distances the cache has travelled for the individual moves?

[caughtatwork]

In transit is impossible to identify. You'll just need to check the cache page. I'll see whether we can get individual distances for moving caches.

[ROMA123]

In transit is impossible to identify. You'll just need to check the cache page. I'll see whether we can get individual distances for moving caches.

Looks great Thanks C@W

[caughtatwork]

Individual Moved Distances for Moving Caches

Just in case you weren't aware of the change that I made, when you move a moving cache, in your log, under the cacher name it will now display the distance that the cache was moved.

eg.
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1683

[stringy]

Saw that, looks cool,

but their is none under my cache though

[tronador]

Saw that, looks cool,

but their is none under my cache though

I'll see what I can do in the next week or so if some one hasn't beat en me to it.

[caughtatwork]

Public Routes

Visitors to Geocaching Australia who have not yet signed up for an account can now view routes which have been made public. You can make your current routes, or any future route public by ticking the "Public" options when you edit or create you route.

http://geocaching.com.au/route/
You can also get there by hovering over the Caches tab and then select View by Route.

To avoid confusion over people who are visiting the site public routes that are shown via the routes links will cover all cache types, all containers, difficulty 1 to 5, terrain 1 to 5 and will only show Geocaching Australia caches.

When YOU view your OWN route, even if it is public, the attributes set BY you FOR you will still be used.

Non-member viewers can also see the caches along the route on a Google Map, as a list or they can download a GPX file or ZIPped GPX file for those routes.

If you choose to make your route public, please try to use a meaningful name.

i.e. not "my happy holiday", but something like START location to END location VIA location ON road / freeway / highway /etc.

e.g. Melbourne to Ballarat via Ballarat Road (Western Hghway).
e.g. Launceston - St Helens - Hobart

Searching will look for terms in the name of the route, so be helpful and meaningful where you can.

If you have a route that you think could benefit visitors to the site, please consider making it public.

[caughtatwork]

My Route

A small enhancement has been made to your My Route capability. Now when you visit My Route you will have an additional search option at the bottom of the page.

http://geocaching.com.au/my/route/
http://geocaching.com.au/my/route/search/

A search will look in ALL route names to see if there is a match.

If there is a match on the name you are searching for AND the route is public you will be able to see the route, the description and be able to map it, download GPX files, etc, etc.

If the route is NOT public you will only be able to view the route, not the description and you will not be able to use the route to download GPX or map the caches along the route.

You can, however COPY the route to your own My Routes folder (by selecting the COPY option). This will copy the route and allow you to customise the attributes as far as cache types, containers, difficulty, terrain, radius, etc, etc, etc.

i.e. Why do the hard work when someone else may have already done it for you. You may be able to spot a route that someone else has made, copy it for your use and then modify your copy.

[mtrax]

Individual Moved Distances for Moving Caches

Just in case you weren't aware of the change that I made, when you move a moving cache, in your log, under the cacher name it will now display the distance that the cache was moved.

eg.
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1683

if its possible can you also add the distance moved to the daily "cache update email" when GZ has moved
eg
==
christmas by appips (Holt) 14.31km North
GCA: http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gc223fn
GC: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_de ... wp=GC223FN
Google Map: http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gc223fn.gmap
Changes:
- Lat: S 35deg 13.460 -> S 35deg 13.471
- Lon: E 149deg 0.786 -> E 149deg 0.788
distance 99metres
===

[caughtatwork]

Geocaching Australia Rewards Program
The Geocaching Australia Rewards Program offers tangible rewards to Geocaching Australia members for various reasons and activities
Read more here http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/GCA_rewards

More than a few people will be gathering rewards over the next week (including me, yay )

[blossom*]

Geocaching Australia Rewards Program
The Geocaching Australia Rewards Program offers tangible rewards to Geocaching Australia members for various reasons and activities
Read more here http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/GCA_rewards

More than a few people will be gathering rewards over the next week (including me, yay )

Wow! Another pathtag I can collect if I can just get my act together

[Richary]

I received a pleasant surprise with the email offering me the pathtag yesterday. While I haven't really got into pathtags it will be discoverable along with my GCNSW 2009 coin at events.

[Richary]

It arrived today. Very nice indeed. Thanks C@W.

[Keeper of Time]

Got ours today and VERY nice it is too, so nice to have the recognition. Thanks Geocaching Australia and all those involved in the background (you know who you are).

Cheers
Keith & Jill

[hookline]

Hi, I would just like to say thank you to GCA for the very nice pathtag that I received in the mail today. I'm proud of those 100 finds and really appreciate it. It's awesome that you provide physical rewards for achievements. Thanks, and keep up the great site!!