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Bolling

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  1. I do the multiple reading approach as well. I leave and come back and take a new reading and then usually type the last three digits of each coordinate into a spreadsheet and average them. I think a future enchantment that can average multiple coordinates within Cachly could be useful and result in better coordinates than just leaving the phone in one place and averaging over time.
  2. I'd like to this feature in a future version as well. I've done a lot of offline cache searching lately, and quite a few times I wished to see the last five logs earlier.
  3. I don't know your scout group, but I do question whether Cachly is the right tool. Don't get me wrong, Cachly is an excellent app for geocaching, but here's my two cents worth (again, not knowing your group). 1) Are all your scouts iPhone users. If not, what will Android or other users use? 2) Will scouts be willing to pay $5 for app when there are free alternatives ($5 is a bargin for an app like Cachly, but people tend to have passionate opinions about paying for apps). I suspect there are free apps out there that can do what you want to do.
  4. That would be a very useful feature. For now I do what barefootguru does.
  5. Cool. I was about to make the same request!
  6. I posted a maintenance log to one of my geocaches from Cachly at approximately 19:35 EDT yesterday, 31May. The log shows up in Cachly as being posted 01Jun. The geocaching website shows the correct date. Using Beta 16.
  7. That was interesting. Personally I prefer Google Maps and rarely use Apple.
  8. Bolling

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    I almost put 4.0 in my message but decided to be more optimistic. I realize that this is out there a ways. Thanks for your consideration.
  9. Bolling

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    I'm not a fan of the "official" app. In fact I never use it for geocaching. I have kept it on my phone for the message center (let's not get a discussion started about that topic). That said, there is one feature I've found that I really like when away from home -- the lock screen Widget that shows the nearest three caches. I've found it to be super useful to see if there is a cache nearby. Then, if so, I can open Cachly. I realize that you have to follow different API rules than Groundspeak does. But, I would like to inquire as to whether a Cachly widget could be an option for a future version? The current widget appears to only update when on screen, so I assume an API call only happens when necessary. That would be your main limitation I suspect. Plus, I guess it would have to be limited to premium Geocaching members or it would be useless. Anyway, it's a good enough feature I'll keep the official app on my phone just so I have the widget -- a Cahcly widget would be the tops though!
  10. I used that feature. Very useful when in the road. I'd love to see that filter added.
  11. That probably is a good idea. Just don't include a video telling us what a cache is.... OK nasty attack on official app.
  12. That video explains what I now see, but I never experienced that problem until I tried to. Strange.
  13. I was not having this problem but decided to try to reproduce it. I turned off wifi to have a slow 3G connection. I did not experience the issue with a couple of tries. I tested a couple of times closing Cachly between each test. I then see started with the first option Metric Units and turned it on. I experienced the same problem vanBaarsel described. I turned Metric back off but now I repeatedly have the same problem.
  14. UserID might also have fixed the issue with special characters in the username. I imagine it's not an easy programming switch from username to UserID internally but it may be worth it in the long run even if it has to wait until a future version. I suspect only a small subset of users is impacted, but it sounds like for those that are there can be numerous problems.
  15. I would agree with those that think this information should be tied to the account. However doesn't reach user have a numerical ID? Can this info be tied to the ID instead of the username (can you get this information during login)? I assume that even when you change your username this ID stays the same.
  16. You can do that but it does take money for them to run the website. Personally, I've been a Premium member since I started caching in 2007 and think it's well worth the price. Of course we all have unique financial situations and priorities.
  17. "Problem" wasn't the best choice of words. Thanks for considering.
  18. I agree with vanBaarsel, seeing the whole world map isn't usually helpful when searching for caches -- especially when you can only load 50 at a time. I see that beta 5 still has this problem.
  19. I did some caching in New York City and Boston least week. Most of the time Cachly seemed quite accurate. At times it was off but there were also times when checking my location on Google Maps could be a block of too. It still seems to me like more of a phone limitation than a Cachly limitation.
  20. 1) Cachly has pretty good help in the More..Help section. I'd agree though a readable manual would be nice, but I find that they are rare with apps. 2-4) I think a lot of that is coming with 2.1 but I know Nic will fill you in on that. 5) Yes, this is mentioned in the help files. Click on the map layer icon at the bottom of a map. You will see Offline Maps at the top of the list. Namibia is only 11MB.
  21. As a former Geosphere user, I noticed no difference in accuracy on my phone when I switched to Cachly. Not related to caches, sometimes when I open Google Maps the GPS thanks forever to zoom in our has a huge radius. Other times it's right on the money quickly. Depends on many factors as mentioned.
  22. My apologizes. I did check this last night searching by a name of one of my caches (after including them in the search) and came up empty-handed, and then repeated the search with the Code and found the cache. I just checked now and it works as you describe. Plus you have it documented in the help. I guess I forgot to turn on the Search by Cache Name filter!
  23. I could see that impacting users again. If the Search by Cache Name is turned on and the Search does not start with GC then a message should appear starting the Search is limited to the cache code. Also it should really be Search by Cache Code, not Cache Name.
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