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jester2005
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:27 am    Post subject: Strange icons Reply with quote

...have recently appeared next to some caches. One was EU 05 and another is a circle with a German flag in it. What are they?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:16 am    Post subject: Re: Strange icons Reply with quote

jester2005 wrote:
...have recently appeared next to some caches. One was EU 05 and another is a circle with a German flag in it. What are they?


These will be icons for GeoCoins - they probably appear in the TB section on the cache page. EU 05 is the European geocoin (issued by SlytherinAlex). There are a number of German coins in circulation.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheers, next time one pop up I'll have to go and have a look.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you have a look at the profile for Icon SP you can see all the icons that are out there.

You'll also come across this icon which donates several Geocoins in one cache.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheers HH, I was wondering what that icon was, obvious now, but I was suffering from brain fart at the time.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lots of stuff in this new cache. Ooops! cache advertising! Will I get banned? Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Firth of Forth wrote:
Lots of stuff in this new cache. Ooops! cache advertising! Will I get banned? Rolling Eyes

I doubt it. Smile

Looks like a good and interesting multi-cache. The Champion Toilets of Haddington, eh? - one can hardly wait...

I have a suggestion for you: Wuthered and I recently found a similar "walking tour" cache, in Stroke City, which was very well done (by Dino-Irl). Like your new one, it had quite a number of stages.

On the cache page, he included a link to a .GPX file of all the intermediate waypoints* - which could be fired into Wuthered's GPSr, obviating the need to enter them all by thumb.

An excellent feature, which I commend for all multis of this this type.


-Wlw.

* Not the last one, obviously
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is a great idea, but I haven't a clue how to do that!

Ok, I can create a GPX file using GSAK with the coords in it, but what do I do with it then?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is a genuine old-fashioned-style thread hijack - apologies to jester2005.

Firth of Forth wrote:
Ok, I can create a GPX file using GSAK with the coords in it, but what do I do with it then?


Aye, well, hmm... geocaching.com doesn't provide any facility for doing such a thing, so the file has to hosted on a web site. Either your own web site - or send the file to me and I'll host it on NTL.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, I'll have a go. I have some webspace, but thanks for the offer. It doesn't really matter about zipping such a file, does it, as its pretty small anyway (19KB)?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shame on you all for hijacking the thread... Here's getting back on target.

Picked up a Wooden Nickel GeoCoin today. How disappointed to find that, although trackable, it's not on GC, but a separate Californian geocoin site. So no icon for me. Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Firth of Forth" It doesn't really matter about zipping such a file, does it, as its pretty small anyway (19KB)?[/quote]

When I began working for Her Majesty, computer memory was precious. To store a file more than 8kb required approval at the equivalent of Brigadier in military terms (for Dr Who fans). And my fridge has more processing power than the first home computer I owned.

And what does this prove?

(1) I am very, very old
(2) I am very, very sad
(3) I have just hijacked this thread again......

Sorry, Nick. Nice try and all. But you wouldn't begrudge an old fart, now would you?

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

HighlandNick wrote:


Picked up a Wooden Nickel GeoCoin today. How disappointed to find that, although trackable, it's not on GC, but a separate Californian geocoin site. So no icon for me. Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad


Felt the same way with the first Geocoin I ever found, it happened to be a Canadian coin and was only trackable through it's own website too.
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