Just a quick question on searching for caches

[caccbag 0]

Just downloaded Cachly a few minutes ago (was a user of the original Geocaching app...based upon reviews of the new one vs. Cachly - decided upon Cachly).  In the old app, if I was standing say in a park, I could search for nearby caches.   A list would appear with caches and distances (in increasing distance away).  Does Cachly offer that type of search as well?   Thanks

[Nic Hubbard 645]

Yes, you can tap the refresh button (top right) and it will load caches based on the center of the map and in a 50k meter radius. Just make sure that Cachly has found your current location first, or that you tap the current location button (bottom right on map) to center it over your location.

Is this what you meant?

** Also tapping the gear icon in the search field will show you all the Search Options available.

[caccbag 0]

Thanks.  Got it - and now I see "Navigate to geocache" shows me distance.  I hide....a lot.  I have 2229 finds and 815 hides, so being able to see if any caches are within 0.1 mile of where I plan to hide is important to me.  I guess the "navigate to geocache" option is the only way to do this?

[Nic Hubbard 645]

You to go to More, then Settings and turn on the cache radius option. This will show the radius you are looking for.

[Nic Hubbard 645]

You can also press and hold on a map to drop a pin, then drag that pin to a location. Or tap your current location and press the + button. From there you will see an option to Save Location. This can help in placing caches. At least it is helpful for me.

[caccbag 0]

Thanks - I have the radius option on, that will help a lot.  Looking forward to using this. 

[Sailaboat 3]

We found the ability to drop a pin and move it around very handy as we were trying to identify possible hiding locations for a very confusing field puzzle.  Question for you.  Is there any way to turn on the radius display for a pin?  I brute forced one playing around by turning the pin into a cache.  However, I had to give it a name, GC number, type, difficulty, terrain, size . . .

Thanks.

[Nic Hubbard 645]

17 hours ago, Sailaboat said:

Is there any way to turn on the radius display for a pin?

No, there isn't currently a way to do this. Using the Create Geocache option as you did is the way to do it.

[barefootguru 67]

On 23/05/2018 at 9:56 AM, Sailaboat said:

I brute forced one playing around by turning the pin into a cache.  However, I had to give it a name, GC number, type, difficulty, terrain, size . . .

Only 3 fields are compulsory when creating your own cache:  name, code, and type.

I suggest starting the code with something other than GC to keep it seperate.

[rragan 200]

Any reason not to pick a default type like Mystery or Virtual to further simplify creation? The user can always change it. 

[ChrisDen 87]

2 hours ago, rragan said:

Any reason not to pick a default type like Mystery or Virtual to further simplify creation? The user can always change it. 

Mystery does not have the 161m circle. Probably better to default to a traditional. Highlighted would make it visible (with a unique colour ;-)

[rragan 200]

Trad would be fine too. Just a field that could be defaulted because most don't care. 

[Nic Hubbard 645]

5 hours ago, rragan said:

Trad would be fine too. Just a field that could be defaulted because most don't care. 

This would be easy enough to add.