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TweetAs happens from time to time Groundspeak makes a change on geocaching.com that some members of the user community do not like.  I’m not one to resist change.  Change is inevitable.   The only thing I want to say about the new icons is I like this set created by thebruce0 a lot better.  The [...]

Tweet A little over a year ago Garmin Launched opencaching.com to much fanfare. In that time Opencaching has managed to attract less than 50 geocache listings in the Waterloo Region. Compare this with the almost 2300 munzees placed in the region of Water in just over a year. With this stat alone munzee has crushed [...]

TweetThere is nothing static about the major listing sites.   Geocaching.com has released “Challenges” to a mixed reception.  Opencaching.com has introduced “find verification” but that requires a firmware update.    I’m not sure how either of these will make geocaching more fun. The “find verification” tools over at opencaching.com will no doubt be appealing to [...]

TweetIt’s been a while now since Geocahing.com released online souvenirs.  Now that there are more of them you can start to see the utility a little more.  Groundspeak has picked the easy ones to include first.  US states and Canadian provinces now have souvenirs.   There are a few special caches that also have souvenirs. [...]

Tweet Do you notice anything different about the layout of the cache page?  It looks like the Difficulty and Terrain are now listed one above the other instead of side by side.  As part of that change the Favorites feature has moved down a little. The favorites number has also experienced an interesting change.  You [...]