SWAT1057 Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 Is it possible to project a way point from your current location when using the BASIC membership? If so could a quick step by step instruction be provided? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rragan Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 If you have the cache in Cachly you can do a projection. On the cache view is an action called Waypoints. Tap that. Then tap + in upper right to add a Waypoint. Name it. Scroll down and tap Current Location. Then tap Project Coordinate. Enter the Direction, Distance and Units of your projection. Then tap Done. The projected coordinates are in Red. Tap Save. Now you have a new Waypoint you can navigate to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWAT1057 Posted December 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 rragan, Appreciate the response, I must be missing something, From the cache view I tap the Waypoints, it shows the original coordinate, no + sign is visible in the upper right. What am I missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rragan Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 Hmm, I just signed into a non-premium account and the + is not there. Searching the docs does not suggest that adding waypoints is restricted to premium members. The Geocaching app allowed me to add a Waypoint as a non-premium member. However, it is accorded special privileges not given to 3rd party apps that have to use the API. For now, you can project a Waypoint with another iOS app like GCTools Hey, Nic. Is this a bug or an API limitation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Hubbard Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 10 hours ago, rragan said: Is this a bug or an API limitation? Unfortunately this is an API limitation. Regular users are not allowed to create Waypoints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWAT1057 Posted December 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 All, Thank you for the replies and ultimately an answer to my question. I am not opposed to purchasing a premium membership, just trying to exercise the features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rragan Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Nic Hubbard said: Unfortunately this is an API limitation. Regular users are not allowed to create Waypoints. So Geocaching.com provides special treatment for non-premium members using their app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Hubbard Posted December 29, 2017 Report Share Posted December 29, 2017 On 12/22/2017 at 9:30 AM, rragan said: So Geocaching.com provides special treatment for non-premium members using their app. I don't have any knowledge of this really, but there are things such as viewing more than 3 caches per day that you can do in the official app but not in third-party apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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